I had planned to record something different today but I just wasn’t feeling it.

 

Instead I wanted to take a few minutes to talk to you about a tweet I put out recently.

 

I’ve recorded a video in the past that alluded to the shame that I sometimes feel.

 

My approach has always been to share some of the mistakes that I’ve made in the past in the hopes that someone out there listening can learn from them as I have.

 

This is what I tweeted:

I am a multi-millionaire and I have struggled with anxiety, rage, toxic shame, depression, and suicidal thoughts.  Here’s my story.

 

First, let me say how much shame I have had to let go of to admit my struggles. All my life I’ve considered myself successful so when depression hit me and I couldn’t out work it, the despair only compounded.

 

If you are dealing with depression, don’t try to do it alone.

 

What I’ve learned is that all the money and possessions in the world mean nothing if you are empty on the inside.

 

I learned that how each individual deals with trauma is what shapes who you are.

 

The trauma I faced as a child started when my parents got a divorce. I didn’t acknowledge this

as trauma when I was a child.  After the divorce I moved and lived with my father. 

 

As an adult, I realize how much I craved having a mom.  I only got to see my mom in the summer and holidays.

 

I realized that I never let myself acknowledge fear. Instead I felt shame and depression and it would spiral from there.  It was a constant loop of anxiety, shame, panic and depression.

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