The Paradoxical Dichotomy Between Humor And Suicide Prevention From The Perspective Of A Comedian

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mental health issues are a difficult topic to breach, and finding the right way to address them is an essential way to do it correctly. Our overall health and mental health are the most important components to leading a thriving life, and without the tools to maintain it, it is very difficult to understand how to manage emotions and trauma.

Frank King has found that his extensive background in comedy plays a crucial role in his approach to talking about suicide prevention as a TEDx motivational speaker. With his own history of mental illness and dealing with depression and humor, Frank King uses his experiences and knowledge to empathetically articulate the difficulties of suicide, and how to prevent it.

In this episode, you will learn about:

How routine maintenance on your brain can help treat your mental illness
What suicidal signs look like for you or loved ones
How to thoughtfully speak to people about their mental health

Discover all of this and more on this thought-provoking episode on suicide prevention.

To find out more about what Frank King does, visit thementalhealthcomedian.com for more information.

If you or a loved one are at risk of suicide, text HELP 74174.

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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0:18.0	Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every
0:24.6	field sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets and more. Here come the
0:29.4	geniuses. This is the Finding Genius Podcast.
0:33.0	That is Richard Jacobs.
0:35.0	Before we begin, a note from our sponsor.
0:40.0	I'm Richard Jacobs, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Finding Genius Foundation, and host of the Finding Genius Podcast.
0:46.4	In late 2016, I was rear-ended at 65 miles an hour by a truck on the highway,
0:51.8	which sent me off-road into a ditch.
0:54.8	The impact of the collision gave me a concussion and other injuries.
0:58.5	At the hospital, a CT scan showed that I had thyroid nodules, which turned out to be cancer.
1:03.4	It was then when I had a biopsy in my neck that I realized even if I was a millionaire
1:08.0	I wouldn't want a second or a third biopsy due to the pain and the invasiveness of it.
1:12.1	And appointments at that time for thyroid experts were three to six months out.
1:16.0	And I was worried about dying now, even if that was irrational.
1:19.0	So because of this, I've decided to raise money to conduct a literature review on steroids on the causes of anxiety and depression
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1:32.0	Our goal is to create a codex, a guide that
1:36.0	reveals all possible treatments for anxiety and depression, for people that live with the
1:40.0	condition, or for loved ones that have it it as my wife and my son do.
1:44.4	To find out more about our fundraiser, visit finding genius foundation.org and click on current initiatives.
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