Before The Dawn
This is my journey to mental health. My journey has presented me with challenges since I was very very young. From actual mental health struggles, with social anxiety, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and self harm, to other parts of my life that required their own mental gymnastics: being a highly sensitive person, being a gay woman (which is not a mental health issue on its own, but living as a suppressed minority in this world can be), being diagnosed with a chronic illness, figuring out I had ADHD at age 40… And I also carry with me some of my forefathers’ scars, as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. I’m not doing this podcast because it’s all over. I’m not here to tell you how I made it out the other end. Mental health is a lifelong journey that requires constant maintenance, and it keeps presenting us with new challenges as life’s twists and turns unfold. But after thirty-some years of dealing with all of these issues, I do have some insights that I’d love to share. I tell my story with the hope that sharing my experiences with others might make someone else feel less alone, less guilty, less scared and ashamed. I tell my story for others who are struggling and for those who love them. I tell my story so we can take this journey together. Traveling together, the journey is always made easier, or at the very least, more pleasant. This is my story, and my story alone. I am not a doctor, a therapist, or an expert. I am just a person who wants to shed light on subject matters that are all too often kept in the dark. This is a bi-weekly podcast. New episodes are posted every other Tuesday, at 4am EST. Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beforethedawnjourney and on @beforethedawnjourney on Instagram. Art by Dania Latar https://dlatar1.wixsite.com/danialatar/works .
Episodes
I will be going on hiatus from the podcast at this point. Thank you for listening. I hope to speak to you again soon!
In this episode I provide an intimate description of what it’s like to develop an eating disorder, in my case, anorexia nervosa.
In this episode I discuss trauma that we inherit from our ancestors, as well as collective trauma, through my experience as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.
For an eating disorders-specific pandemic discussion, ple...
In this episode I discuss distorted body image, both as part of eating disorders, but also in the context of our culture and how it might affect anyone.
In this episode I talk about how we hard it can be to allow ourselves to be in the good.
In this episode I talk about the benefit of having the support of a community of people who have lived experience and understand what we are going through.
In this episode I introduce myself and my journey to mental health and invite you to join me in talking about and bringing to light subject matters that are all too often kept in the dark.
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