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27 FEB 2021 · Thank you everyone for being so patient with me as I took another needed break. I deeply appreciate all of you.
I've recently been diagnosed with CPTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and in this episode, I talk about what CPTSD feels like and briefly touch on some of the memories I have recovered (not intentionally) and how they have contributed to my diagnosis. I also talk about what it feels like to remember traumatic experiences and reiterate how we are not alone in this journey. There is someone out there who needs to hear this, so I am going to say it: You are not alone.Â
3 DEC 2020 · The wonderful Sean McMullen returns to Optimistically Depressed to talk about his excursions as Saltwater Sean, the thrills of discovering what lies under the sea, and how the exposure to cold water benefits him physically and mentally as it requires him to listen more closely to his body and mind.Â
Have a listen and be sure to check out his YouTube and Instagram accounts under Saltwater Sean!
https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltwaterSean
https://www.instagram.com/saltwater_sean/
26 NOV 2020 · Are you looking for ways to improve your emotional and physical well-being? Do you struggle with some of your thoughts and feelings?
Pat Sebastien, CEO of Moodie Inc, & I sat down to discuss the app Moodie, which is designed to be your personalized wellness companion. Try it out and find a place to reflect, get helpful information, encouragement, guidance, and some coping activities.
Moodie enables you to change your mood through customized engagements called Actions and gives you the ability to create Routines that will help you create positive habits. The only way to change a behaviour is to practice doing it. This format will help you to understand your habits better.
You can click either of these links below to get 25% off your first three months!
http://feelingmoodie.com/opde/
http://feelingmoodie.com/optimisticallydepressed/
20 NOV 2020 · It's amazing how many contributors there are to the inability to regulate our emotions. They feel like this involuntary experience that takes over our body - you know the feeling - the anger takes over and all you see is red, or the sadness is crippling. It's like the only options we have are to let the emotions take over or to resist them.Â
Turns out those aren't the only options. We can actually have a good relationship with our feelings, who woulda thought?!
Have a listen for good coping mechanisms and habits we can work on in order to love our emotions.
12 NOV 2020 · What do we all share? Our emotions. While the way we experience them is unique, the feelings themselves are what connect us. With something so powerful, we need to be aware of how we use them and, while protecting ourselves, we can also use the gift of emotions to create empathy. And that, friends, is how we can help heal the world.
So let's take care of our emotions and talk about them.
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6 NOV 2020 · After a much needed break, I’m feeling mostly refreshed and ready to get back to all of you and share what’s been on my mind for the past six months.
It isn’t a surprise that it’s been rough, but it’s brought me to some realizations that were learned through tough lessons and many tears.
Thanks for waiting so lovingly for me and I am thrilled to finally continue our journey together.
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22 MAY 2020 · The glorious Lindsay Umlah joins Optimistically Depressed for a second time!Â
I saw a post she made on Instagram about being enough and it struck me. There are many areas we need to work through when it comes to feeling like we measure up and believe me, I've been working on them. The first one I wanted to tackle was being enough as myself, with my personality and my opinion. I've made great progress in that area and I've been dedicating a lot of focus to it. But another area that haunts me is my body image.Â
I know I'm not alone here. We each have our unique struggles with it. I have identified as being thin - very thin. And it was something I don't recall thinking much about growing up because I was a scrawny kid. But now I'm older and my body has some more miles on it. My body has changed. My eating habits change with the season, especially with emotional seasons. Let me tell you, over the past couple years, I have been through some dark emotional seasons, and I find comfort in food. As a result, my body has changed and I have felt so much shame about it.
Lindsay and I talk through these things along with some other good stuff. If you need a reminder of why you are enough and that you aren't alone in feeling like you aren't, this talk is for you.
Optimistically Depressed is a platform where mental health, hurt, life philosophies and anything in between can be discussed without shame.
Support this podcast:
https://anchor.fm/optimisticallydepressed/support
Support this podcast:
https://anchor.fm/optimisticallydepressed/support
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| Author | Optimistically Depressed |
| Organization | Optimistically Depressed |
| Categories | Mental Health |
| Website | www.optimisticallydepressed.com |
| optimisticallydepressed86@gmail.com |
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