Jessie Chung sits down and talks to us about her experience dealing with OCD, Anxiety, Depression and Addiction.  Jessie was born in Canada but currently lives in the UK. Jessie is a big mental health advocate and wants to spread positivity through her mental health journey. Jessie is also hugely passionate about Spanish and Latina culture and she is also currently working on two books alongside writing poetry.

[00:00 – 8:11] Opening Segment.

• Jessie tells us her background and a little bit about herself.
• Jessie talks about her mental health journey and what she is currently overcoming.
• She tells us how when she was 16 she began to have intrusive thoughts and how she struggled with this alone as she was too worried to open up to anyone.
• Jessie tells us about how she did a whole load of research on her condition and also how to manage it.
• She tells us about her diagnosis of Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar.

[8:12 – 12:02] Healing.

• Jessie tells us about she coped with her mental health issues and managed to stay so positive.
• Jessie says spending time researching her OCD and other mental health struggles really helped her to understand what was happening to her.
• She tells us how her mental health struggles all intertwine with each other and how learning how to deal with one, decreases the severity of the other issues.
• She tells us how fully accepting her anxiety really helped her along in her journey.

[12:03 – 21:30] Support.

• Jessie tells us about her support system and how it has not always been easy for her.
• Jessie tells us about how her BPD made it difficult for her to keep relationships close and effected the amount of support she gained from people.
• She tells us how now she has a really solid support system which has been a great help in her mental health journey.

[21:31 – 30:00] Closing Segment.

• Jessie shares for advice for people who are currently in their mental health journey.
• Jessie shares her valuable advice to her younger self.
• Jessie tells us where to find her on social media.

Tweetable Quotes;

‘Let your thoughts perpetuate but not dominate’ – Jessie Chung.

‘Don’t be afraid to tell people, don’t be afraid to tell people you are close too’ – Jessie Chung.

‘People are a lot more accepting than you think they are’ – Jessie Chung.

‘Your mental illnesses are all valid, and you shouldn’t always define yourself by a label’ – Jessie Chung.

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