It’s ok not to be ok.
In a brand new episode of the podcast I discuss my mental health diagnosis of severe depression and anxiety back in 2016 and why it was so helpful.
I’d always feared this kind of diagnosis would signpost me as a failure, but it actually signposted my way out of a lifetime of negative thinking, self-sabotaging behaviour and unhappiness.
When I look back and ask myself if there’s anything I wish I’d done differently, it’s that I’d have asked for help earlier. Instead I spent years powering through, pushing it away and minimising how bad things were until eventually it all caught up with me and I had no choice but to address it.
This podcast was prompted by the response to the video I posted on #IGTV about my mental health and as not everyone who follows me on social listens to the show - and vice versa - I wanted to share that audio again as the second half of the episode. It also contains the five books that I have found most helpful in understanding my own mental health issues but also understanding other people and what they may be going through too.
The books featured are:
Lost Connections by @johann.hari
The Four Tendencies by @gretchenrubin
You Are a Badass by @jensincero
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by @_sarahwilson_
How to Survive the End of the World by @technicallyron
To find this episode simply click the link in my bio or type ‘The Emma Guns Show’ into your preferred podcast platform.
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