This video explores why being around family feels so exhausting during the holidays, especially for adult children of emotionally immature parents. We talk about holiday family stress, emotional exhaustion, and healing. If your stomach tightens when the group text comes through… If you feel drained before you even arrive… If you’re not mad, just done… This episode is for you. 💛 For those raised in emotional immaturity, chaos, or addiction, the holidays don’t just bring memories — they bring...
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This video explores why being around family feels so exhausting during the holidays, especially for adult children of emotionally immature parents. We talk about holiday family stress, emotional exhaustion, and healing. If your stomach tightens when the group text comes through… If you feel drained before you even arrive… If you’re not mad, just done… This episode is for you. 💛 For those raised in emotional immaturity, chaos, or addiction, the holidays don’t just bring memories — they bring...
What Depression Really Feels Like (From the Inside)
Canaries in the Coal Mine
18 minutes
4 months ago
What Depression Really Feels Like (From the Inside)
In this episode, I share honestly what it’s like from the 'inside', and I answer the questions so many of us carry: Is depression just a chemical imbalance? Why are so many people depressed today? And how do you actually begin to climb out when the weight won’t lift? For decades we were told depression = “low serotonin.” Modern research paints a fuller picture. Depression is complex—an interplay of biology (genetics, hormones, brain chemistry, inflammation), life experience (trauma, stress, ...
Canaries in the Coal Mine
This video explores why being around family feels so exhausting during the holidays, especially for adult children of emotionally immature parents. We talk about holiday family stress, emotional exhaustion, and healing. If your stomach tightens when the group text comes through… If you feel drained before you even arrive… If you’re not mad, just done… This episode is for you. 💛 For those raised in emotional immaturity, chaos, or addiction, the holidays don’t just bring memories — they bring...