EP 201 - Depression And How I Deal With It

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Depression is a hot topic in our community. I get asked about my personal experience with depression all the time. It had taken me a while to get around to this but on this week's episode of The Anxious Truth I will share my experience with depression. Let's talk about how I handled it then, and how I handle it now. Disclaimer: I am not an expert on depression or is this a substitute for therapy. I can only share my own experience with this topic and what I...

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0:00.0	This week on The Anxious Truth, we're going to talk about depression, because it's the thing we don't talk about enough,
0:04.8	specifically we're going to talk about my own personal experience with depression and how I handle it. So, let's go!
0:18.8	Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is podcast episode number 201.
0:23.7	I'm recording in March of 2022, but I have no idea when you're going to be watching this.
0:28.0	If you are new to the podcast, I am Drulinsalata creator and host of The Anxious Truth.
0:32.0	This is the podcast that covers all things anxiety and anxiety recovery and today depression.
0:37.2	So, if you're dealing with things like panic disorder or agoraphobia,
0:40.8	this is the place for you. I'm happy that you're here for your returning listener or viewer on YouTube.
0:45.0	Hey YouTube, welcome. Glad you're here as always. So, this week we're going to talk about depression,
0:50.0	specifically I want to talk to you about my personal experience with depression because
0:53.6	people do ask me about it all the time and I kind of want to give you some idea of how I deal with it
0:58.4	when it happens to me. Before we do that, just a quick reminder, of course, that The Anxious Truth
1:03.5	is more than just this podcast episode. There's over 200 other episodes. There are three
1:09.2	excellent books in anxiety and anxiety recovery. There is a morning newsletter, which is a little
1:14.9	helpful essay about anxiety and recovery with a corresponding podcast that comes at every week day
1:19.0	morning and just a ton of social media stuff. Please evaluate yourself of all the resources. You
1:23.7	can find everything on my website at TheAnxiousTruth.com. And if you are enjoying this work and I'm
1:29.3	helping you in some way and you want to find a way to support it and help keep it at and sponsorship
1:33.9	free, which I am hell bent to do as I go forward. You can find ways to support this work at TheAnxiousTruth.com.
1:39.5	So, there's support certainly not required but always appreciated. Thank you so much for all of that.
1:45.0	So, let's get into the depression topic. I have dealt with clinical depression three times in my
1:50.7	life and I'm just going to try and give you my own personal experience today because people
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