Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 16 segments
This week's double feature is: Naked Lunch (1991) Kill Your Darlings (2013) Trigger & Content Warnings for this episode include: Suicide, Death, Addiction, Substance abuse, Homophobia…
So it is one of the most noticeable migraine symptoms.
Katie does have chronic migraine disease, and it is called migraine babble, where the words just do not come out the way you intend them to.
And this can show up as stuttering or not being able to access the word you want to be able to use.
The best explanation that I can come up with, it feels like there's a wall in my brain, and I know what words I'm trying to say, and they're right on the other side of the wall.
But I'm having to reach through the wall to get them, and it's like they're getting stuck on the way back.
The doctors refer to this as transient aphasia.
Um, hope...
Um, ke- I'm gonna keep looking at you because-
No, I, I-
If, if I'm going off course, you need to tell me.
[laughs]
No, no, I'm not, I'm not descri- I have done...
Well, I've done research, but I, I don't, I don't wanna, I don't wanna talk about it.
You do it.
[laughs]
No, I know.
I'm just...
If, if I'm, if I've, if my research is wrong, you need to stop me.
But other than that.
I, if I have something to say, if I think, if I think you've missed something, if I have something to say, I will, I will say something.
So we know it affects language, and people who suffer from it often feel like they aren't thinking clearly, that there's a slowdown of your cognition.
We've spoken about the symptoms, your difficulty accessing language, expressing what's happening in the moment.
I know you've told me beforehand what to expect, so it's never come as a complete shock.
It has been worse than I've experienced or worse than I've expected.
That was pretty bad.
So it is one of the most noticeable migraine symptoms.
Katie does have chronic migraine disease, and it is called migraine babble, where the words just do not come out the way you intend them to.
And this can show up as stuttering or not being able to access the word you want to be able to use.
The best explanation that I can come up with, it feels like there's a wall in my brain, and I know what words I'm trying to say, and they're right on the other side of the wall.
But I'm having to reach through the wall to get them, and it's like they're getting stuck on the way back.
The doctors refer to this as transient aphasia.
Um, hope...
Um, ke- I'm gonna keep looking at you because-
No, I, I-
If, if I'm going off course, you need to tell me.
[laughs]
No, no, I'm not, I'm not descri- I have done...
Well, I've done research, but I, I don't, I don't wanna, I don't wanna talk about it.
You do it.
[laughs]
No, I know.
I'm just...
If, if I'm, if I've, if my research is wrong, you need to stop me.
But other than that.
I, if I have something to say, if I think, if I think you've missed something, if I have something to say, I will, I will say something.
So we know it affects language, and people who suffer from it often feel like they aren't thinking clearly, that there's a slowdown of your cognition.
We've spoken about the symptoms, your difficulty accessing language, expressing what's happening in the moment.
I know you've told me beforehand what to expect, so it's never come as a complete shock.
It has been worse than I've experienced or worse than I've expected.
That was pretty bad.
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