John Robins

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2,358 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 23 Jul

John Robins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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How Do You Cope? · Kelsey Waghorn: 'There’s nothing quite like someone telling you, "you are normal"' · 15 Jun 2026 podcast

And I guess that must have been such an odd dynamic for a group of people, whether it's your partner or your family or your friends who are probably thinking, am I allowed to be annoyed with Kelsey?

Because she's the victim and she's been through so much, but she's also being a pain in the ass.

And are you allowed to be annoyed with the people who've been sat by your bed for...

two months and have taken time off work or whatever there must be such a strange like people being pissed off with each other who probably feel they're not allowed to be pissed off with each other yeah I think you kind of just have to take it as it comes and

So could you tell us about Sam, your therapist, and...

as a reader, you're so rooting for you that when you like meet Sam and find a therapy that actually helps you, it's like a real punch the air moment.

But some of the things that Sam teaches you are sort of slightly counterintuitive and some are quite simple, but could you maybe talk us through their approach and some of the things that started to give you some relief?

So being told that you were very run-of-the-mill, bog-standard PTSD sufferer,

when I guess the whole narrative have been, you've gone through stuff no one's ever experienced.

This is so unusual.

You've come through so much for actually for someone to go, oh yeah, I've seen loads of people like you.

Was actually really reassuring.

So in the book, you actually have this really helpful table where you separate your traits.

So I guess your symptoms are,

the cause and the explanation.

Yeah.

And I wondered maybe could I share a few of them just because it's so useful.

So were you able when those traits came up or when those sudden emotions happened through understanding what was behind them and also not talking to yourself in a critical way,

of being like, oh, this is because of that and it's absolutely normal, that you were able to sort of, was it that you lessened the anger, for example, or did it just feel less overwhelming?

the world's not going to end because you're late to an appointment or you're not going to die because you're late to an appointment, but your body is saying you are going to die.

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