Mental Health: Stories about having crises of the mind - Part 1
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week we present two stories about people’s struggles with their own mental health.
Part 1: After passing out on the NYC subway, comedian Mike Brown is forced to take a deeper look at his mental health.
Part 2: Emily Yarrison survives her suicide attempt and has to ask herself a whole new set of questions.
Mike Brown is a New York comic who travels the country and still doesn’t know how to drive. He currently hosts "You Good? with Mike Brown: A Mental Health Podcast" on Loud Speakers Network. He has appeared on NBC, MTV, TBS, Adult Swim, E!, SIRIUS XM and has been a guest on popular podcasts such as Keith and the Girl, The Black Guy Who Tips and The Hilarious World of Depression. Mike has performed in multiple festivals including the New York Comedy Festival and San Francisco SketchFest where he was named one of Rooftop’s Comics to Watch. He has written for Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey (MTV), written/created/starred in critically-acclaimed web series "Can't Stop, Won't Stop," along with costarring in numerous viral videos amassing over 10,000,000+ views. Mike is really good at talking and tweeting. On socials: @yomikebrown and @yougoodpod // Online: yomikebrown.com
Emily is a high school English teacher in Alexandria, VA. She works with newly arrived immigrants and now knows bad words in many languages. She is a Moth StorySLAM winner and will be competing in the Washington DC GrandSLAM in November. Emily spends her free time volunteering at Camp Quest Chesapeake as well as traveling internationally by herself because she would apparently like to worry her mother to death. You can find her online at @emilyyarrison.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I felt... |
| 0:08.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:28.5 | I am your host, Erin Barker, and this week we're presenting part one of a two-part series featuring stories about mental health. |
| 0:36.0 | So just a warning before we get started, both parts of this series will, as you might expect, include descriptions of symptoms of mental illness. |
| 0:45.0 | And the stories in today's episode specifically will include references to suicide. |
| 0:50.0 | If this is something that you're struggling with or you're worried about someone in your life, |
| 0:54.3 | please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. |
| 1:00.5 | It's available 24 hours a day across the U.S. |
| 1:03.3 | You can also go to Suicide Prevention Lifeline.org to chat with someone or find hotlines in Españiel or for deaf or hard of hearing people. |
| 1:12.9 | In Canada, you can call Crisis Services Canada at 1833-456-4566. |
| 1:20.8 | And in the UK, you can call Samaritans at 116-123. |
| 1:26.4 | Please know that you are not alone, |
| 1:28.5 | and you do not have to deal with this on your own. |
| 1:31.6 | So with all that said, |
| 1:33.7 | our first story today is from Mike Brown. |
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