Mental Illness and Sharks

Today’s episode is the first episode in a while where I’m not the only person yapping! Please welcome Maia! Maia suffers from alcoholism. We talk about what got her there, what symptoms clued her in to her addiction and more. This episode does talk a lot about addiction and alcoholism, take care of yourself if you think this will be triggering in any way. Sit this one out if needed.

Picture this: You’re in your middle school math class and the class clown is doing what he does best. You and the rest of the world think that because of his confidence, loudness and lack of social anxiety, he has ADHD. Because being hyper is what qualifies someone for that. Now we know better, or at least we are getting there. Tune in to find out where we all went wrong and what actually makes someone ADHD.

Substance abuse has everything to do with mental illness. Tune in to hear about why it’s so dang common for these two conditions to coexist.

Please text 988 for any help with substance use and mental health.

Welcome to 2024 where there internet is a truly wild place. We are now in the era of self diagnosing our potential mental illness online! Yep it’s that easy. Buuuut it’s not always the right move. It’s definitely a complex topic because mental health care can be really pricey and time consuming. And sometimes yes, these online quizzes can be correct, but sometimes, they’re not. Join me as I take some online mental health tests live! And of course stay tuned for the ending shark segment for today’s episode!