On this week's wild card, we talk with Isa Ray about those moments where our lives could have gone another direction.

Definitely wasn't supposed to be like at all. At all. But I still think about it.

I'm Rachel Martin.

Isa Ray tells us how to make peace with the path not taken.

That's on the Wild Card Podcast from NPR, the game where cards control the conversation.

Hey. cards control the conversation.

Hey, it's Jen. Just a heads up before we start the show. Today we're discussing mental health that includes depression and suicide.

A reminder that if you or anyone you know is in crisis,

you can call or text the suicide and crisis lifeline. The number is 988.

Again, that number is 988, and thanks for listening.

Over half of adults in America live with a chronic illness. That's according to the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly one in five people who have heart

disease or have had a cardiac arrest also have depression and

for people who have been diagnosed with cancer around 42% have experienced depression.

Today as part of our series in Good Health, we talk about the intersection

between major medical events and chronic conditions like heart disease and

our mental well-being. The idea for this program came from Larry who wrote to us,

quote, I'm wondering if you've ever done or thought of doing a program on survivors of cardiac arrest.

More and more people are surviving neurologically intact,

but it does change the way people think and feel and sometimes even

their mental and psychological functioning.

We asked him to share his story.

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