She Flew Too Close To The Sun | Full Mental Breakdown
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
When we last spoke with Cameo in 2023, she was a driven student who seemed to be thriving, managing her mental health in a way that truly worked for her. Then, she reached out with an update. Cameo returns to the show to share the unfiltered reality of what happens when a mental health journey takes a nosedive. In a conversation that is both heartbreaking and incredibly self-aware, she describes being trapped in a prison of her own making—battling all-consuming OCD, anxiety, and the lingering grip of an eating disorder that has followed her since childhood. This is a raw, necessary look at the messy truth of recovery, and a reminder that the path to wellness is rarely a straight line.
This conversation deals with difficult themes of mental illness. If you or someone you know is struggling, please know that support is available. You don't have to go through this alone.
- For crisis support across Canada: Call or text 9-8-8 anytime.
- In Quebec: Call Info-Social at 811 to speak with a psychosocial health professional.
- For non-crisis support: Text WELLNESS to 741741 to connect with Wellness Together Canada.
Reaching out is a sign of strength.
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| 0:27.3 | app, including YouTube. This is a CBC podcast. Hey folks, Jeremy here and welcome back to another episode of Sick Boy. |
| 0:39.8 | Listen, before we jump into today's episode, I want to take a minute to just set the stage |
| 0:46.6 | because this episode, it's a bit of a heavy one. |
| 0:50.0 | But also it is, I think, really, really important. |
| 0:53.9 | So some of you, OG listeners, may remember our guest cameo, who was on the show way back |
| 1:01.3 | in September of 2023. |
| 1:04.4 | And when we first spoke to her, she came across as this incredibly driven, self-aware student who was juggling her academics |
| 1:14.0 | with a history of eating disorders and other mental health challenges. |
| 1:17.8 | And honestly, it seemed like she was just thriving and had found this way to manage all of her |
| 1:26.6 | struggles in a way that really worked for her. Well, a little while ago, |
| 1:31.8 | Camio reached out to us again and in her word said, guys, my life's a fucking dumpster fire. |
| 1:39.0 | And she wanted to come back on the show to talk about the reality that a mental health journey is not a |
| 1:46.7 | linear path. So that's what this episode is. It is an incredibly raw, honest, and vulnerable look |
| 1:55.6 | at the peaks and valleys of living with mental illness. Camio opens up about her struggles with an eating disorder, anxiety, and OCD in a way that you |
| 2:06.4 | don't often hear. |
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