Building Mental Strength & Resilience With Emily & Evelyn

NAMI OC Presents: It's Okay To Feel

Welcome to the thirteenth Takeover Episode of It's Okay to Feel!
*Content Warning - this episode contains descriptions of trichotillomania. Please take care of yourself, and don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for help. You can find resources below in the show notes.*
Join Evelyn and Emily in this episode of It’s Okay to Feel, as they chat about trichotillomania and their mental health journey. They explore the practice of talking back to your intrusive thoughts, building mental strength and resilience, and learning to develop self care and compassion. They also dive into how we can use negative feelings and emotional burdens to become stronger and more complex humans to discover new feelings and emotions that we didn’t know we could feel.

In this episode we talk about:

• Our trichotillomania recovery journey
• Habits vs. Disorders
• Facing insecurities due to our mental illness
• Unhealthy coping mechanisms
• The difference between distraction and self care
• How being mentally strong isn’t always the same as being mentally healthy
• Being mentally free
• Mental illness is not a weakness
• Understanding and organizing internal stresses makes managing external stresses easier
• Taking care of yourself for the people you love
• How COVID forced us to do what scared us to make us stronger

Resources:

• The TLC Foundation for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors
• [e-mail] (Evelyn and Emily’s Podcast Email)
• Instagram: @theopenmindedpodcast (Posts coming soon!)
• NAMI Orange County
• NAMI-OC's Instagram
• NAMI-OC's Teens and Young Adult's
• NAMI-OC's Media Masterclass
• NAMI-OC's Peer Connector Program
• Crisis Line, Warmline, and Crisis Groups

This unique takeover episode is a feature of the NAMI-OC Media Masterclass which teaches teens and young adults the basics of podcasting and growing their social media presence. Takeover episodes feature Media Masterclass students who want to start their own podcast.

Disclaimers: It’s Okay To Feel is for informational/educational and/or entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

It’s Okay to Feel is Funded by the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA), Behavioral Health Services, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.