Ep. 102 Teenage Depression and Behavior Modification Programs with Sadie Sutton
Recovering From Reality
Dear Media, Alexis Haines
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, I am joined by Sadie Sutton. Sadie is a 17-year-old high school senior from the Bay Area. After receiving a year and a half of intensive treatment for severe depression and anxiety, she was inspired to share her story with fellow teens going through their own personal growth. She is the host of She Persisted, a podcast offering impactful and inspirational interviews with subject matter experts, fellow teenagers, and social media personalities to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and inspire teens to create their life worth living. Sadie hopes to major in psychology in college and pursue a career in clinical psychology to further her impact in the mental health field.
We dive into the following topics…
- Overcoming severe depression and teenage behavioral modification programs
- Experiencing mental health issues without having gone through extreme trauma
- Putting on a front to mask mental health issues and the further suffering that develop as a result
- Self-harming as a call for help
- Residential treatment and depression recovery
- The importance of family work when a loved one goes to rehab or mental health treatment
- and more!
Mentioned in this week’s episode…
- The Dark Side of Teen Behavioral Modification Programs with Sydney Montana
- Hold On to Your Kids by Gabor Maté MD
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a DR Media Production. |
| 0:07.5 | Hey, this is Alexis Haines and welcome to Recovering from Reality, |
| 0:11.6 | where I illuminate the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself. |
| 0:16.1 | Whether you're on the road to recovery, |
| 0:18.2 | seeking self-care techniques for surviving the capitalist machine, |
| 0:21.8 | or just need a moment to remember that you're not alone in your loneliness, |
| 0:26.2 | we're serving up the ultimate truth. |
| 0:28.8 | Your challenges don't define you, how you deal with them does. |
| 0:33.0 | So are you ready to recover from reality? |
| 0:39.4 | Another thing that's really unique about adolescent mental health issues is that |
| 0:44.3 | yes, when you're older and you're experiencing depression, you can say, |
| 0:48.6 | I've been experiencing this for such a long time and it doesn't feel like I've ever felt |
| 0:52.4 | any other way, but I feel like that's just exacerbated when you're a child. |
| 0:56.0 | Because you already have this memory loss from when you were younger, |
| 0:58.8 | or these happy moments. |
| 1:00.0 | And so for me, I'd been developing this depression for years. |
| 1:03.7 | And so all I could remember of my childhood was sadness and shame and guilt and truly depression. |
| 1:12.4 | That was a quick clip from this week's episode with my assistant, Sadie Kyler. |
| 1:17.2 | I'm so excited for you guys to hear this episode. |
| 1:20.4 | Sadie really has an incredible story. |
| 1:23.6 | She has overcome so much and she, like me, is really young. |
| 1:30.3 | So doing this work at a young age is certainly not easy. |
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