Stories about anxiety, sleep paralysis, sleep walking, depression and all thing mental health from people who have experienced these phenomena. This series supports the blog where we write articles about chemical mechanisms of these particular phenomena.
Here we talk with George about His experience with depression and the notion that African's do not experience depression. The conversation was around the idea that in the Shona language in Zimbabwe, there is not a word for depression and how that affects conversation about it. George discusses how his kind was changed on this and how helpful seeing a therapist was.
1 in 8 women experience Post-partum depression. We took this chance to learn more about it through Hennah's experience. Listen in on what this was like for her and how she navigated that.
Here we chat with Alexa as she describes to us what her first anxiety attack felt like.
Here we chat with, Amber, a flight attendant, who did not start to experience anxiety until later on in life. She shares with us what it feels like when she has an anxiety attack and what usually helps her.