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Pat's Peeps Podcast
Ep. 336 Today's Peep Walks Through Frustration, "Doom Scrolling" for Dopamine: When a Bad Start to your Day Turns Good, Irish Tempers, Linda and a Calming, Friendly Yellow Lab Named Chloe which happens to be the name of this Long-Lost Elton John Tune
Have you ever had one of those days that starts with frustration but ends with unexpected joy? Join me on a therapeutic walk through my property as I process the aggravation of being turned away from a doctor's appointment despite having been a patient there for over two decades.
The morning began with a 45-minute drive to a medical appointment for a concerning skin lesion, only to be told they couldn't find my insurance information. Despite explaining I'd been going to this office since around 2000 with the same insurance, I was sent home without being seen. Anyone who claims they wouldn't be upset in this situation is likely not being honest with themselves!
But here's where things take a turn. Rather than letting frustration consume me, I laced up my shoes and headed outdoors. As I walk through beautiful scenery on this hot September day, I reflect on what I call my "Irish temper" – that tendency to remain calm most of the time but occasionally reach a boiling point when pushed too far. The physical activity helps regulate those emotions while providing much-needed exercise.
The podcast takes a fascinating turn when I encounter Linda and her yellow Labrador, Chloe, at the local park. This chance meeting transforms my mood completely as I throw balls for the energetic dog and chat with Linda about the community of dog owners who gather there daily. It's a powerful reminder that human connection and simple joys can be the perfect antidote to life's frustrations.
I also explore the concept of "doom scrolling" and its harmful effects on mental health, contrasting it with the natural dopamine and serotonin release that comes from physical activity and positive social interactions. Why seek negativity online when the real world offers so much genuine happiness?
Take a walk with me through this day of contrasts and discover how stepping outside – both literally and figuratively – can transform even the most frustrating experiences into meaningful moments of connection and joy.
Pat's Peach, number 336 on a Tuesday. Look at the deer run. I just scared a whole bunch of deer. What do you call a big group of deer? It's not a herd of deer.
Speaker 1:Hi, I'm walking on my property. I'm going to take a walk today for Pat's Peeps 336. That's right, my friends, on this beautiful day this is what. September 23rd, second day of fall, it's another hot one. It's, I don't know, probably into the lower to mid-90s. I guess I haven't really checked, but I say you know what? Two birds, one stone again. I'm going to get out here and I'm going to take my walk and enjoy some of this beautiful day. I really want to get that physical activity. I was talking about that. How are you? Whatever you are, whatever you're doing, wherever you're listening, hoping that you're having a fabulous day. I'll be perfectly honest with you here. My day did not start off great. I had a doctor's appointment and I'll share something with you. Just, hopefully I'll be all right. No big scare. No big whoop. Who used to say that? No big whoop who used to always say that? God, someone will tell me it was a female comedian.
Speaker 1:No big whoop, all of a sudden it's facing anyhow, but I hope it's not any others. Uh, I'm gonna go get. Uh, I'm not even a sun worshiper, but I I have a little something. I need to get checked on, a little lesion on my neck, so I will go in this morning. Um, you know, I pray that it's nothing big, but that's what it is and I just share that with you because you know I'm very open and honest. So I drive all the way to Folsom is the point. You know I pay for my insurance. I just remember no big whoop, mike Myers, coffee talk, thank you.
Speaker 1:Every single month I drive all the way to Folsom. That's not just a hop, a skip and a jump from where I live up here in my mystery hut in the forest, but it's significant ways. It's a 40-minute drive, 45-minute drive, almost an hour, quite frankly. And I get there and right away issues you ever go to the doctor. And then the next thing you know how can I have your insurance card? Oh, I see you're a pay by. Uh, you're just uh, you know, just a pay customer. So what? No, I have insurance. Well, we don't have your insurance. And I've been going to this doctor's office for I had the same doctor for over 20 years. He's no longer there, which I miss him so much. I hate when that happens, but I've been going to this office for probably 25 years. Hi there horse, a lot of beautiful horses out here, out in that sunshine, out grazing. And so I try to call my insurance company while I'm in the office. Well, shall I cancel your appointment? Oh, you mean the one? I just drove 45 minutes to get here and I've got a scary mark on my neck. Sure, why not put this off a little while longer? You know, I said I've been coming here since, you know, probably 2000, 2001. Maybe 1999. And I've had the same insurance for the entire time. But suddenly you can't find my insurance. So I literally get turned away. So now I have to drive back. So I drive back to the mystery hut up in the woods, quite frankly. Okay, I'm at the train trestle. Let the car go through. It's probably a good thing. I mean, it's not a good thing. I mean it's not a good thing, but what I'm going to say is Probably a good thing.
Speaker 1:They didn't take my blood pressure right then, because I can't imagine that it would have been good. So I try to keep in mind that getting upset only causes you harm, and you know I don't get that upset that often. But in this case, you know I wasn't boyly mad, but yeah, I'm not going to lie, I was upset. I'm throwing out a good choice, a good montage of a sequence there of curse words to myself. No one else can hear it. So the blood pressure skyrockets. I'm sure, and it's easy for me to say it now. You know, when occasionally that time arises, you're like oh yeah, stay calm. Sure, it's like saying as you're eating a donut, you know, starting tomorrow I am gonna go on a diet. No doubt about it, no donuts. It's easy to say why you're doing it, you know, anyhow, just depends on the situation.
Speaker 1:But so the result is can't get through to the insurance company. Finally did. And then this wonderful lady could not have been nicer helps me, she's going to give me the insurance card, got it sent to me, emailed it to me for the temporary. How you doing Someone else walking down the road here. So they emailed me a temporary and then they'll send me the cards in the mail which I should have had already. I have to stop here in the shade. There's a car going by. So anyhow, there you go.
Speaker 1:It started off bad, bad and mad. But you know what? There's a lot of people out there that I know care, we care for each other and, uh, when you put my frustration of today and you combine it with all these cars, and you combine that with the sheer and utter frustration I had last night on my radio show, by the way, pat Walsh, the host of the Pat Walsh radio show Then that is you know, heck, that was 12 hours other than sleeping. Or 15 hours heck, that was 12 hours other than sleeping. 15 hours, whatever of maddening, chaos and sheer frustration mixed with some anger, all of that. So here I am, out walking because it's good for you I said it on my other podcast good for the soul, good for the heart. So what do I do? I need to come up with this. Plus, it just feels so good, to be honest, it feels so nice out here.
Speaker 1:I don't know what that Irish temper is, but I've heard that that is. You know, you're pretty and I'm Irish by Irish descent, irish American, american of Irish descent. I prefer to say it that way, but I think that's when you're pretty calm for the most part, you're not walking around raging or nothing, you can actually tuck away a lot of frustration and such, and then when it finally comes to that boiling point, like a teapot or a pressure cooker or whatever you know, it can go off for a moment, release that, that pressure. And you know, heck, if you're doing that to yourself and no one sees it, whatever, but you are harming yourself. So there you go.
Speaker 1:Transparency. It's all about transparency, my friends, and you know, the fact is I'm not a preachy guy. I can only imagine there's other people. I can only imagine there's other people, those of you who perhaps feel the same way or kind of understand and we just talk about. That Makes you think for a second.
Speaker 1:All right, I'm coming up to the ballpark again, like I did a couple a few podcasts ago when they were mowing it out here. It's so beautiful, a little shade, that feels good. It feels so good to get out here and do this. It's like my lungs and my heart are like, hey, now wait what we're going to move. We're going to move today. All right, let's do this. And it starts craving more.
Speaker 1:You know on that note, you know on that note something very different, but I'll say way from that to this thought I had. You know, it wasn't until oh I don't know last month, maybe when this guy, tim Walz, who was on the ticket with Kamala Harris in line, to perhaps become the next vice president of the United States. To be perfectly honest with you and I'm not going to go down the political route too much here, except to say this dude, who, in my opinion, is just a complete nutter moron he's the first person that I ever heard the term doom scrolling. I was doom scrolling on my phone this morning. You said remember that, hoping to see that Donald Trump had been killed. Remember that? Hi, pardon me. No, I'm not on the phone. No, I'm talking to you. You know what I'm doing. I'm doing a podcast. I do a podcast every day and sometimes, you know, I feel I need to do the, do the workout while I'm doing the podcast, because I only have so much time in my day.
Speaker 2:Really, I know and I find, as I've gotten older, time accelerates and all of a sudden it's like I can't believe it's Wednesday already, right. I can't believe it's three o'clock already, right.
Speaker 1:My name's Pat, by the way, Hi Pat. I'm Linda Nice to meet you, Linda. You work for the. Oh, this is for I'm a Los Angeles Rams fan, for LA Los Angeles Fire Department, I see, but uh, I see what's the podcast about. My podcast. Well, you're part of it right now, linda. Isn't that nice? Oh, I love that let's talk about right now I'm talking about. I'm in the middle of talking about how coming out here and doing things like this and meeting nice people like you kind of lift your spirits a little bit.
Speaker 2:You know it's true, doesn't it? It is true, I know it's important to interact with the world around you, with people. Yeah, you know, I spend too much time, entirely too much time, by myself.
Speaker 1:Well, is that right? Yeah, that's a shame. You seem like a delightful person. Thank you, oh my gosh, I have so much work to do.
Speaker 2:Everybody knows me as being down here with my two dogs, and one of my dogs died on Sunday. Oh my gosh, we're just both trying to get over it.
Speaker 1:What do you mean? Everyone knows you from being down here. What do you mean by that?
Speaker 2:I've been here every day for six and a half years. I live close by oh.
Speaker 1:I see, okay, oh good. Good, I'm glad to hear you're not living in the park, because you don't seem like that. Oh no, I don't live in the park.
Speaker 2:Who is this beautiful guy or gal? She's a girl, girl. What's? Her name Chloe, chloe, hi, chloe.
Speaker 1:What kind of dog? Golden Retriever.
Speaker 2:Yellow Lab.
Speaker 1:Yellow Lab. What a beautiful Chloe, you are so pretty. Does she chase the ball? Can I throw the ball to her? Chloe, can I throw the ball, Chloe, Chloe, can I throw the ball?
Speaker 2:Chloe, let me see the ball.
Speaker 1:Let me see the ball here. Let me see the ball, ready, chloe. Well, chloe doesn't want to give it to me, so that's alright, chloe, it's nice to meet you. Oh, now you're gonna let me do it. All right, here we go, chloe, ready, chloe, ready, here we go. Ready, ready, here we go, go get it. Oh, look at Chloe, she loves it, huh.
Speaker 2:Now she's got another one to grab too. She ran with one and had to drop it, she drives it like the second before she grabs the other one. But she loves to chase the balls and she does these completely unnecessary spectacular leaps in the air.
Speaker 1:Really.
Speaker 2:Yeah, normally.
Speaker 1:Chloe, did you see this? Where's the leap in the air? Let me see. Oh, she took the ball.
Speaker 2:I would have had to do the leap in the air, oh there you go there you go.
Speaker 1:Is she going to do the leap in the air? Chloe does an incredible leap. Maybe I'll have to close the show with Elton John Chloe. Anyone know that song by Elton John? Elton John, chloe. You know the song Chloe by Elton John? I do. You should check that out sometime. It's a beautiful song, underrated by Elton John.
Speaker 1:Now will Chloe do this magnificent jump? What a pleasure to run into Lindainda at the park. Linda and chloe, all right, oh, she's got this thing to fling the ball with. Oh, this is great. Look at this. Oh, my god, look at that. All right, there we go, jump, jump. Oh, she's fantastic. Linda, nice to meet you. Have a blessed day. Okay, we'll see you out here at the park again, chloe, pleasure, pleasure to meet you too. Oh, my gosh, that's fantastic. Enjoy your day. Oh, man, see that. I love that.
Speaker 1:I was just getting ready to say that Not only I was talking about Tim Walls, and then she just brightened up my day. Linda and Chloe. You know my point was going to be about Tim Walls. You know he says oh, I got up this morning and I was doom scrolling and I thought what are you talking about? What is doom scrolling? What are you talking about. What is doom scrolling? I guess I'm just not quite as hip as Tim Walz, who can work on truck and kick your ass, as he said, but I thought about that Because he was rooting for Donald Trump to be dead. He thought he could wake up and doom scroll, remember that, and that Donald Trump would be dead. And he said, oh, someday, to his audience's delight, as they chuckled. And a couple of days later, a few days later, which is what I'm going to pivot to, and I'm going to do this on my show tonight and take calls about this Doom scrolling. You know, you know what? I did a little research. I always like to do my research.
Speaker 1:Doom scrolling A very, very harmful thing.
Speaker 1:First of all, my question, without even doing any research, is why? Why are you doing that? Is it simply for the sort of the novelty of it? You know, the desire to see things that are, I don't know, terrible or crazy, or I don't know what that desire is to, I guess, as a novelty, or seeing danger now, so, granted, I watch things that could be considered danger. I mean, come on, I think we all do, we're all, I'm sure, guilty of that. If you want to say guilty, I mean, it's just part of watching a movie or watching the news or watching YouTube or whatever, unless you're, you know, looking at rainbow videos and little kitty cats you know petting cats or something I don't know but sometimes there's going to be danger, sometimes it's going to be scary, but the idea that you want to wake up in the morning and just start getting that feeling of doom and danger is kind of strange.
Speaker 1:But then you know what they say about it, about doom scrolling. It can be harmful for several reasons. Oh, we are back here with Linda and Chloe, pardon me.
Speaker 2:There's a whole community of local people who bring their dogs here every day.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay.
Speaker 2:And you'll meet Tom in a few minutes, and his dog, carmen, like Carmen Guia, oh okay. He used to run a Volkswagen parts store oh, okay, few minutes and his dog, carmen, like Carmen Diaz. Oh okay, oh okay. I sent him a text and said Chloe needs to play with her buddy. Oh well, I'll keep an eye out for him.
Speaker 1:Thank you, carmen and Chloe. So they say that it can be harmful for your mental health. It can create anxiety, it can create depression. I think some people feed off of that. I don't know, maybe I play into that.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure, because I don't doom scroll or nothing like that, but I will find myself watching on YouTube things occasionally that are things that I would never do, because I'm so fascinated. I don't want to see doom, that's not what I'm looking for. But when I see someone spelunking, for instance, and they're way below the earth and they're fitting between these tight crevasses and I'm thinking you've got to be kidding me, how do you do this? Are you how? That is so dangerous? I don't understand cave diving, for instance. Uh, you know, I'm fascinated by these things and there's certain things like that climbing k2. These are things I would not do. Uh, wings, no. So I will watch those which involve danger and all that, but I'm not looking for people to die, I'm not looking for nothing like that. So I don't really get that anxiety or anything and I don't sit and watch it for very long.
Speaker 1:When I do watch that, it can also, they say, cause physical trauma, like headaches. It can make you nauseous, it can create muscle tension and it can create high blood pressure. That's the last thing we need. Certainly I do. It can affect productivity, it can affect focus, they say With decreased motivation, poor concentration. With decreased motivation, poor concentration and difficulty with professional tasks and such. So I don't think it's affecting me that way, because I don't really doom scroll and I seem to be working a lot and I'm happy.
Speaker 1:And a desire for control. They say that maybe you will be in control if something terrible ever happens. If you decide one day you're going to jump in a wingsuit, you'll understand, you'll have known this. If you're climbing K2 and putting yourself at extreme risk, you'll know oh gosh, I've seen this, I must be in control because I've seen this somehow, but anyhow, I've seen this, I must be in control because I've seen this somehow, but anyhow. And then, finally, the release of dopamine. True, my point is, if you really want to release dopamine and serotonin, make yourself feel good.
Speaker 1:I think the idea is to get out and do exactly what I'm doing right now In your own way. Next thing is going to be running. I'm going to do poles, as they used to say and still say in baseball. I'm going to run poles, pole to pole, left field to right field pole. I'll get to that point right now Only because I'm doing my podcast. I'm really just doing fast walking, but I also include running. That's how you release dopamine and serotonin and make yourself happy and give yourself the gift of fitness and endurance and health. So here's to your health, here's to Linda's health. So here's to your health, here's to Linda's health, here's to Chloe's health.
Speaker 1:Oh, there you go. There's Carmen. You walk faster than I do. I could tell, oh, I'm trying to get my fast walking in here. I can't do my podcast when I'm running, so I just do the fast walking. This must be Carmen. Huh, I'm Carmen. Well, I don't know nothing about nothing podcast from running, so I just do the fast walking. This must be Carmen. Huh, how are you? Good? Good, I was told Carmen, you, you and Carmen will be going to the park.
Speaker 1:Hi, carmen, oh, my gosh, what a beautiful dog, what kind of dog. Hi, there, hi, sweet, hey, well, there, hi, hey, you're sweet. Hey, well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Pat, by the way. Okay, nice to meet you. I'll see you at the park again.
Speaker 1:All right, linda, okay, are you doing a podcast. Yeah, I'm doing a podcast Because you're wearing LASD. Why is that? It means he is a Dodgers fan. Dodgers and Rams I can't be friends with them. I'm sorry, that's okay. It's hard to be friends with people whose team you dominate, like the Dodgers do this year. It's kind of. You know, this year's been pretty bad, yeah, so I always have a good comeback for that. Anyhow, see, I can already tell by that comment right there that I, like you, have a blessed day. You guys, see, you're killing the kindness. They give you a bad time if you're a dodger or a rampant, and then you just kill the kindness, baby.
Speaker 1:Okay, so, listen, I'm going to have to get my dopamine, get my serotonin, when I go back. I think I'll play, just for our friend Chloe there, a song that I'd forgotten about for some time by Elton John Chloe, chloe, and we'll dedicate that to our little dog family back there today. Alright, so with that in mind, let's see. Whoo, okay, with that in mind, my friends, pat, back to you in the studio on Pat's Peeps 335, 336. Yep, thank you, pat. I appreciate that and good job, by the way. Good job so, pat. I'm back in the studio here, the Pat Walsh, pat's Peeps studio and, as promised, I thought you know, let me play this song, chloe, and I remember this. This was introduced to me when I was going to Chico State back in 1990, 91. And one of the lovely ladies in the office there by the name of Chloe introduced me to this song. And Chloe, wherever you are today, what a sweet lady she was. There were a couple of ladies in that office that were just wonderful, wonderful people and I still think about them and we're talking again 1991.
Speaker 1:This came out on Elton John's 15th studio album, released May of 81, geffen Records. That was Elton's first release for that label that was in the US, the Rocket Record Company and all the other territories. It was the first album by Elton John to be produced by Chris Thomas, who then went on to produce many of his albums. Four songs were written by Bernie Toppin. Contains material written by Gary Osborne, tom Robinson. Let's get to it. Chloe, pats Peeps 336. Pats Peeps 336.
Speaker 2:How can you're so understanding? When I tell you all the lies and pretending to believe them. See through all my lies, all my lies, see through all my alibis and I need you more than ever and I want you till the end, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:Hope you check out my radio show, the Pat Walsh Show. Kfbk News Radio 93.1 FM 1530. Am. 7 to 10 PM Monday through Friday. Am 7 to 10 PM Monday through Friday Patspeepscom. Thank you, have a beautiful rest of your Tuesday.
Speaker 2:See you on the radio. I will always be your friend, Chloe.
