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It’s Been A Month Since This Bert Show Member Has Been On Medication

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

For well over a month now Romeo has been seeing a therapist and taking Prozac to manage his anxiety and he says that his only regret is not going sooner. He’s dealt with his parent’s negative views on therapy and medication for so long and those views and opinions played a huge part in his delayed decision to go—and for that reason alone, Romeo still has not told his parents. The Bert Show is extremely proud of Romeo’s growth. Every day we see the result of the self-work Romeo has done to become a better person and for that, we congratulate him for his courage and resilience and for taking control of his life The Bert Show is extremely proud of Romeo’s growth. Every day we see the result of the self-work Romeo has done to become a better person and for that, we congratulate him for his courage and resilience and for taking control of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The virtue.

0:01.0

Hi Romeo, so you started taking your meds and you only have one regret about it.

0:07.5

Now we should reset this whole thing on what med and why you got on it.

0:10.7

Yeah, so I'm on Prozac and I've been taking Prozac for a little bit over a month now and

0:15.5

it's something that I was struggling with for the longest.

0:18.8

I came to you guys like months ago and like I think when I first started and like working

0:23.6

for you guys and it was just kind of like I want to get on medication but I also have

0:28.0

the stigma with it where it's like you only do it when you're like going crazy and

0:32.1

you know this medication like I'm pretty sure I can do it on my own and it was this idea of

0:36.8

like like the I guess my parents like negative view on it as well where it was holding me back

0:41.9

and I just held on to that negative view.

0:45.2

You fight the idea.

0:46.1

Yeah, I would have to go down that route for a second because I think Mo you said this also like

0:50.7

in black culture and Latin culture also that any kind of therapy or medications are kind of

0:56.3

looked at like a vulnerability.

0:57.9

Yes, frowned upon.

0:58.8

It's a weakness.

0:59.6

It's a weakness.

1:00.3

It's like something is wrong with you if you're going into therapy.

1:02.4

It's not like you're just trying to better yourself or you know you're trying to like upkeep

1:05.6

yourself.

1:05.9

You're just like you're crazy.

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