The Men's Mental Health Podcast hosted by Philip Briscoe

Episodes

Why Does My Past Still Control Me? with Paul Drugan
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June 27, 2026

Why Does My Past Still Control Me? with Paul Drugan

In this episode, we talk to Paul Drugan, who carried the emotional scars of growing up with a father who, behind closed doors, was controlling, violent and emotionally abusive. From the outside, his family looked successful and respectable. Inside the home, he was living in fear, convinced that somehow he deserved what was happening. Like many men, Paul never spoke about it. Instead, he buried the pain beneath achievement, alcohol, drugs and a lifetime of believing he wasn't good enough. It wasn...