Hey y'all, welcome back to the Confessions of a Crappy Christian Podcast. A place where

you and all of your crap are not just welcome, you're wanted. I'm your host Blake G. Shay

and every week I'm showing up with a new friend to talk about the things we're really

great at, the ways Christ fills in the gaps on the things that we're not, and how he has

been faithful to make his power perfect in our weaknesses. My hope is that you walk away feeling

empowered and not alone in your struggles, and that people sharing their stories pushes you to

share yours. Alright, let's do this.

Alright y'all, today we are back with our second ever solo episode, which means it's just me and my

voice talking in my closet. Today we're going to talk about everybody's favorite topic, mental health.

I'm kidding, but I mean that is what we're going to talk about, and I think it's important.

Second to people asking for me to share my story, what people wanted me to talk about was my

walk through mental health and what that looks like as a believer. So that's what we're going to do.

I do want to do a quick disclaimer here and say that I am not a medical professional.

I am not a trained therapist. These thoughts and opinions are only backed by walking down this road

myself, but this is what we're going to unpack in this episode. I'm going to tell you my story

in journey of mental health. I'm going to tell you about my first ever panic attack and what life

has looked like since. And then we're going to talk about mental health and the stigma that surrounds

it and what we can do to change that. And then I'm going to tell you about the practical and tangible

things that have helped me kind of get anxiety under control and more manageable.

If you haven't listened to the first solo episode, this episode will make so much more sense if

you do. So it's going to be linked right here in the podcast description. You can just jump back

and listen. It's a quick 20 minute episode and you can come back and this will make a lot more

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