U.S. Army Vet Joey Maiocco On How Running Has Helped In Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder + Breaking The Stigma About It
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🗓️ 22 November 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
"Running became this focal point for me, especially these last few years...The stigma is real. People don't want to talk about this kind of stuff, especially in the military. You're trained as much you can to be emotionless because that can be a liability."
Joey Maiocco is a lead editor at Newsy and a veteran of the U.S. Army. His work at Newsy encompasses the entertainment industry as well as national news but it has all come full circle for him with his most recent project: In Real Life: Post-Trauma.
It is a 22-minute special that shares his personal story on treating post-traumatic stress and how other war veterans cope and find their own treatment upon returning home. For Joey, running has played a major role in it and he just recently ran the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati. I connected with him back in December through a mutual friend and sensed his excitement about what the sport has brought him and we decided to talk about it on this podcast because that’s also part of his healing and way of helping others – through sharing his experience.
You can watch the special on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayvuCeeAheU
Happy to share this episode just a little after Veteran’s Day when we pay our respects to those who have served this country.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of the Sidious Mag Podcasts on the Sidious Mag Podcasts network is presented by Tracksmith. |
| 0:05.4 | Tracksmith is a big supporter of Sidious Mag. They've sponsored races when we did the Trials of Miles Circuit back in the spring. |
| 0:12.0 | They backed the podcast during our daily show at the Olympic Trials in the summer. |
| 0:15.6 | They outfitted me and some friends when I raced Malcolm Gladwell in a mile back in May. |
| 0:19.5 | We unfortunately don't talk about how that race ended for me. |
| 0:22.4 | The Boston-based running grand is a company that crafts performance apparel for training, racing, and rest days. |
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| 0:44.7 | and stories from the athletes, traditions, and events that make running the greatest sport in the world. |
| 0:50.7 | If you saw me at the New York City Marathon, I was rocking their classic Black Van Cortland Singlet with a little Sidious Mag touch to it. |
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