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Mental health misinformation so grossly inaccurate, it needed its own word . . . Tune in!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:05 Today we're discussing mental health misinformation so grossly

00:00:05 --> 00:00:07 inaccurate it needs

00:00:07 --> 00:00:08 its own word.

00:00:08 --> 00:00:09 Tune in.

00:00:13 --> 00:00:16 Hello and welcome to MOMO 634,

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00:00:44 --> 00:00:49 I began speaking out on mental health issues roughly 25 years

00:00:49 --> 00:00:50 ago after hearing

00:00:51 --> 00:00:57 enough hurtful and frankly damaging misinformation about mental

00:00:57 --> 00:00:57 health issues.

00:00:59 --> 00:01:01 Some of these comments sparked the episode,

00:01:02 --> 00:01:07 Three Things You Really Don't Want to Say to Someone with Depression.

00:01:08 --> 00:01:10 As I mentioned in our last episode,

00:01:10 --> 00:01:15 I recently had a conversation with some of my neurodivergent girlfriends.

00:01:16 --> 00:01:21 One had been deeply hurt by a mischaracterization of her personality.

00:01:22 --> 00:01:25 Now, this woman is truly one of the sweetest,

00:01:26 --> 00:01:27 most supportive,

00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 generous,

00:01:29 --> 00:01:30 and giving people I know,

00:01:31 --> 00:01:34 someone I'd like to be when I grow up.

00:01:35 --> 00:01:39 The comment came on the heels of another mental health misrepresentation,

00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 so I knew it was time to tackle this topic again.

00:01:45 --> 00:01:50 The other comment was from a woman in great mental health distress.

00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 She was begging for help because one,

00:01:54 --> 00:01:57 she did not feel like she could reach out to those around her.

00:01:58 --> 00:02:04 And two, she felt like it was her fault for being so weak.

00:02:05 --> 00:02:10 While there are situational issues that can lead to depressive episodes,

00:02:11 --> 00:02:12 like the death of a loved one,

00:02:13 --> 00:02:13 a divorce,

00:02:14 --> 00:02:18 or catastrophic issue like a natural disaster or fire,

00:02:18 --> 00:02:23 changes in the neural pathways and brain chemistry that are the

00:02:23 --> 00:02:24 root cause for

00:02:24 --> 00:02:29 major chronic depression and other neurodivergent and mental

00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 health issues are demonstrable.

00:02:33 --> 00:02:38 Neuro imagery and brain scans reveal major differences in

00:02:38 --> 00:02:40 typical and atypical brains.

00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 A basic web search confirms this.

00:02:45 --> 00:02:47 The contrast is striking,

00:02:47 --> 00:02:52 and it's clear there are areas of the brain that do not fire as

00:02:52 --> 00:02:53 they ought,

00:02:53 --> 00:02:54 fire too much,

00:02:55 --> 00:02:58 or the activity is not typical.

00:03:00 --> 00:03:01 So when someone tells you

00:03:02 --> 00:03:05 that you need to pick yourself up by your bootstraps,

00:03:05 --> 00:03:08 or it's time to stop your selfish wallowing,

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 or that you're weak,

00:03:10 --> 00:03:11 or don't pray enough.

00:03:13 --> 00:03:18 Know that those are the greatest hits on Satan's mixtape of lies.

00:03:19 --> 00:03:22 Psalm 139,

00:03:22 --> 00:03:23 14 through 16 says,

00:03:24 --> 00:03:25 I praise you,

00:03:26 --> 00:03:29 for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 Marvelous are your works, and I know this very well.

00:03:35 --> 00:03:39 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret.

00:03:39 --> 00:03:43 When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

00:03:43 --> 00:03:47 your eyes saw my unformed body.

00:03:48 --> 00:03:51 All my days were written in your book and ordained for me

00:03:52 --> 00:03:55 before one of them came to be.

00:03:56 --> 00:03:59 Jesus died for all of us.

00:04:00 --> 00:04:05 We are God's creation and special in his sight.

00:04:06 --> 00:04:08 Our meme for today says,

00:04:09 --> 00:04:12 Satan's mixtape of lies are garbage in,

00:04:12 --> 00:04:13 garbage out.

00:04:14 --> 00:04:17 God calls Satan the father of lies.

00:04:19 --> 00:04:24 What mental health myth conception is most bothersome for you?

00:04:25 --> 00:04:26 Chime in below.

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