Jonny Benjamin: dating apps, music & 38 Neils

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When Jonny was diagnosed with bipolar and schizophrenia at the age of 18, he struggled to come to terms with his new life. And choices he made at that time have defined the life he has now as one of the UK's most influential mental health campaigners.

But what is Jonny thankful for today? Angela finds out...

TRIGGER WARNINGS: references to suicide, depression

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0:00.0	Big warning before this episode, we are going to talk about depression and where that can lead.
0:05.1	Check out the show notes for more information.
0:08.1	A free cup of coffee from Pratt, a surprise call from your mom, and that sudden realization that your cold has cleared up.
0:14.6	There are a million things that I'm thankful for today, but what is my guest thankful for?
0:19.1	My favourite saying is fall down seven times, stand up eight, because I know, I know no matter
0:23.8	how many times I get knocked down, I can get back up.
0:26.9	But I had to learn that for myself.
0:28.8	I just wish someone would have said that to me at the very beginning.
0:31.9	Welcome to Thanks a Million.
0:33.3	I'm Angela Scanlan, and this is the show that takes a cheeky look at my guest's gratitude list
0:37.9	to find out the people, places and things that have shaped their lives.
0:43.3	Today, we have a man.
0:45.3	Yes, it's happened.
0:46.9	It's fine.
0:47.7	The world will keep turning.
0:48.8	So I'm Johnny Benjamin.
0:50.4	I'm a mental health activist.
0:52.0	I am a blogger and a writer.
0:55.0	Johnny Benjamin was 20 when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar.
0:59.0	And while he's got plenty he's thankful for today, at the time, as he puts it, he was all out of hope.
1:05.0	When you've got no hope left and you're given a diagnosis of this an illness that you know is going
1:13.6	to be kind of for life to kind of go off on a bit of a tangent my dad was diagnosed with prostate
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