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The One You Feed

Why We Need to Rethink Mental Illness with Sarah Fay

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

 

In this episode, Sarah Fay brings a unique blend of personal experiences to the conversation around mental health recovery and explores why we need to rethink mental illness. Sarah's journey of recovering from mental illness underscores the complexities and challenges individuals face in navigating mental health diagnoses. She delves into the limitations of the DSM and the influence of societal perceptions, as well as an ongoing dialogue that sheds light on the path to recovery with empathy and understanding.

In this episode, you will be able to:

  • Unravel the truth behind mental health misinformation on social media
  • Discover the risks of self-diagnosing mental health and how to avoid them
  • Uncover the impact of social media on mental health awareness and well-being
  • Understand how mental health diagnoses are determined and the challenges with such diagnoses
  • Embrace effective strategies for personal recovery from mental illness

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0:00.0

There's a part of mental health diagnoses that is really no different than horoscopes, right?

0:05.2

They're just introvert extrovert personality tests, same kind of thing.

0:08.8

That's how they're being embraced today right now.

0:11.2

But the stakes are so high with psychiatric diagnoses. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the

0:27.0

importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or

0:31.6

you are what you think,

0:33.5

ring true.

0:34.8

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts

0:36.8

don't strengthen or empower us.

0:39.0

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things

0:47.2

that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and

0:55.3

creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves

1:00.9

moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. Thanks for joining us.

1:17.0

back on the show is Sarah Fay, an award-winning author, educator, activist, and entrepreneur.

1:26.4

Her work focuses on mental health advocacy and questioning society's happiness formula

1:31.7

and how to create your own.

1:33.3

Her debut memoir was pathological, the true story of six misdiagnoses.

1:38.4

Today Sarah and Eric discussed the highly anticipated sequel called Cured, which is a best-selling featured publication on

1:45.4

Substack.

1:46.4

Hi Sarah welcome to the show.

1:48.4

Thank you so much.

1:49.4

I'm so happy to be here again.

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