I Have Been Asking for Help for Six Years - With Harris Eddie Hill

Positively Terrible

This week's Decent Fucking Human is Harris Eddie Hill. Their fucked up story is about overcoming trauma and helping others heal. Topics covered in this episode include self-harm, suicidal ideation, sexual trauma, family dysfunction, cancer, and ADHD.

Harris is an impressive human being. I want to get that out of the way because that’s the thought I keep coming back to when reflecting on our interview. I often forget a lot about our episodes between recording and releasing, but the thing that always sticks with me is the feeling our guests leave me with. The feelings I felt from this one were that they were very experienced in trauma and that they were a very impressive human being.

While it’s never appropriate to compare traumas, Harris might have set a Positively Terrible record for the number of different traumas they discussed with us. There were multiple instances of sexual trauma resulting in simple PTSD. There was complex PTSD from family trauma. There was that time they had cancer and that other time they had physical paralysis. They’re neurodivergent, which I’d argue results in trauma from trying to fit into a society that’s designed for neurotypical brains. They also experienced suicidal ideation and self-harm. I guess what I’m saying is to get your Mental Health & Trauma Bingo card ready because we’re talking about a little of everything in this one.

The thing that impresses me about Harris is their willingness to ask for help. Harris sought out help at every turn, and at every turn, the adults in the room failed them. Now Harris is the adult in the room and gets to help others at her Centre for Childhood Trauma Healing.

Episode Participants:

1. Harris Eddie Hill (they/them): Guest
2. Terrible Scott (he/him): Co-host.
3. Producer Dan (he/him): Co-host.

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Creators & Guests

• Terrible Scott - Host
• Producer Dan - Host
• Harris Eddie Hill - Guest