Revisit: Trauma, Depression & Self-Discovery, with Wil Wheaton

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We're revisiting another episode from the MBB vault! Wil Wheaton helps us break down the importance of setting boundaries, getting to the root of emotional pain instead of self-medicating, and the beauty of becoming the parent you never had. He opens up about his tumultuous relationship with his parents, his lifelong battle with depression, anxiety, & addiction, and his breakdown at the airport that led him to seek help. We also hear how sobriety and therapy became his “escape hatch” and his explanation for why “naming the thing” can cause it to lose its power over you. Enjoy the best moments of Wil Wheaton, and tune in on Tuesday for a brand new full episode of MAYIM BIALIK’S BREAKDOWN.

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0:00.0	One of the reasons I am so open about this and I speak so unashamedly about it, I suffered
0:08.4	my, I suffered for like 15 years longer than I needed to because I was so ashamed.
0:15.6	He started me on a medication.
0:17.9	I would say it was probably six or seven days later and and I were on a walk in the neighborhood
0:23.3	and for the very first time in my life I could hear the bird singing.
0:31.6	There it is.
0:32.6	This is the thing.
0:33.6	I was aware of the beautiful flowers in our neighbor's yards.
0:38.1	I could feel the crispness of the air.
0:45.1	I could feel the warmth of the sun on my skin.
0:49.8	I could feel all these things that I had never felt before and I turned to Ian and
0:57.7	reala and I said to her, I have just been existing.
1:04.0	This is gone.
1:05.2	The comparison I used was like I had been inside this room where there were no lights and
1:12.1	like like Swedish death metal like cranked up to 11.
1:16.3	I had found the door out of the room.
1:19.7	Like adjusting the medical balance of my brain.
1:24.1	I just started to cry.
1:25.7	I felt so relieved.
1:26.9	I felt so good.
1:27.9	I felt so free.
1:32.2	And getting the chemicals in my brain worked out made it possible for me to start working
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