Listen to this: One Congressman’s Battle With Debilitating Anxiety (with Rep. Adam Smith)

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4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In an eye-opening and powerful episode, In The Bubble host Andy Slavitt talks to Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), one of the most powerful members of Congress, about the debilitating anxiety he faced for years and his road back. Smith tells Andy about the fight against his inner voice that stirred his self-hatred, no matter how much he accomplished and how many people he helped. In his own revealing moment, Andy shares his own challenges with anxiety with Adam and his listeners. We're dropping this special episode here just for you to help share this important message.

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1:25.6	Adam Smith,
1:30.9	Congressman, ranking member of the Foreign Service Committee is on the show today,
1:37.3	not to talk about Ukraine, but to talk about the mental health crisis that he's experienced.
1:53.8	And we're going to talk about congressmen who felt incredibly broken with deep anxiety and his coming on the show to get into it in really excruciating detail.
2:03.8	If you are someone who has experienced or is experiencing anxiety, depression, even things that are causing you to doubt yourself worth, I hope you listen to this and I hope you get something out of it.
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