This is Josh Trent. This is the Wellness and Wisdom podcast. This is a very special solo cast today where you and I are going to talk about something that affects one and five adults in the world. It is mental health. And I want to give context on this. You know, I've struggled with anxiety and depression a lot in my life. I'm the only one in my family that at some point didn't take SSRI. So I've battled in and out of

this. I know exactly what someone is feeling when they struggle with mental health. So in this

podcast, we are going to go over the five clear ways to know if you're struggling with mental health.

Consider this a mental health test and most importantly what you can do

about it. If you're new to the show and this is the first time you're hearing wellness and wisdom,

welcome from my heart to yours. Here's a digital hug. And also, this may or may not be the

perfect place for you to start. All of our full-length guest interviews come out on Tuesdays. So if you're looking

for myself interviewing a world-class leader in the five sides of the wellness pentagon that we

always talk about, which is the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial ways that we

nourish ourselves. Click over to one of our Tuesday shows. If you're here and you're already

knowing that you're

struggling with something, then you're in the perfect place. This is a really big, sometimes

taboo topic, right? It's something that we all need to be aware of. One in five adults in the USA

suffer from some form of mental illness. So it's important to know the signs. And in this podcast, I'm going to

talk about the five clear ways for you to know if you're struggling with your mental health and what

you can do to get help. Let's go to the Western model, the DSM-5, this reference source for health

pros to assist in diagnosing or identifying mental illness, but let's be honest,

the DSM-5 was created by pharmaceutical companies to sell pills, first and foremost.

So take that with a grain of salt. I think that really all the mental health disorders at their

core are connected to a broken body that was injured by some kind of psychic malady or disconnection from

self. Now, what do I mean about that? In other words, mental health is a byproduct of trauma

and stress to the body left unchecked. So anyways, let's go back to the DSM. It has 300 plus

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