1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Unbreakable, a mental health podcast with Jay Glazer. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: I'm Jay Glazer. Today is weekend motivation, But first a 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: quick word from our title sponsor. If you're like many people, 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: you may be surprised to learn that one in five 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: adults in this country experienced mental illness last year, yet 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: far too many fail to receive the support they need. Carolyn, 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: behavioral Health is doing something about it. They understand that 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: behavioral health is a key part of whole health, delivering 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: compassionate care that treats physical, mental, emotional, and social needs 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: in tandem. Karalym behavioral health raising the quality of life 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: through empathy and action. Welcome in to Unbreakable, a mental 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: health podcast with Jay Glazer. I'm Jay Glazer. Today is 13 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: weekend motivation, and today I want to talk about using 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: our mental health issues as our superpowers. What superpowers, they're 15 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: supposed to be, the things that hold us back, that's 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: what we go about life. But no, I now use 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: all my mental health issues as my superpowers. I've talked 18 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: about using our scars to lift us up and give 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: us our currency in life. But what I've gone and 20 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: I've done now, I've looked at all of my mental 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: health issues, and I flipped the script on it. And 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: I've said where they've served me, not where have they 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: held me back? So, for example, my depression, my depression 24 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: because I never felt worthy of being loved, or worthy 25 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 1: of being selected for great things, or worthy of let's saying, 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: attaining or achieving certain things. I was lo care with 27 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: getting rejected. Well you know what got me where I 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: am today. Eleven years of rejection. That's what got me 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: to where I am in my career. And what I 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: mean by that is my first eleven years, I was 31 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: making nine four hundred and fifty bucks a year a 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: year living in New York City. Think about that. And 33 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: I was covering at first of the Giants, then the 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: Giants and the Jets and the whole NFL. And at 35 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: the same time I was covering football, I was trying 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: to get a full time job, and every single week, man, 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: I was turned down. I was rejected left and right, 38 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: over and over and over. But because of this depress 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: I was okay with being rejected. Well, I say, okay, Look, 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: I didn't want to be rejected. It sucked to be rejected, 41 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: but I was able to handle it. I was able 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: to deal with it, I was able to fight for 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: eleven years. It put me in this headspace and what 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 1: has got me again to where I am is that 45 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,399 Speaker 1: over time, I was like, I'll be the last dude's standing. Eventually, 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: they can't keep saying no to me, they can't keep 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: rejecting me and other people, They're going to start falling 48 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: out of the picture. I'll be the last dude's standing. 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: So my depression was my superpower in that my anxiety. 50 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: I'm great and chaos because of anxiety. I suck in calm, 51 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: but this anxiety as a result, when I'm on TV, 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: I gotta have a million things happening. I'm read to 53 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: rock and roll, like you know I am having. I 54 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: told you these panic and anxiety attacks while I'm on 55 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: TV as I'm breaking news, as people are texting me 56 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: as hey, it's actually served me. I'm finding a cage 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: when people throwing elbows and kicks in my head. No 58 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: problem in normal situations. I'm not great, But as a 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: result of this anxiety, I kid live in this fight 60 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: and I'm able to fight back in life as if 61 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: I didn't a lot better than as if I didn't 62 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: have this anxiety. My tension deficit disorder that allows me 63 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: to do six things at once. I've been an NFL insider, 64 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: I've brought a gym, and the nonprofit. I have several 65 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: different charities and ballers are all these different things. I 66 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: have a million things going on at once. If I 67 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: did not have ADHD, I wouldn't be able to do it. 68 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: That's my superpower. Now can I sit there in a 69 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: classroom and learn for three hours? No, it's okay. I 70 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: am great with the fact that my add allows me 71 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: to do other things than sit and listen to a 72 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: three hour lecture. So this is where my mental health 73 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: issues we're again. We used to look at it. I 74 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: used to look at it. You know you're embarrassed through 75 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: shame you don't want to share with people. Now I 76 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: look at it. Where is it led to my success? 77 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: Where is it led to better and greater things happening 78 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: in my life? You have that same choice. Life is 79 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: about our choices. We could look at all the things 80 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: that we figu are holding us back, or we could 81 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: look at it and go, where are these issues able 82 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: to help me and propel me and empower me and 83 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: lift me up. I used to always feel that I 84 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: was cursed with these issues. Now I feel like God 85 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: blessed me with these issues. Let's keep walking this walk together.