Ep. 80 - Sarah Hancock - Misdiagnosed Survivor, Mental Health Advocate, Latter Day Saint

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Shortly after her mission, Sarah Hancock experienced her first psychotic break while attending BYU. For 12 years, she was essentially lost to her family and society. For nearly two decades, she lived with symptoms of both schizophrenia and bipolar (schizoaffective). Her unique journey includes 36 years memory loss. In 2017, she met a new doctor who recognized her “treatment resistant” symptoms were actually caused by toxic encephalopathy. She no longer experiences psychiatric symptoms. Sarah is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with a specialty in psychiatric rehabilitation. She is also the host of the Emotional Self-Reliance Podcast. In the episode, we talk about her amazing journey and the lessons she has learned along the way. Sarah is open, funny, insightful, inspiring, and so strong.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:11.3	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:25.6	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends, and welcome to episode number 80 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:31.2	You know, it's, even as I say it out loud, it's hard to believe this is our 80th episode.
0:36.6	Yes, we've made it to 80 episodes.
0:39.3	My name is Sean Rupier. I am your host and wow, wow, wow, what a show we have this week.
0:46.1	My guest, Sarah Hancock, her story is a story of diagnosis, of misdiagnosis, of faith, of despair, of ultimate triumph, of hope, of so many
0:58.9	wonderful things, lessons that I learned from her. And I'm just so excited for you to hear it.
1:04.5	It is a phenomenal story. And Sarah is absolutely amazing. And this week in my latter day life, I'll tell you a little bit about feeling inadequate, as we all do.
1:15.8	It's all coming up, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation. And today it is my privilege to be in the home of my amazing guest who has such an incredible story to tell.
1:39.3	She reached out to me with an email.
1:41.3	And when I read just the synopsis of her story, I was so enthralled. I had to meet
1:46.2	her. We're here in her home. Sarah Price Hancock. Welcome to Latter-day Lives. Thank you so much for
1:52.2	coming to San Diego. This is awesome. I'm so happy to be with you. I was born and raised here in San Diego.
1:57.8	I'm actually a third generation San Diego. Wow. Um, my great grandparents
2:04.0	moved out here and my great grandfather was actually the branch president in San Diego for
2:10.6	more than a decade. Um, closer, I think, to 15 or 18 years. So it was exciting because he was, they were able to host a lot of
2:24.1	the general authorities who came. So my grandma told stories of sitting on Heber J. Grant's lap and
2:31.2	playing with his beard when he came to visit. And so it's just been, it's been fun to live
2:39.0	in San Diego with so many people who knew my family growing up. And you still have family here in the
2:44.1	area? I do. My grandparents, my parents live right next door, my uncle and aunt, but everyone
2:49.6	else has moved away.
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