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My blurred opinion
by Timothy West
Fighting my inner Demons and trying to survive life or being legally blind and dealing with depression. I’m just trying to tell my story along with my friends and everyone else but I know that has a story that could help someone
Episodes
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I'll do the best I can
This episode is with my good friend who I met at church. Her name is Liz. We discussed in this episode, her journey with God, her fight against cancer, and the ups and downs throughout our life
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It takes courage to share your story
This episode is with my friend. I met on TikTok name AimeeLee she's all the way from Australia. She's a caregiver a survivor of trauma and mental health. We talk a lot about her upbringing and her strong connection with Brody
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I lost a lot, but I gained even more
I came across Raa through one of her powerful videos. She was talking about all the loss that she has suffered of those who are close to her, and it really really move me. Once we started talking, I knew it was somebody that I wanted to get to know, and to have on the show. She talks about her...
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I want this, I need this
This episode is just me sitting down discussing my current frustrations with my financial, and physical situations.
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Pain relief
This episode is with my good friend Nikki. She's somebody I met on TikTok, and she's always been so kind and supportive. She's from Canada, she's a mother, and a chronic pain warrior. In this episode, she talks about surgeries, her mental health, and how these spasms affect her every day.
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You can find kindness in every aisle
Spann Cordle, Disability advocate, Wal-mart associate Keynote speaker. I was the first service dog team for Walmart. Helping others in the workplace to make disabilities a household name. This is his story of how he went from a child struggling with cerebral palsy to a Walmart associate in…
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Stop the fight. Return to each other
Today’s guest is Gaylen Wilson, a heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach, and founder of The Monument Method Institute with his wife Heather. Gaylen’s life has not been one comeback. It...
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Your resilience is what creates your positivity
This episode is with my friend Jasmine another TikToker, who I met along the way, she's from Australia. She is a chronic pain warrior, because she goes through the condition multiple sclerosis. We discuss mental health, our journey and dealing with MS, and the resilience that it takes to be…
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Scuba Joe
Hello, Im Joe Gonzalez aka Scuba Joe a disabled Navy Seabee who’s seen his share of tragedies both on the battle field and off. Tragedies that have not only crushed me, my spirit, complete altered my way of life for the worse. After the 3rd time I couldnt help but ask, why? It truely never dawned...
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I faced a lot of struggles
This episode is with Kimber Henson. She has the condition Star guards disease. We discuss the day, the struggles with her eye condition, mental health, and how you keep going, even if it keeps getting harder.
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A Tim update
This episode is about me updating everyone on how I've been feeling over the last past year or so. I talk about my experiences with my contact lenses, and my mental health struggles.
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Same guest, new attitude
In this episode, we come back to an old familiar face. It's Allison from a previous episode. She tells us what she's been up to, how she's been getting through her struggles, and her different outlook on life.
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F*ck those demons
My name is Cheryl McKelvey and I’m a married dog Mom living just outside a small town 50 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri. I’m recently retired and trying to redefine my identify and my new purpose. I also have struggled a long time with depression, weight issues, chronic pain and a poor...
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Taking a trip down memory lane
In this episode, I get to catch up with my old friend Madeanna. He's someone I went to school with through middle, and high school. There was an appear in our lives while we were pretty inseparable, and always compared to each other, but after high school we kind of lost touch. Now we're catching...
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Queen succubus
I've known our next guess Layla or sometime now, I've always enjoyed hanging out with her, and talking to her. She has a great sense of humor, but it's very dark at times, like me it comes from a dark place. In this episode, we talk a lot about mental health, childhood drama, chronic pain, and…
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Mama Ladew
I met Andrea, and we instantly clicked. She's an author, a mother, and a really smart and loving person. Even though her work is primarily about politics, we focused mostly on her being a mother to a child with special needs. We talk about how hard it is to be a parent to those with learning...
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Tiggers mama
This episode is with my good friend Colleen. I met her one day when she came into my TikTok live, and she was just so kind, and we instantly became friends. Colleen suffers from systemic lupus, and Shogun syndrome. We talk a lot about what those conditions are, how they affect her life on a daily...
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Are you OK ep2
In this episode, we returned with another very open transparent conversation with Sarah and I. we talk about the usuals which is mental health, or physical health, in any updates in our lives.
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See us, Know us.
Jenn has lived with Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was six years old. While she was an active and athletic child, as an adult, her arthritis has become more limiting. It’s been a challenging process for her to redefine her sense of self and to accept these limitations, while still trying to move...
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Thankful for the differences
I met our next guest Vance on TikTok. He came in with a very positive attitude and he sent me and everybody in my life some Grace and some good advice. In the episode, he talks a lot about addiction, mental health, and how it has affected his life and his family. He also discusses how his…
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We're not handicap, we are handy capable
This week we have two guests, MARI, and Tony. MARI and I sat down and talked, and she realized that Tony would add some expertise as a disability advocate, and someone who started their own business to help employ those with disabilities. They both have started their own companies, and I've done…
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Let's make some music
This episode is with my good friend Angela. I met her on TikTok, and ever since I met her she's always tried to help me with my mental health or anything else that's going on in my life. She is someone who has struggled with mental health and past trauma, but she has found herself through her...
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It's time to restore your story
For more than two decades, Jeff has worked as a mental health specialist helping people navigate the emotional terrain of chronic pain and illness. Day after day he sat with clients whose bodies had betrayed them, people trying to build meaningful lives in bodies that would not cooperate. He…
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Pastor john
This episode is with my pastor, Pastor John. We talk about his upbringing, mental health, how he got to becoming a pastor and what his mission is today.
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Peace of me
I was born blind, and with other disabilities as well. Growing up, the school system assumed that I was incapable of learning enough to become a fully functioning adult. This ultimately led to a situation where I actually missed out on grades 7-11 entirely. Thus the idea that I would end up with...
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Helping people see not just who they are, but who they can become
Andrew Drasen is the author of A Vision of Hope and the creator of a 90-day framework that helps people transform pain into growth and live on purpose, not by accident. His work began with his own journey through adversity, loss, and rediscovery—experiences that forced him to rebuild from the...
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I couldn't ignore it anymore
John is our next guest and he is somebody that I met for my mother who came highly recommended. As I sat down and talked to him, I knew we had a lot in common, and that our conversation would be a deep one. John talks about childhood drama addiction, being infected with the HIV virus , mental...
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awesome Jenn
My name is Jenn. I will be 58 years old on 4/17 . I had a very toxic upbringing. I was abused in pretty much anyway you can't think of. I left home at 18. And tried to start my life over Which was not easy to do. And in 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I went through almost a year...
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Braving therapy
As a retired high school counselor, I worked in a rural school setting where distance and transportation constraints made school counselors the only available personal counseling opportunity for many students. Mental health concerns impact the functioning and success of individuals, so my...
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Are you ok Ep1
This episode was inspired by my friend Sarah who had an ideas, she wanted to just sit down and talk about whatever was on our minds. We discussed mental health, of course, our current physical situations with our health, Sarah's and eyes similarities and differences with our living situations and...
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Feisty and fierce
This episode is with Marina. She's somebody I met on my TikTok live a while back, and we instantly clicked. I believe Marina is very misunderstood, and a lot of of it has to do with her upbringing and all that has happened to her in our past. This is a very good episode, but there's a lot of dark…
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Erin on wheels
In this episode, I sit down for a second episode with my good friend Erin. She tells her long journey of trying to get a van and being able to get her license so that she can drive while also being in a wheelchair. We discuss all the roadblocks and barriers that were thrown in front of her, her...
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As long as I like me, I don't care who likes me
This episode is a very important episode for me personally, for a multitude of reasons. This is episode 300, and this is an episode where I get to sit down and talk to my grandma and ask her about her life. My grandmother is very important to me, her wisdom, sense of humor, and the abundance of...
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Amputee strong
Hello my name is Matthew colello im a new englander born and raised. Growing up i never felt like I fit in. Always was thr odd one out. I never truly felt like myself. On november 5th 2024 my life had completely changed. I was involved in a motor vehicle accident where a car struck me causing me…
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Always on the go
This episode is with a new friend a young friend. Her name is Megan. She's from Greece, and she wanted to tell her story on mental health. One day she popped into my life on TikTok and her, and I instantly connected, and she felt like she had a lot to say on the subject of mental health. We...
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The visual storyteller
Dying at birth, David was exposed to a medical experiment that kept him a live but the side effects were so bad it became Illegal to do to humans just months after it was done to him. Birth defects, sterility and 100% mortality by age 20 were the side effect. He was in chronic pain from his...
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I beat stage three
Jacob is a guy I met on TikTok from my lives, he's a very upbeat and positive guy who just beat stage three lymphoma cancer. We discuss the buildup, the hospital stays, the treatment, and all that went into him eventually becoming cancer free. We also talk about the aftermath and what is still...
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Sammie epilepsy
This episode is with my friend Sammi, she's a woman who not only has epilepsy, but has multiple diagnosis and health conditions. When we recorded this episode, she was in the hospital, and she still has a goal of soon to be released because she has been there for many years. For as much as she…
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My brother's keeper
This episode is with a friend I made off of Tiktok named Daniel. We discussed mental health, family, his duty, as being a protector to his younger brother and what he learned about life in his early 18 years of living. Daniel is a really smart kid for his age, and it gives me hope for the future...
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Here to educate
Chris Rogers is Educating, Emboldening, and Encouraging young people to make healthy decisions is the heart behind my work. When it comes the age of AI, "fake news" and constant, incessant stimulation, it's often difficult to know who to trust and what's true/false. My mission is to advocate for...
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Im Aziel
My name is Aziel. I’m 23. I’m transgender and I have a neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy type two. Basically means that my brain doesn’t sing the signals for my body to do certain things like walk, roll over on my side you know simple things that a lot of people don’t typically...
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Positivity all the time
I'm at Bladyn on TikTok live and, he immediately showed me respect and kindness, by trying to help me fix an issue that I've had for sometime now which is my sleep issues. He's a young man that we all hope our kids grow up to be a strong, and kind. In this episode, we discuss his near death...
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Meow meows
Hello, my name is Katarina I go by Kat. I’m 27, I have one child- a son. His name is Matthew. Now my story goes way back when I was a little girl. My parents were young when they had me, but didn’t really know how to parent honestly. Most of my childhood I was neglected and kinda “forgotten”…
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My 2025
In this episode, I sit down and reflect on my 2025—raw, unfiltered, and real. I open up about the health battles I faced, the physical and emotional toll they took, and the lessons learned through every setback. I talk about the trials and tribulations of being laid off and how I turned TikTok…
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The cornbreads
This episode is with Tammy and her son Bentley. Tammy is somebody who came into my life one day on TikTok and we hit it off, she's a sweet woman and once she got to know me, she started sharing her story about her son Bentley, and all the things that he's going through with his eyes and all his...
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Juggling is exhausting
Hey my names Danyele. Im 32, and disabled. I have Epilepsy, a neurogenic bladder, and bilateral medullary sponge kidney. I am a mother, and a wife. I struggle not only with my physical health, but especially my mental health. I like to joke that I’m a cockroach, because there’s been many times...
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Resilience
This episode is with Deborah Vick. She is the founder of a nonprofit called victorious, she is an author, a speaker and a mindfulness and adaptive yoga instructor. She's also been a disability advocate for over 30 years. She has many conditions as she likes to say she collects them some of those...
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Kindness is free
My name is Geraldine Tan. I used to be a professional actress, opera and musical theater performer, TV/character model, feature and fiction writer and published poet. Now, I can only do Admin work for a fledgling film company, and stand up comedy open mic as a hobby. I deal with a lot of health...
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Blindhound Farms
This episode is with two of my new friends, Jen and Mike. They are a happy married couple who have unconditional love a strong bond, family values, and they're so happily both visually impaired or blind. They both have been through so much, but they truly embody which strength and family and love...
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The blind deaf fisherman
My name is Matt I am classified as deafblind with other disabilities as well, I have stage 2 kidney failure,neuropathy,diabetes, hip dysplasia, I have chronic pain and chronic migraines my vision is 20/400 which means I see light shapes shadows and silhouettes no color and that’s all on a good…
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Fighting my inner Demons and trying to survive life or being legally blind and dealing with depression. I’m just trying to tell my story along with my friends and everyone else but I know that has a story that could help someone
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Timothy West
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