#027: Is it a Panic Attack or Chest Pains? with Jordan {Listen,Lucy.}
Jordan the founder of Listen, Lucy was badly bullied at school and on social media and subsequently battled with mental health. This got her to start Listen, Lucy to help others & share what she’d learned, but the unexpected was feeling part of a community of peers who went through the same, got her and who were now all coming out of isolation.
*Content note: this episode discusses anxiety and suicide prevention discretion is advised*
We cover:
// Comparison on social media.
// Tools to manage your mental health when you can’t afford a therapist.
// The difference between anxiety and panic disorders.
// How depression, anxiety and panic attacks feel very much like a physical diseases, even if it’s emotional/the mind at the source of it.
// What I mean by: Your emotions live in your body and how mental struggle can manifest in the body. Sore tummy or shoulders when stressed anyone? Well, so are panic attacks when you felt like your heart would beat out of your chest.
// I talk about my experience with depression.
// Empathy vs sympathy and how some people feed on your misery.
// Isolation.
// How besides the mark I find those glossy campaigns after a celeb suicide are and I give my version of what I feel would be a more relevant campaign.
// How we all have mental health.
// When to bring up your mental health issues when dating.
// How to prepare for motherhood when you have mental health issues.
// Jordan bumping into her bullies as an adult.
// I give a little shout out to Layla Martin, another inspirational woman and amazing testimony to the strength of human nature.
// I share what drives me to do the podcast and my health coaching.
// At the very end we find out why it’s called {Listen Lucy} and not {Listen Jordan}.
She’s already on my favorite list - I hope you love her just as much as I do!
Come find Jordan at www.ListenLucy.org & socials @listenlucy
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For mental health crisis helplines:
UK:
Europe:
https://www.mhe-sme.org/library/helplines/
USA:
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
Suicide and Depression Awareness for Student
