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Therapy Gecko
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Lyle Gecko
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Therapy Gecko
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Lyle Gecko
Hey folks, I am very excited to finally have a therapy sponsor for this podcast that takes insurance. Rula is a healthcare company that makes getting therapy from a licensed professional easy, easy and affordable. They accept most major insurance plans and the average copay per session is only $15. Head on over to rula.com gecko that's R U L A.com gecko to get started today. After you sign up, they will ask where you heard about them. Please support our show and let them know that Therapy Gecko sent you. Go to r u l a.com gecko and take the first step toward better mental health today. Hello. What's up? How's life? Thanks for being here. It's Lyle Gecko man. Welcome to the Therapy Gecko podcast. I normally take phone calls on this show with random anonymous people, but today, as I did a few days ago, I will be reading viewer mail and pondering it. I'm glad. For those of you who listened to the episode with my sister and left positive comments. Thank you guys. I appreciate it. She appreciated it. She had fun. And now I'm here alone. I think I'd like to do more of these things with other people. I might just do them more with other people randomly in my life. You know, there is a period of time where we had like rappers on here and stuff like that, and I'm open to that. But I'm also just like, you know, it could be anyone you know what I mean? If, like, some guy from off the street wants to be a guest on the show and it's just me and him reading emails, that could be good too. I don't. I don't know why guests always have to be celebrities. Can't they just be this whoever is walking around? That's kind of what the show is. Is this. It's me and a guest, but the guest is a. Is kind of whoever is walking around. Anyway, I'm gonna read some viewer mail and talk to you guys, and hopefully it's substantive for the time that you're listening. Listening to it. My voice just cracked. Uh, I'm gonna try to. I'm gonna do a lot more pondering than advice giving. I've been giving a lot of advice, and I don't like it. I. Every time I give advice, it's against my will. Actually, not every time. Sometimes I give advice because I genuinely believe in it. But there's been plenty times I give advice because I'm like, I just have to say something, and I hate that. I don't ever want to do that. So if I. From now on, if I'm reading, okay, so throughout the time I'm reading these emails, if I'm prompted to give advice, I'll do it. But if I fucking don't know, I'm just gonna say, I don't know. And that's how. That's how I like to do it. You know what I mean? I like to ponder the emails. I don't know if I have an answer for things, but I like pondering things. So I'm in the dark. I just had some coffee. The vyvanse is kicking in. Let's read some emails. Okay, this first one is from Jackson. I think my co worker is watching me. Hey, Geck, Longtime listener, first time mailer. I think my co worker is watching me. I recently started working for a cannabis wholesale distribution center in Oregon, and it's been an absolute blast. While I was listening to one of your older episodes, I. Another Sophie Cunningham ad came on. So I was skipping the ad when one of my co workers wrote in our Slack chat, he's on his phone. Followed by, he put it down. What the fuck? I was confused, of course, and I immediately called it out. And they were very embarrassed after they realized their mistake. I know they were talking about me because their desk is diagonal to mine, and I was the only male presenting person in that moment, which means someone higher up told her to watch me or she wanted to watch me. On her own volition. And I don't know what's worse. I talked to my manager, and when I asked, they said to not worry about it and that the coworker was talked to already. However, I still feel like I keep spotting them watching my moves or when I'm just skipping ads or trying to select an old episode to listen to. I really like this job and don't want to be confrontational and cause a scene about something that could have been dealt with already. Am I being paranoid? Should I be worried? Is it chill now? P.S. please come back to Portland when you tour again. I will be coming to Portland in June. Okay. Anyway. Wow, that's crazy. No, I think you should ask her. I think you should ask her. Like, here's the weird thing, right? Is like, this job sounds fucking. What? I don't know. What do you do? You work? No. Yeah. You work for a cannabis wholesale. Okay. All right. You said it's been a blast. Okay? So if you're saying it's been a blast, that means that this is a good job and things are cool. I don't think it's being confrontational to be like, yo, are you listening to my fucking phone? Like, stop watching me. You know? And you don't have to even be like that. And it doesn't even have to be like a confrontational, like, what the fuck are you doing? But you got to go in there and find the information. You got to go in and be like, yo, are you watching me? And if they say no, then say, are you sure? You can tell me if you are. And then maybe they say, okay, I am. And then you go, okay, I need. I need you to stop doing that or tell your manager or whatever, because if it truly is like a chill work environment or like a. An absolute blast, and I feel like it wouldn't be that big of a deal to not confront, but perhaps in choir as to why this person is watching you. Maybe she likes you. Maybe she has a crush on you. That could be it, too. Maybe she's in love with you, Jackson. Maybe she's admiring you. Maybe she's writing letters. Maybe she's thinking about you. That could be it, too. In which case you would want to know, because maybe you. Maybe you love her too, and you guys can get married and have a baby. Okay, This is from Sour Candy. Subject line, fell in love with a red bearded colonizer. Send help. Dear Therapy Gecko, I fell in love with a foreigner in my own country. Parentheses, I'm Asian, like, full on aggressively handsome. White man, red beard, Scottish accent. He works here. Lives here. Somehow made my dusty ass city feel like the set of a slow indie romance. We dated, then didn't, then did, then didn't again. We had dumb little rituals, inside jokes about orcas, fun facts passed like love notes. We roasted modern art and acted like we weren't two nerds falling in love in public. He made coffee on Sunday mornings like it was a sacrament. This is beautiful. He also introduced me to your YouTube channel. Said you'd like therapy. Gecko. And I did. Of course I did. He knew me like that. So if the algorithm is doing its thing and by some chance he's watching this. L. I know you watch this lizard man during dinner. If you see this. Hi. I love you, and I'll probably always miss you. What happened here? Okay, I'm invested in this. I want to keep reading anyways. But also, I cried, like, a lot. Sometimes at him, sometimes next to him. I was the I need reassurance or I will perish girly. He was the I love you but I'm emotionally congested guy. I spiraled. He vanished. Rinse, repeat. And yet we kept trying. We told ourselves it could work if we just tried hard enough. We tried. And it didn't. He said he'd give 100%, and I believed him. God, I wanted to. And for, like, five business days, it felt real. Why business days? Whatever. But trying and being able to are two different flavors of heartbreak. So now I'm here, eating sad noodles, writing to a man in a lizard costume because there's nowhere for all this leftover love to go. It's like emotional Tupperware with no lid. Do I want him back? Do I just want the best version of us? Do I need a lobotomy? Who knows? Anyway, send help. Or a lizard emoji. I'll take either yours in cringe and healing. G. Interesting. Oh, man. There always. There really is. That's one of the toughest things about love and relationships, is that two people can be so in love with each other, and yet the logistics of the universe just don't work out. I was talking to someone about this because I met someone who was like, I think that it's. I. I met someone who was like, I think the only reason a relationship doesn't work is because two people don't love each other enough. And I don't believe that. She was like, if you love each other enough, you will make it work. And I don't know. I'm really fucking just searching for the answers. To those questions myself. You know, it's like that, like love is a choice kind of a vibe, you know, and she might be right in some cases, but everyone has their own philosophy of it. The problem is you only get 50% of the choice. I do believe that, yeah, people can be in love, but whatever, like external things surrounding them which don't even have to be things outside of themselves. It could just be your personalities are incongruent with each other and that just fucks everything up. That's very possible. Okay, this next one is from Sam. Subject. Why do I drink so much Celsius? I love Celsius so much. It is affecting my life. Let me explain. I have dealt with social anxiety my whole life to the point where I was basically mute in high school. Since then, I cut back on caffeine and it seemed to help things substantially. Interesting. Maybe I should do that. I'm 26 now and my social life is pretty good. But then I tried the Peach Vibe Celsius and I've been drinking one every day since. Every morning I wake up and I crave a sip of that sweet, peachy nectar. I can't get enough. And I'm beginning to notice that I am a lot more alert, but in an evil way sometimes. The way that takes away my presence and well being and replaces it with overthinking and anxiety. I. I also picked up a Zyn habit while working long days. So it all compounds. That is to say, I know why I drink it so much. It gives me a rush and I like it, even though it makes me feel weird sometimes. I'm trying not to let it overtake my life, but it may. I know you partake in the occasional Celsius. Have you tried the Peach Vibe? What do you think? Have you had issues with stimulants before? I am not secretly a Celsius spokesperson. Please drink coffee if you can. It's an expensive habit. Ooh. Yeah, I have a lot of thoughts about this stuff. Yeah, so, I mean, I don't know, man. It's hard because, I mean, I'm on coffee right now. I was a big Celsius guy and then I started taking Vyvanse. And now if I drink a Celsius and the Vyvanse, I. It probably will kill me. On days that I end up that I skipped my Vyvanse for whatever reason, I do a Celsius and dude, I don't know. I'm. No, I'm not a doctor. I'm a terrible guy for like, for like medical advice. But I'll just tell you my. I'll just tell you my experience with this stuff is that, like, I don't feel normal if I'm not on some kind of stimulant. Like, I get really fucking depressed if I don't have coffee or Celsius or Vyvanse. Now that's probably not good. Or it's just like. I mean, I have a weird brain, man. I. I got all the, you know, whatever mental health issues and all that shit and the ADHD and all that stuff. And I'll be on Vyvanse, man, and I'll just be like, wow, holy. Like, I'll have, like a minute where I'm like, oh, okay, I understand. I think how most people. Maybe not most people, but like. Like, I'll see relaxed people and people just going about their lives, not going insane. And I'll have a second where I'm like, okay, I think I know what that feels like. And I'll have. And that's. That's about two hours of me on Vyvanse. So it feels good. It feels good when I'm in with the Celsius, too, because it just. You know how it is with adhd. Like, you just can't fucking do anything. And then when you get the feeling that you actually have some control over your fucking life, it makes you feel great. Makes you feel like the world's in some insane burden, that you're like, Sisyphusian li rolling the ball up the hill. You feel like you can kind of pick the ball up and throw it across the field. Now, listen, I've always fantasized or thought that, like, hey, what if I quit doing all that stuff? And I just, like, took, like, a few months to get unaddicted to, you know, sugar. And I eat salmon every day, and I didn't, you know, whatever. Whatever would I. Would that secretly fix things for me? I don't know. Maybe. But every time I've tried to do that, I end up feeling like shit. But I've been on a. I've been on caffeine for so long that I don't really know how I feel like, without it. And I know that when you quit any kind of substance, there's a strong withdrawal period that you have to really get through. And every day feels like a year to me. So when someone's like, oh, you got to give it two months before you really can become unaddicted, I'm like, fuck you. I don't have two Months. That's two months. That's. That's like my entire life, for all I know. So, yeah, this is. This is just me ranting about my experience with it, but I'm not. I don't know if this was helpful to you at all. It is interesting that cutting back on caffeine helped you out with your social anxiety. I'm trying to figure out what you mean when you say that you are evil. You take it takes away your presence and replaces it with overthinking and anxiety. I don't know. I feel. I feel the opposite when I'm on a stimulant. Because, like, if I'm just talking as to someone and I'm not, and I'm adhd, I'm really not present. I'm thinking about life and everything else. But if I'm on the stimulant and I feel good, and someone, some fucking guy is talking to me about something that I give a fuck about, I'll engage with them. I'd be like, oh, interesting. I've never seen that before, but I'll check it out. Oh, okay. You do B2B marketing SaaS. Interesting. Now I. How does marketing, like, how do Facebook ads really work? And I'm not even bullshitting when I'm doing that stuff. I'm really in it. I'm like. And I'm in my head, I'm thinking, wow, I am acting like such a normal human being. And it's. It's happening so effortlessly, and I'm not thinking. I'm just. I just love. I love being a normal human being. It feels so good. I don't know if I've told this story on the podcast before, but I'll tell it. I remember it was just like 2023 or something. I was going through a really hard time and a lot of anxiety, a lot of overthinking, a lot of mental health, whatever. And I was. I was at some party or whatever, and I was sitting at a table with these guys, and this one guy, he's making a sandwich, and he puts some Doritos on his sandwich. And the other guy looks at him and is like, hey, man, you like putting chips on your sandwich? And then the guy who's with the sandwich, he's like, I love putting chips on my sandwich. And then they start talking about putting chips on. On their sandwich. And they're. And I'm watching them have this conversation, and I'm just like, these two guys are so deeply in the present right now. Like, I just felt I was just. I'm over fucking thinking everything and I'm watching them and I'm like, these guys are in the present right now, just like in life, talking about putting chips on a sandwich, making jokes, their brain, whatever. You never know what's going on in someone's head. But I was pretty goddamn sure that these two guys were 100% invested in that current moment in the conversation that they were having with each other about putting chips on a sandwich. And I was observing this and I fuck it, I had to go to their room. I started crying because I was like, I fucking wish I could do that. I wish I could be in a fucking just normal conversation without thinking all this anxious, crazy thoughts. And you know, I wish I could just be sitting there having a conversation about chips and a sandwich and not thinking about 20 other different horrible things. And Vyvanse gets me that point, so that's why I like it. And I'm sure there's other chemically things or whatever, but you know, if your brain is just wired in a certain way where you. It's just. It's always somewhere else, then I. I don't know. You're just. I don't know. But yeah, I've since. I've since then been able to have plenty of conversations about normal ass shit without freaking out. But anyway, that was a long rant. Thanks for sending in your thing, Sam. I appreciate you. Okay, let's read another email. This one is from Kaylin Fish Farmer. Hey Geck. I called you last week and actually got through but somehow managed to botch answering the phone correctly. I was calling to talk to you about my experience moving across the country to work at a fish hatchery. So far it's been a great experience. I feed fish and clean tanks every day and do some basic maintenance around the hatchery. It pays well and my housing is provided so it's a heck of a way to save some money. I live at the hatchery in my own house right at the base of the mountains. It is beautiful here. That said, I have been getting rather homesick lately. Last week was especially bad as my grandma passed away and I wasn't able to go back for the funeral. This was really hard for me, but my family reassured me that this is what my grandma would want me to do. I miss my family and friends quite a lot, but I am still glad I am trying this. Thanks for reading this, Geck. I've listened to you for years, but only tried reaching out in the past week. I know you don't Typically call during your Gekmarle episodes, but I'm gonna leave you my number with no expectations. Yours truly, fish farmer. You know what, fish farmer? I. I'm really happy for you. I am. I think that in life it's important to have an arc. I'm pro ark some people, not everyone wants to have an arc. I get that. I. The majority of people even probably don't want to have arcs. But I'm pro ark. And part of an arc is that you have to go on the hero's journey and leave wherever you are so you can go on your ark. And you did it, fish farmer. You left. And the. The trade off is that you're not gonna be around your friends and your family as much. But the good news is you develop as a person and that's what you really want. Cuz I'll see your friends and your family, they're gonna, you know, have their own lives and be doing their own thing. And I don't know, I just feel like life is such a brief flash in the pan that you want to see stuff and do stuff. So I'm glad that you made the decision to move across the country. Feeding fish, cleaning tanks. That sounds nice, man. Keep doing your thing, fish farmer. Sorry, I don't have a whole lot to say about that. Okay. This is. I mean, I had things to say about that. I don't know. I gotta stop beating myself up. Alright, this is from Walker. Subject line, the time an Indian guru saved my bacon. Okay, so me and my buddy had been experimenting with shrooms for a minute, but the most we had ever taken was an eighth. So we get the bright idea to go on the hero's journey. Parentheses any dose above 5 grams and do 7 grams each. It was sub zero temperatures and icy as shit. We took our shrooms and have an absolute blast the first half of the night. About partway through the night we go to walk my friend's dog and the snow, the air and the moon all have a crazy blood red tint to it and it freaked us the fuck out. We tried to go to bed, but after 20 minutes and he kicks me out of his house because he's going through some emotional shit and tripping hard. So I freak the fuck out because it's midnight, I gotta be at work at 7 and now I have to drive while tripping balls. All the way back home I'm crying because if I get pulled over, I'm going to jail. But the sub zero temperatures and ice actually saved my ass because no cops Were out and about. Okay, I'm gonna fore. This is really stupid. But anyway, whatever. Okay. As I'm driving home, I start seeing demons flying at my windshield, reaching out for. Why didn't you sleep in the car, dude? Turn on the fucking air conditioning and just sleep in the car. Why are you driving home? This was stupid. Okay, whatever. I mean, I don't know why I'm lecturing you. It's like you did it. You're already doing it. But just next time this happens, just like sleep in the car, turn the heater up and just sleep in the car. Don't start dry. It's a terrible idea. Especially with the ice and the snow and all that shit. Okay. At this point I feel. Okay. Where was I? I start seeing demons flying at my windshield, reaching out for me, trying to make me crash. Jesus Christ. But somehow I manage to take every back road I know and make it home safe and sound. At this point, I can still feel the demons all around my property. I'm tossing and turning and praying to keep them away from me and my house. Then out of nowhere I hear this Indian guy's voice say, be calm my child. You're a protected sleep now. And I instantly pass the fuck out. The next morning I go to work and about to shit a brick when the first thing that pops up in my Google news is thousands of Indian temples closed in wake of Super Blood Moon for fear of evil spirits. Um, okay, well, I don't know. I'm not trying to be your dad, Walker, but just go to sleep in the car, man. I like mushrooms as much as the next guy, but just go to sleep in the car, dude. I don't think that. I don't think an Indian. I don't understand how you're saying that an Indian. This Indian guy saved you. I don't think any of this is related. I think it was all hallucinations. I think it was all a coincidence. There's nothing cosmic about any of this. You weren't visited by demons. You just got really high and drove around and almost died. Sorry. Let's just go to sleep in the car next time, Walker. I'm a bummer. Sorry man. Alright. Anyway, this next email is from James. Hey Geck, Hope existence is treating you well today. I wanted to get an email to you to get your thoughts on some life motivation stuff. I am a professional bassoonist. Composer. Less than a year out of school. I finished my Master's degree last May. Lately it has felt odd to call myself a professional. Even though I Have the skill set because. Leaving because since leaving school, work and music has become sparse. I used to be getting calls regularly to sub for local symphonies, but haven't received any in months. I've had some recent success in composing with six of my compositions on the way to being published. But it almost feels like false hope because while I enjoy writing, I really want to share this music with others. And I'm having a hard time believing my music will sell. On top of this, I am the main income supporting for my family partner and two cats. So I've had to take on non music jobs to help sustain myself. I'm on my fourth job since graduating. I'm currently a puzzle quality control technician. It's honestly an awesome job. Wait, that's sick. I guess I'm just wondering if you have any advice on pushing the dream forward through all the bullshit of life and ways that I can keep motivating myself to do all this extra work for the thing I love. Mmm. Um. Well, yeah, I have a few thoughts about this is I think there's certain things that like, if you really like doing them, you just can't not do that, do it. You know what I mean? So like, if you really like making music, I'm going to assume that like you just don't live in a world where you don't do it right, so you're gonna keep doing the work, you're gonna keep making music. So at the end of the day, right, it's like there's really. There's really nothing you can do except for keep doing the work and then figuring out creative ways to market the work. But it sounds to me like, you know, you've been a musician for a long time and I don't think that that's going away anytime soon. So as long as I know it's kind of fluffy, but as long as you just keep doing the work and keep making the music, if something is going to happen, it'll happen. I think again, it's about kind of how you choose to market yourself and how you choose to kind of be smart about the things that you're creating. But the fact that you're creating it in general is a good sign. So. How can I keep motivating myself to do all this extra work for the thing I love? Just love it. Just love doing it. Just. I think that's. I think that's the only way you'll not get burnt out is to just love what you're doing so much that you can't not do it. That's my. That's my best sort of thought on that. Even if it's a little frothy. Alright. This is from Margarita Subject Line Recurring Dreams and Predictions for Real Life Hey Geck, I hope you're having a good day and having healthy, consistent bowel movements. You can call me Morbo. I'm emailing you because of your recent podcast where in the GeckMail segment someone asked about a dream they had about their parents plane crash and whether that meant their parents were going to die in real life and you expressed your opinion that dreams do not externally influence reality. I have a story about a personal recurring dream that I have never been able to fully understand. I don't necessarily agree or disagree about the external influence of dreams and but this experience always felt like more than just a coincidence. Every night for about a year When I was 4 or 5, I had a comforting, predictable dream. My grandpa would take me down a long hallway to a vibrant factory like playroom filled with colorful turning gears, dials and levers. He would leave me there while he was at work and I would happily play until he returned at the end of the day. The dream always ended with me running into his arms and us walking hand in hand back down the hallway, at which point I would wake up. However, one night the dream changed. We were walking down the same hallway, but I felt dread and anxiety. I didn't want to go into the room, but my grandpa insisted he needed to go to work and dropped me off anyway. The room was now rusty, jagged and dull. I played for what seemed like forever, but he never came back and I couldn't open the door to leave. That morning I ran to his room and tried to wake him up to ask him to make me scrambled eggs as he did every day. He never woke up. He had passed away from a heart attack during the night. I was the first to discover him that morning as a five year old, I told my mother he was just being lazy and not wanting to wake up because I didn't understand what death was. For the next two or three years I had the same dream again, but this time I was walking down the hallway alone and entering the room which fluctuated between rusty and colorful depending on the day. Always searching for my grandpa, but he was never there. I would just play in the room alone until I woke up. Eventually, the dream stopped. While my grandpa was a healthy, athletic man with no indication of sickness, I'm not claiming the dream predicted his death, but I often think back to why the dream changed so dramatically. The Night he passed, seemingly warning me that he would not be there anymore. I would love to know what you think of this experience. I have a few more scenarios of my recurring dreams suddenly changing the night before something significant happens to me. Almost like a prediction or a warming. Thank you for reading this. I hope it was interesting. That was interesting. What do I think about this? I mean, I don't. I'm. Listen, I'm pretty agnostic when it comes to a lot of stuff. I'm very easily. I'm somewhat easily convinced of things that are supernatural in a sense. Whether or not. What do I think? I mean, I think that's pretty crazy story. I'm. I don't know if I'm gonna go ahead and say that it was a predictor of your grandpa's death, but I think it is a pretty crazy coincidence nonetheless. Thank you for. For sharing that story. That was very interesting. Okay, here's a real crazy one. This is from Solid Snake subject line. I have a scat fetish and I will never be loved. Hi Lyle, I will spare you any of the graphic details regarding my condition. I really just want to share what my life actually looks like to another living soul. Maybe I'm not as crazy as I think I am. I am a 28 year old Venezuelan man. Really poor, divorced parents, never went to college, never did anything meaningful in life. At the moment I live in Paraguay where I work in a cement factory. I live with my mother who also works in another factory. We earn barely enough to pay our bills and basic stuff. Our life is hard and we only have ourselves, but we keep going. Besides working on a factory, I also enjoy making techno music, drawing furries and cinema. When my parents divorced, I became a low self esteem quiet kid. So I ended up developing a creative side. I am bisexual and as I grew up I developed a very unhealthy sexuality. I can only have sexual pleasure by living traumas again and putting myself through humiliating situations. When I was five years old, before the divorce, I was playing doggy in a side of the house while my family was drinking polar and having a parilla in the living room. What is a parilla? Uh, I have no idea what that is. I guess a party. I was told dogs were dirty and animals. I was told dogs were dirty animals. And I concluded that dogs eat their own shit. And if I am playing doggy, I had to go all the way. Next thing I know, my dad walks in on me with a mouth full of shit, my Johnny Bravo shirt all smeared with shit and he gets really Angry, he grabs me by one hand and drags me from the living room all the way to the bedroom. My whole family sees me, all covered in shit with a stupid face, laughing and laughing. That day was the day that I died. For the first time, it felt like I died. I remember the shame, burning. The feeling that I fucked something up forever. As I grew up, I learned to get turned on by the thought of being dirty and a toilet for other men. I had another similar episode in my teenage years. Left my Gmail account, logged in on the family computer and my dad saw my stash of gay roleplays and my gay scat fetish porn stash. While I was away, I was never too close to my dad. But that day I think I died for him for real. I was 15 at that time. After that, I got out of home, found a job and rented a house together with my mom. She was always very accepting of who I was. Now that we are here in Paraguay, I haven't spoken to my dad in some time. He stopped sending me messages a few birthdays ago and a few Christmases ago. I'm glad he moved on. He didn't deserve to have a sick son like me. Right now I live a pretty normal life. Been at the factory for four years. Always passed as someone normal to my co workers. I don't have friends and don't go out much. I have a side job of drawing scat fetish art for furries. It pays well and it's nice. I have problems with opening up to others emotionally. I haven't had a relationship since I was a teen and only have hookups with strangers. I feel undeserving of love and mostly want to be alone all the time. I don't think I will ever find someone who will accept me for who I am. Sometimes I want to try my fetish with other men. But scat is a very high health risk fetish. Probably one of the most dangerous ones. It's a fetish I experience mostly through porn and masturbation and fantasy. I don't see my life improving in any way. I think I will continue to be poor and with all my sex problems until I am old. My mom will die and I will be alone. Is this life worth living? Okay, well, well. Solid snake. Okay, give me just a moment to take that one in. The scat stuff and the like the eating poop stuff is not the. I think it's the question of is this life worth living? That is like the. The thing here is life worth living. I don't know if I can answer this question. Obviously this is a person who needs a real therapist to talk through a bunch of stuff. But I have some ponders. I mean, clearly this guy has a lot of stuff going on with him that both internally and externally isolates himself from other people. And I think it was brave of you to write this email. Solid snake because you're describing like really crazy fucked up stuff. But we live in a world with really crazy fucked up stuff, man. So. So you're probably not the only per. Whatever is going on with you. You're not the only one. You might be one of the few people brave enough to talk about it, write this email about it, but you're not the only one. I mean, I mean, who are you drawing this fetish scat furry porn for? You know? Think about that. Do you ever develop relationships with those people? I'm not even talking about romantic relationships, but like, who are you drawing this fucking porn for, man? And what's going on with the furries? And where are the furries in Venezuela? Whatever the fuck is going on with you, there's. There's some community and maybe for you it's the furry community. Maybe, whatever. But there's other people who are dealing with this stuff. And I think if I were you, I would do whatever it fucking took to, to go in search of those people. Even if. Even if it's just the Internet, man. Even if it's just you and a. And a bunch of fucking shit eating furries hanging out on discord. You gotta be able to find other people who have the same problem as you. You have to, because you have no perspective right now. Because you only know because you have this crazy thing going on internally that you're just dealing with alone. And it's just you and the entire planet who looks at it and goes, this is too much. This is crazy for me to deal with. But if you. I mean, this is why they have things like AA and you know, Sex Addicts Anonymous and all this stuff is so that people who have like a problem, they think they're alone with, they can get perspective from other people. And you really need that. You need that like you desperately need that. And I think you can find it. Where. Who are these scat fetish furry people that you're drawing the art with? Start first. Start there, start there. See if you can find other people that have the same problem as you. Just like, start there. Is your life worth living? It's not a good sign that I had to pause for that long but that doesn't mean that I believe your life isn't worth living. I don't. It's. You're. It's hard because I'm. I'm a bit of a. Is your life worth living? Actually? Give let. Because if you're listening to this right now, here is what I will say. And I will say that because I don't. I don't like being unrealistic, okay? I really like. I don't like being like toxic positivity and I don't like going, every life is amazing and beautiful and worth living. I don't like doing that. But I will say this and I will say it with certainty and I will say it with conviction to you. Solid snake, if you're listening, I 100% believe that there are things out there, be they people, places, meanings. And I believe this for everyone. People, places, meanings, work, whatever it is, there's stuff out there that I don't know about and that you don't know about. Where? If you kept living your life and you kept trying and you kept trying to expand outside of yourself and find these people, places, things, whatever they are, there are people, places, things that you may discover and then realize that, yes, your life is worth living. And I believe that 100%. So even if you don't think that your life as it, and this is applicable to fucking everyone, even if you don't think that your life as it is is worth living, I do believe that. Again, if you keep living it and you keep trying to search a little bit outside of yourself, whether that's going to therapy, whether that's just saying fuck it, and trying to make the connections with people anyway, even if you don't feel like it comes natural to you, like, the more you just try to attempt outside of yourself, the greater chance it is that you'll discover again. People, places, things, whatnot, thoughts, brother. Things inside. I'm only talking about the external things you might have. There's feelings that I don't fucking know about that you don't know about that might make you think differently. You'll discover things inside of yourself and outside of yourself that might make you believe that your life is worth living. So that's what I would say to you, because I can't tell you that your life is worth living because only you can decide that. But what I can tell you is that I'm pretty confident that you don't have all the information and all of the experiences that can inform you whether or not you think your life is worth Living. Does that make sense? I hope that makes sense. So, look, there might be an I, because, listen, there might be some dungeon in Venezuela where you can hang out with guys and shit in each other's mouths all day and. And then go to, like, get brunch afterwards. And it's amazing. And you're like, wow. Until I. Until I found the Venezuelan diarrhea dungeon, my life wasn't worth living. But now it is. Now I have family and friends. Now I got all this whole thing. So I don't know. But you. You have to. You have to go in search. You have to go in search of shit to make your life worth living. You can't just give up. I mean, you. Can I. But don't you want to? Don't you want to know? Don't you want to know? Don't you want to know if you can live a life that's worth living? Don't you want to at least try really hard to see if maybe you can discover something that makes your life worth living? That's what I would say to you. Solid snake. So good luck out there, man. Hey, folks, if any of you guys are creators on TikTok, you're going to want to know about this. TikTok is putting on a celebration spotlighting creators from all over the world called Live Fest 2025. I know a lot of people who listen to this show or call into this show are creators of some kind. You guys do all sorts of stuff. Life coaching, making funny sketches, making music. Whatever it is you do on TikTok, doing it with TikTok Live is a great way to engage with your community and grow your audience. And this year's Live Fest is a great opportunity to show the world whatever it is that you do best. You can take home real trophies and walk down the red carpet at TikTok's annual awards ceremony. So whether you're just starting out on TikTok or already growing your community, check out LiveFest2025 on TikTok to find out how you can be a part of this global celebration. Let's elevate live together. Shh.
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Therapy Gecko
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Lyle Gecko
Hey, folks, I am very excited to finally Have a therapy sponsor for this podcast that takes insurance. This episode is sponsored by Rula. They are a healthcare company on a mission to make getting therapy from a licensed professional easy and affordable. They accept most major insurance plans and the average copay per session is only $15. Every therapist on Rula is carefully vetted and chosen for their expertise, so you will always know that you're in good hands. Thousands have already trusted Rula to support them on their journey toward improved mental health and overall well being. Head on over to rula.com gecko that's R U L A dot com gecko to get started today. After you sign up, they will ask where you heard about them. Please support this show and let them know that Therapy Gecko sent you. Go to R u l a.com gecko and take the first step toward better mental health. Today you deserve quality care from someone who cares. All right, let's keep going. This is from Mike. Subject line Old English Erectile Dysfunction Therapy Gecko, I am honored and esteemed to be writing to you, Righteous Gecko, regarding a conundrum which has troubled me for some time. It is a great desire of mine to one day grace the presence of the Therapy Gecko podcast, and I do hope that day is soon to come. Okay, what's the thing? But for now, fair Gecko, I write to you via digital messaging and I beg you to harken my every word. I'm about to stop reading this email. Okay, all right, I'll finish. I'm too deep into it, for I am in love and have fostered a growing relationship with the very maiden I had eyes for in high school. Okay, you won me back, Mike. Many a year we have known each other and our feelings are known to one another. She cares about me deeply. But an unfortunate problem has dashed my hopes of claiming her as my lady. For you see, a dastardly case of erectile dysfunction has stricken me, and a vile case of it indeed. A virgin I am not. But with this woman whom I so adore, my heart simply gives way and. And I find myself fraught with trepidation. Half a dozen nights we have gone to bed together, but alas, my nether regions freeze like stone from Medusa's horrid glare. Overcome with nerves I am, and a rift it has caused between us, I can feel within me. This maiden has feelings for me, but the lack of sex has caused her to not want to date me. I love this girl and I think she loves me. But this ed is an issue. Therapy Gecko. Whatever Shall I do P S? I was embarrassed and only felt comfortable sharing this through medieval wordplay. Apologies. Dude, take one of the pills. Have you taken the pills? I've never taken any of the pills, but I know there's pills. Try the pills, man. We need a. We need a dick pill sponsor on this show. Try one of the pill companies. This bluechew. I mean, I wouldn't this bluechew. Cialis. Just take a pill, man. It'll make your dick work again. Is that it? Is that all we have to say to this guy? I think it is. This is a medical issue. Let me look up. Okay, I'm gonna look into Cialis real quick. Cialis generic side effects. Okay, what are the side effects of Cialis? Headache, back pain, nasal congestion. Okay, there's not that. It's not that bad, I don't think. Yeah, man, just take some Cialis. You'll be okay. You don't talk like that when you're in bed with her, do you? Maybe she likes that. I don't know. I don't know her. She's probably a nice lady. Take a Cialis, man. This is from H subject line. I am living too many different lives, lyle. I am 23 and have never felt more unsure about my place in this world. While this is very normal for someone my age, it feels very intense right now. After over a year of looking for my ideal job and something I am passionate for, I finally got it. But every time I feel like I hit my stride in it, I get knocked back down hard and I work 50 hours a week. I feel like part of it may be the company, but I'm scared to leave because I don't know if I'll be able to find another job since it took so long to get this one at home. I struggle because I have a two year old and a boyfriend waiting for me. I own my home, but I'm never there to take care of things and when I get home, everyone needs my attention. I can't get any time alone with myself or with my boyfriend. It takes a toll when I have no energy or time to go around. And most people my age don't understand how it feels to be a parent and try to maintain a committed relationship with your co parent. Meanwhile, I have a crush on my co worker as well. Interesting. I feel like I am just projecting because he is so different from my current boyfriend. His values align a little more with mine and he is physically more my type. I spend so much time working next to him, I don't Know how to not think about it. I'm trying to let it run its course, but I have a hard time. Partially because I am the type of person to share my feelings and it helps to get it off my chest, but partially because I fear that I am settling because I want to be there for my daughter. Part of me knows there has to be someone better out there for me. I come from the restaurant industry originally and I wish I could go back. I hated how my growth was so stunted and the pay is not great, but the schedule was perfect for my family. I still had problems, but generally I was comfortable because I could enjoy more of my time and food is one of my passions. How do I choose between two passions? Now I am lost trying to figure out all these conflicting ideas in my head. My mind feels like a garden full of dying flowers and I can't figure out which ones to water. Send help. I said at the beginning of this podcast that I wasn't gonna blindly throw out advice just because I felt like I had to say something. And so I'm not. But I will ponder this. Okay, so she said something about maintaining a committed relationship with her co parent. I. Am I to assume that the two year old she has is with this boyfriend? I think I'm gonna assume that she called him a co parent. I. Okay, I think, I think that the boyfriend is the same person. Okay. All right. So you got. You had this kid when you were 21, so I don't know how long you've been with your boyfriend for. I can't tell you whether or not to leave your boyfriend at the first sign of feeling like you're more aligned with someone else. But I have a few thoughts. I mean, I do think that like, staying together for the kids is kind of a recipe for like not, not a great relationship. Like, do you like your boyfriend? You know, is the. Like, yeah, there's a shiny new thing and we're always gonna get distracted by shiny new things and there's always gonna be somebody that we're more attracted to or more aligned with us. Like that's just always gonna happen. Right? So forget about the crush for a second and just like, do. Do you. Do we. Do we like the boyfriend? Do you like him? Do you want to be with him? Do you want to be with him? Or do you. Are you just like, ah, we gotta stay together or else this. Things are gonna be weird with this kid, you know, because that's just gonna. Cuz. Where does that go? That's a lifetime of resentment Right there. You know, you're gonna be for 16 more years. You're just gonna be with this guy that you don't really like. But I don't know. I don't. I can't really tell. I can't really tell from this email whether or not you like your boyfriend. And I mean that. I don't. I don't mean that this email is saying to me that you don't like your boyfriend, but I just can't tell whether or not you like him. But, yeah, there's always gonna be people that you're more physically attracted to and whose values align with you more. And also, you've. You've probably been with. If you had the. When you were 21, you've probably been with this guy for. Since you were like, I. I don't know. I'll give you the. I'll give you a 19, maybe. You've probably been with this guy for at least a year or two before you had the kid. So, you know, and especially because you're so young, you're like an ever evolving person. So obviously your values and your boyfriend's values are going to change. You guys evolve to be people. So I don't know if that's advice, but that's a. That's my ponder as far as the job goes. Let me reread some of this. After a year of working for my. Of looking for my ajill job, after looking for my ideal job, I finally got it. But every time I feel like I hit my stride, I get knocked back down hard. It's hard for me to answer that without knowing what you mean by get knocked back down hard. Who's. Are. Are you being knocked down by like, ah, fuck, I'm not as good at this as I thought I was. Because if that's the case, I think it's okay for you to just keep going and trying. Or are you getting knocked back down because. I don't know. I don't really know what the industry is. Mmm. I come from the restaurant originally. Industry, originally. I wish I could go back. The schedule is perfect for my family. Hmm. I. Fuck. I don't want to just give advice because I feel like I have to say something. I really don't. This is hard. I'm. It's so funny. It's funny to do this because I'm so indecisive in my personal life that, like, it just feels crazy for me to try to tell other people what to do with their lives. But we, again, we can ponder. I like A good pondering. I'm gonna say this. H. You're. You're doing what you do. What you're doing is so hard. You got a heart. You. This is a hard life. This is a really hard life. I can't speak to the job thing, but I would just say that you should decide whether or not you like your boyfriend. And it's okay if you don't. It's okay if you don't like your boyfriend. It's not insane for you and your boyfriend to break up. It's not the worst thing that could possibly happen. You're 23 years old. You know, it's not insane that the. The boyfriend you had when you were young and as you get older, you drift apart. I'll just say it's not insane. It's not, you know, me telling you what to do, but where are we at here? Let's. Let's do a few more, shall we? Okay. This is from. Kayo. Subject line story about my ex. I met this girl in high school. She wasn't just another student. I remember her as someone who lit up the room when she laughed. Someone I immediately felt drawn to. We became friends. Nothing more at the time. Just the kind of friendship that grows in between classes. Notes passed during boring lectures and small talk at the gate after school. But life moved on. And after graduation, we lost touch. Years went by. One day, while flipping through my old graduation book, her face caught my eye. It was one of those random nostalgic moments that catches you off guard. On impulse, I looked her up on social media. Her profile popped up. She was married, had a child. A small knot formed in my stomach, but I clicked follow anyway. To my surprise, she accepted and ST and I. And started reacting. Uh, okay. To my surprise, she accepted. And I started reacting to her stories. Just casual, harmless likes at first. A laughing emoji here, a heart there. I don't know if I like where this is going. Then one day, she replied. It was a simple message, but it opened a floodgate. We started talking. Morning, afternoon, night. Our conversations grew deeper, more intimate. It didn't take long before we confessed old curiosities. Feelings that maybe had always been there under the surface. Eventually, she agreed to meet up. One dinner led to a kiss. One kiss led to a night together. And soon we were seeing each other regularly. She began confiding in me about her marriage, how broken things were. Eventually, she told me she was leaving her husband. It wasn't a clean break. It never is. There was stress, arguments, chaos. But she did it. And after a period, she moved in with me. And her son came too. He was 12 at the time. The kids have a way of sensing where they're safe. And at some point, he started calling me dad. I didn't expect that, but it was a good feeling. We became a family. Me, her, and the boy. Those months together were messy, but beautiful. I thought we had something real. Then one day I came home and she was gone. Just like that. No big fight, no warning. I called her, desperate. She said she needed space, that she wanted to live on her own again. I didn't understand it, but I tried to respect it. And after some time, we started seeing each other again. But it was different now. More distant, more physical. She told me she didn't want a relationship anymore. Just sex. And I went along with it. For a year and four months. I visited her apartment. No promises, no strings. Just that strange haunting arrangement. And eventually I couldn't do it anymore. I walked away. Cut contact. I needed more than she was willing to give. Time passed. A year later. You guys are really good writers. There's been a lot of really good, well written emails said to this show. I appreciate you guys. Okay. Time passed. A year later, I met someone new at university. Wait, you met someone new at university? How old are you guys, man? She had a 12 year old son. What? How? Anyway, whatever. I can't. I'm not gonna try to get the timeline on this. A year later, I met someone new at university. She was warm, curious, and she listened. Really listened. We started going out. It was healthy, calm, Something I hadn't known I needed. Then just a few days ago, we were talking about our pasts and I told her everything. The whole strange tangled story. She went quiet for a moment and then said something that floored me. She has a co worker that has a wife with the name of my ex. And we went to look at a photo and there it was. He is the woman's husband. And they had never actually split up with her, according to him. They had a fight, sure, but they got back together not long after. It had never lasted months. They had always been officially together. It hit me like a punch in the gut all that time. All the pain and weird relationship was built on a lie. But. Well, I've kind of started that. Wow. What a fucking story. Holy shit. I don't. I There's. I don't think I can add anything you could to this story. Thank you for sharing that. Holy fucking shit, man. That's crazy. Uh, jeez. Wow. I mean, yeah, I think here's the thing, right, is like, when you meet the fact that you met this lady while she was, like, already married and had a kid and then she started like, it was. It feels like by nature of the way that it started, you can kind of predict how it ends. And people say that about this kind of stuff, so. But I don't know, every situation is kind of unique. That's a crazy story, man. Thank you for sharing. Holy shit. I can't think of anything to add to this. It was fun. It was fun. It was nice. It felt nice to read it. What happened to the boy? Call in one time. Kyo, we gotta talk. Hey, folks, if any of you guys are creators on TikTok, you're gonna want to know about this. TikTok is putting on a celebration spotlighting creators from all over the world called Live Fest 2025. I know a lot of people who listen to the show or call into this show are creators of some kind. You guys do all sorts of stuff. Life coaching, making funny sketches, making music. Whatever it is you do on TikTok, doing it with TikTok Live is a great way to engage with your community and grow your audience. And this year's Live Fest is a great opportunity to show the world whatever it is that you do best. You can take home real trophies and walk down the red carpet at TikTok's annual awards ceremony. So whether you're just starting out on TikTok or already growing your community, check out LiveFest2025 on TikTok to find out how you can be a part of this global celebration. Let's elevate Live together. Then the space hamster flew his hot air balloon all the way to the bottom of the ocean.
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Therapy Gecko
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Lyle Gecko
Hey folks, I am very excited to finally have a therapy sponsor for this podcast that takes insurance. This episode is sponsored by Rula. They are a healthcare company on a mission to make getting therapy from a licensed professional a easy and affordable. They accept most major insurance plans and the average copay per session is only $15. Every therapist on Rula is carefully vetted and chosen for their expertise, so you will always know that you're in good hands. Thousands have already trusted Rula to support them on their journey toward improved mental health and overall well being. Head on over to rula.com gecko that's R U L A dot com gecko to get started today. After you sign up they will ask where you heard about them. Please support this show and let them know that therapy Gecko sent you. Go to r u l a.com/gecko and take the first step toward better mental health today. You deserve quality care from someone who cares. Okay, let's see here. I probably have time to do a couple more. You guys want to listen to a couple more Geckmels? Let's do that. This is from Jeremiah Subject line. You can call me Jeremiah. I've been going through a weird time with my girlfriend. We've been together for three years and this is the longest relationship she's been in I have had, including her seven sexual partners. As I've had long term relationships mostly and didn't lose my virginity until I was 18. She has had many more, which she attributes to having a very rough upbringing and treating sex as less of a serious thing. We have amazing sex, definitely the best I've ever had, and she says I'm the only person that has ever made her finish. She also says we've had more sex together than she has had with everyone else combined. I sort of find myself feeling jealous of her past. Not so much jealous of her previous partners, but more that she's had these variable experiences and I never did. I was kind of a loser in high school and even when I did start finally having sex, it was only after I got comfortable with someone. We've had a few deep talks about this, and the last time we did, she said she'd do pretty much anything to make me feel better around my lack of experiences. She says that she 100% plans on spending the rest of her life with me, so she'll do whatever it takes to make it work. She suggested that maybe I should have sex with other people, like a hooker, or that she'd be open to a threesome with another girl. I don't really know how to feel about those ideas. It sounds kind of hot, but I also feel like it will just inherently damage our relationship. Like no matter what she says about being okay with it, I think she will be heartbroken or jealous. Not to mention I don't honestly think I'll feel comfortable doing that with someone else. I just wish there was a way I could be okay with the imbalance between us without it interfering with Our relationship. Like, I wish I could just go back in time and be more adventurous or whatever. It makes me feel, like, inadequate or inferior to her. I know that's a silly way to feel. And I'm not slut shaming her. I just feel like my ego is in danger. It's just sort of a weird fomo, I guess. Interesting. See, I. I want to. I want to dive deeper into this with you, Jeremiah, because I want to know where the this thing is coming from. Like, you know, who gives a right? Like, if you feel yourself like you. If you really enjoy the sex life that you're having with. And you've had. You've had seven sexual partners, and I assume that this was. If you've had. Let me say, if you've had seven sexual partners and this lady is the best sex that you've had of those partners, you're fucking not missing anything, dude. You're fucking not missing anything. Like, if you can be. If you're in a relationship with a woman who really wants to be with you and you really want to be with her, and she is the best sex that you've ever had, you're doing fucking great. What? I. I. Please listen to this. There's nothing. There's no, like, crazy. Any. Any crazy Tinder hookup that you think you're missing out on is. Is nothing compared to. To what you have, you know? And you're. Oh, by the way, you're really smart guy, right? Because, listen, maybe your girl, maybe your girlfriend is like, the thing, the thing. The thing about her being like, I'll do anything to make you feel better. Kind of makes it feel like. And you're smart. You're keying into this. It kind of makes it feel like she's genuinely just saying it because she wants. Because she really likes you and wants you to stay, which is a bad reason, you know, because. Because you're smart, you're keying into the fact that she's not probably actually cool with you having sex with a hooker or you having a threesome with another girl. So you've. You've approached that situation very smartly, I feel. So really all this is, is just you coming to terms with this weird FOMO that you have. But, like, dude, I'm telling you, like, you, there's. You have nothing to be FOMO about. Also, it's not like this is the only girl that you've ever had sex with. You had sex with six other people. You know, you didn't lose your virginity until you were 18. I didn't. I didn't lose my virginity till I was 18. Most. A lot of people haven't lost their virginity till they were 18. It's not. I. I think you're. You fear missing. Like the thing you have FOMO for. It is, first of all, it just doesn't. It just doesn't exist. You had sex with six other people and this is the best. This lady was the best of the. Of all of them. So I don't know, you sound like you know how ridiculous this feeling is, but everything you're talking about is just. It's very. It's like so normal. And you just. You ended up in the best scenario, right? Because you don't want to be like. You don't want to be with another lady thinking about, like, sex you had with another. With a different lady. You know what I mean? Keep. You're in. I just want. Jeremiah. You're in a good. You're in a really good place, dude. You're in a really good place. Obviously, whatever's happening with you is something internal that I don't think I can really fix. But if you are hearing me say this, you're missing out on nothing. Continue having great sex with your girlfriend. Tell her that you don't need to have a threesome with another girl and just fucking be in that. You also, you don't even sound like you want to if your whole thing is like, you need to be really comfortable with the person in case, like, you don't sound like you're going to want to like, do those things anyway. So just be in this relationship. Like just. You got to get over this. Hang up. I don't know where it's even coming from. I don't even think you know where it's coming from. So, you know, call in at some point because I want to really examine this with you because I'm very curious where this. What this. Where this is coming from. Okay, folks, I think that's it for me. I think that this was Geck mail. I hope this was a good episode. I. I had to kind of record it in parts because I was feeling a little insane. But we'll be back with the phone calls soon. I've just been home in Baltimore, so I've been recording these audio only Geck mails. Anyway, thanks for bearing with me. Thanks for listening to this. Thanks for being here. Thanks for sending me these emails. You can send me more@therapygeckomail.com I'm putting my tour together for 2026. I'm really excited about it. Please go to therapygeckotour.com Put your information in there so I can tell you when I'm coming to your city. That's it. That's all I have to say. Thank you guys for emailing. I hope that this was good. If you have thoughts about the show, I'm down to do different kinds of stuff. I want to experiment more with the podcast. So if you have ideas or thoughts or whatever, I. I'm crazy. I read all the Spotify comments. I really shouldn't, but I do. So if you have. If you have something to say to me, I'll read it in the Spotify comments. Okay, that's it. I'm gonna go. Thank you all. Geck bless. See you guys around the universe. Expert. Shh. You won't believe what my new friend.
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Therapy Gecko
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