A Story about Multiple Sclerosis and Mental Health
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Break the Stigma segments are episodes that highlight mental health challenges and strengths from mental health advocates. Today, we learn about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) through our guest, Crystal Bedoya, Disabled Creator, Writer & Advocate. Crystal shares her story of being diagnosed with MS in childhood and the mental health diagnosis that followed. As a first-gen Latina, she talks about how medical appointments were with her Spanish-speaking parents, clarifies misconceptions and what toxic positivity can sound like and expresses how our community can support others. Tune in to learn and connect! Spanish episode coming soon.
Get to know Crystal by following her on social media @crystalbedoya and checking out her features below:
Refinery 29: How Dancing to Latin Hits Helps Me Navigate My Multiple Sclerosis
Healthgrades
- Another Day, Another Problem: I Learned At a Young Age That Living with Multiple Sclerosis As a Latina Is a Full-Time Job
- How MS and Bladder Issues Made Me Rethink My Late Twenties
Everyday Health: Young Latina With MS Finds Community via Social Media
British Vogue: “It Can Be Very Isolating”: What It’s Really Like Living With MS
Podcasts: The Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista Podcast: Multiple Sclerosis & Diversity Ft. Crystal Bedoya'
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Latinx Therapy. The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnoses or treatment. I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandro, licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:19.4 | Hi, everybody. We return to another Break the Stigma segment. |
| 0:24.0 | In these segments, we speak with a guest who shares their story and how they manage their |
| 0:28.8 | mental health. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm Adriana Alejandra, trauma therapist and founder of Latinx therapy. |
| 0:34.1 | Today, we're going to speak about multiple sclerosis. |
| 0:37.0 | And although this is not a mental health condition, it is an illness, a disease that impacts mental health for those that are diagnosed. |
| 0:45.0 | Our guest for today is Crystal Bedoya. |
| 0:47.8 | On the personal, she is a first generation Mexican-American whose parents immigrated to the United States from rural communities in Durango and |
| 0:56.9 | Sakatecas, Mexico. For her, discussing mental health and her family was difficult. After her |
| 1:02.7 | multiple sclerosis diagnosis and eventual diagnosis of clinical depression at the age of 13, her parents |
| 1:09.8 | found it very difficult to understand all of these |
| 1:12.5 | changes. They never talked about depression, anxiety, or dealing with stress. So it all came as a shock |
| 1:19.7 | and struggle to her. As the eldest daughter in her family, she has been the administrator |
| 1:24.6 | of the group and was considered to be the most sensitive. |
| 1:28.5 | She firmly believes that it was the stress, anxiety of having to show up pretty quickly as a |
| 1:34.8 | Mexican kid living in a border town and her multiple sclerosis diagnosis that made navigating |
| 1:41.5 | through these challenges difficult and impactful to the point of trauma. |
| 1:46.2 | On the professional, Crystal is a freelance journalist and a multiple sclerosis content creator from warm and sunny Arizona. |
| 1:55.2 | Despite her early MS diagnosis at the age of 11, which she will talk about in this segment, she loves to travel |
| 2:02.7 | and explore new countries. She loves to track down cute coffee shops with the best matcha, |
| 2:08.8 | go to concerts, spend time with loved ones. Through her social media content, she shares |
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