Other People’s Lives

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Go to https://zbiotics.com/OPL to get 15% off your first order when you use OPL at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee.This week we speak with a woman who describes herself as a female incel. She explains why she has these feelings and talks about her involvement in online forums and the female incel community.Sponsor Other People's Lives: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/opl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experience chef-quality meals every week delivered right to your door. Go to https://cookunity.com/OPL or enter code OPL before checkout for 50% off your first week.This week we speak to a woman who is addicted to parasocial relationships. She explains how these relationships began, the lengths she has gone to convince herself that she knows these people, and how she has tried to stop. We talk about the dangers of parasocial relationships, how the internet fuels them, and talk about Joe and Greg's own experiences with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Go to https://zbiotics.com/OPL to get 15% off your first order when you use OPL at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee.This week we speak to a woman who is in the middle of an affair with her bosses husband. Her boss doesn’t know and neither does her partner or kids. She talks about why she made this decision, the weight of guilt, and figuring out how to move forward knowing it could blow up her entire family and career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code OPL at checkout at https://bluechew.com - just pay $5 shipping.This week we speak to a man who went through Mormon gay conversion therapy. He talks about the process he went through to “become straight,” why he eventually left therapy, and how he has decided to live his life since.Sponsor Other People's Lives: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/opl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code OPL at checkout at https://bluechew.com - just pay $5 shippingThis week we spoke with a woman who is afraid that her newborn son will grow up to be a bad person. She talks about how suffering at the hands of men and experience trauma has caused her to feel this way. She also talks about how she is working through her fear and trauma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to https://zbiotics.com/OPL to get 15% off your first order when you use OPL at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Experience chef-quality meals every week delivered right to your door. Go to https://cookunity.com/OPL or enter code OPL before checkout for 50% off your first week.This week we speak with a man who is a traveling erotic massage therapist. He shares how he got into the business and grew it to be a profitable venture. He also shares some of the most memorable and strange moments and what he learned traveling the country and meeting strangers. This guest's voice has been altered to preserve anonymity. If you'd like to be on our show, we'd love to have you! Send an email to oplpodcast@gmail.com or visit www.oplshow.com we'll be in touch if your story is a fit for the show.• Join Our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/oplshow• OPL Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/oplpodcastFollow Joe & Greg:Joe Santagato (@joesantagato)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joesantagato/Twitter - https://twitter.com/joesantagatoGreg Dybec (@gregdybec)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gregdybecTwitter - https://twitter.com/gregdybec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Go to https://zbiotics.com/OPL to get 15% off your first order when you use OPL at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee. Visit https://BlueChew.com and use promo code OPL to receive your first month FREE.This week, for our season finale, we speak with a woman who admits to having uncontrollable incest fantasies. She explains how this affects her daily life and she is working to combat it through therapy and other measures. This is the first time she's spoken in depth about this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with a woman who has a severe case of misophonia. Misophonia is self-diagnosed chronic condition in which a person experiences autonomic arousal to certain innocuous or repetitive sounds. This can include chewing, clicking, and more. Our guests talks about how severely it affects her daily life. Many people may experience misophonia but not realize there’s a name for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/opl and get on your way to being your best self.Experience chef-quality meals every week delivered right to your door. Go to https://cookunity.com/OPL or enter code OPL before checkout for 50% off your first week.This week we speak with a man who needs to get a secret off his chest. He tells the story of how he slept with his best friend’s wife years ago and never told anyone. He discusses how it happened, why he did it, and how it still affects him to this day. He hopes talking about it on the show can help lift a weight off his shoulders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with someone with objectophilia - which involves romantic and sexual attraction to specific objects. Also known as objectum-sexuality. He explains how he first devleoped these feelings and what objects he is most attracted to. Go to https://zbiotics.com/OPL to get 15% off your first order when you use OPL at checkout. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices