The Big Feels Club
Summary: Real content about mental health, made by people who’ve been there too.
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- Artist: Graham Panther and Honor Eastly
- Copyright: The Big Feels Club 2018
Podcasts:
What if you didn't have to work so hard just to feel like a worthy human?
All those helpful bus ads tell you to 'just ask for help' when you're struggling. But what if you've already asked for help, multiple times, and you still don't feel any better?
Psych drugs. What if they don't work for you? or what if they kind of work but... it's complicated? This ep: an honest conversation about medications.
Feel like you’re just one dumb mistake away from ruining all your relationships forever? How social distancing turns the volume up on that. Plus, what do you actually want from people when you’re having a hard time, especially right now?
For many of us, 'being productive' is a key go-to strategy for feeling like a worthy human. So what happens at a time like this, when it's harder and harder to get things done?
What do you do when you have a physical illness that defies modern science? The kind of illness that is clearly debilitating, but still makes you wonder, ‘is this all in my head?’ This ep: we talk chronic fatigue, nervous exhaustion, and what to do when you’re just really, really tired.
Staying indoors all day, avoiding people. Sound familiar? When self-isolating feels like depression. (Plus, why most of the ‘lockdown self-care’ advice sucks.)
The panic / information spiral. Is all this pandemic news just making us feel like shit? Or is it too important to look away?
what happens when you and your partner have different ideas about how to practice social distancing... from one another... when you share a bedroom.
We answer your big, existential questions! Starting with: how do you know the difference between a useful coping mechanism and a crutch?
Our society often thinks about distress and big feelings as a ‘problem’ to be ‘fixed’. This ep, we explore that idea, and some of its unintended consequences. Questions we dive into: 1. When you feel like someone's trying to fix you, what does that do to your relationships? 2. When you feel like you need to be fixed, what does that do to your sense of self?
Ever feel like you have to dress up in office drag just to make it to work? Or that parties are actually a form of socially-sanctioned torture (just with better snacks)? Do you feel like even your impostor syndrome has impostor syndrome?? Join us and a bunch of other sensitive cats as we ponder this very topic.