Episode Details

What happens if you ask somebody how they are and actually mean it? Most of us ask and neither side expects a real answer. Your life is not your depression.

Will Young was on the phone most nights when he was suffering badly, and that stuck with me. Everything pours into a funnel and tries to get out through a tiny hole at the bottom. I am managing not to almost bleed to death about once a month now. I still have the ups and downs. Your life is not the anxiety, or the bad day, or the traffic jam.

One thing to try: Ask one person how they are and then stay silent long enough for the real answer.

In this episode

• (0:01) The podcast I was listening to, and what he was going through
• (2:52) Everything filling the funnel, and the little hole at the bottom
• (4:52) Not almost bleeding to death about once a month
• (7:37) How are you, and what happens if you really want to know
• (9:40) Your life is not depression, or anxiety, or one bad day

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