After a lil’ break, the Creative Misfit Club podcast is back for Season 2!

In Episode 1, Jessica “goes there” (after navigating a depressive episode herself) and talks about how we navigate those periods of life where we might be “north of suicidal but south of ok”— both when they happen to us, and how to better support people in our lives who might be struggling.

2:04 What happened that time I “lost” joy

4:00 The problem with meds

6:00 Hiding when we’re struggling, and the problem with the “just reach out” prescription

8:00 The art of learning to just be in the muck

9:04 Connecting to our reasons to keep going

10:33 Do we really know how to answer “How are you?” And do we know what to do with an honest response?

Quotes:

“It’s still incredibly vulnerable to open up and share or ask for support when you're going through depressive episodes. It’s doubly hard when you’re in the midst of it and under those heavy clouds. It’s hard to let people see you in a dark or weak or messy place. We are so conditioned in this world to just show the glossy, Insta-ready sides of ourselves.”

"I think we would do well to better learn how to let it be more ok to not be ok. To be more open about it. To learn how to better mine for the roots underneath our 'not-ok-ness' and what they might be trying to tell us. And I think we could do a lot better at learning how to support people in our lives when they struggle, of weaving a better fabric of love and support around the people in our lives."

More writings & musings from Jessica @jessica.ann.wilbert on IG and at jessicaannwilbert.com

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