WEBVTT - S.A.D.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, guys, I'm Kaylie Short and this is too much

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<v Speaker 1>to say asking questions now turn it out you If

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<v Speaker 1>you can hear things in the background of this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very sorry. I'm still recording from home and for

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<v Speaker 1>some reason, my neighborhood has gotten so noisy, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>my neighbors or the fact that I live near the airport,

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<v Speaker 1>which I feel like a reason notice or construction. Um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>very very very annoying. So um, hopefully we'll be in

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<v Speaker 1>studio coming up because I it's like, what a what

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<v Speaker 1>a dumb bit right like moves to l A. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, it's so loud, but for real. So anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>Hello guys, how are you hope you've had a wonderful week. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I've actually had a really wonderful week, and I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about something today that is applicable to me

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<v Speaker 1>having a good week, um, and are unapplicable to living

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<v Speaker 1>in l A. So l A is one of those

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful places. What is with what is scientifically called a

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<v Speaker 1>Mediterranean climate, and that basically just means that it's the

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<v Speaker 1>same here all year round, and it's always sunny, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's always warm gets cool at night. So you can

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<v Speaker 1>still wear your cute jackets. But it's like it's just

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<v Speaker 1>you know what it's going to be. I personally fucking

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<v Speaker 1>love that I don't have to put away my clothes

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<v Speaker 1>for the Season's like my whole closet is out. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I have less ship because of that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can just dress the same every day. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>it never rains here except for apparently the entirety of

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<v Speaker 1>so far, And I did not realize how quickly one

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<v Speaker 1>can get a vitamin D deficiency from it being rainy.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like I've gotten really used to the

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<v Speaker 1>sunshine when I'm in Nashville, or especially when I was

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<v Speaker 1>in Maine, Like I knew what to do to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of keep myself feeling good during those really like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as the days get shorter and it's just very dark,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in Maine. I mean like it's almost to the

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<v Speaker 1>point where you can see the northern lights, so the

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<v Speaker 1>days are really short. Um, but yeah, I got it here.

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<v Speaker 1>So what we're talking about is this lovely little thing

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<v Speaker 1>called seasonal effective disorder. It affects many, many many people. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my my only favorite thing about it is

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<v Speaker 1>that seasonal effective disorder is abbreviated as sad l O

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<v Speaker 1>l um. But it is it's just like this, like

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<v Speaker 1>when people say, like, oh, I have a winter blues,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's actually like a real thing and it happens

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<v Speaker 1>to pro vitamin D deficiency, and like I think that

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<v Speaker 1>little things like cold shitty weather definitely don't help. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm gonna tell you guys some things that I

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<v Speaker 1>do to manage that, because in addition to like regular depression,

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<v Speaker 1>your girl has seasonal depression too, And just I mean god,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw Peach PRC, who's one of my favorite artists

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<v Speaker 1>on TikTok post is something about how she's been diagnosed

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<v Speaker 1>with the whole alphabet, and like girls saying same, I

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<v Speaker 1>have been diagnosed with so much of the alphabet at

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<v Speaker 1>some point it's just like a d H D B

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<v Speaker 1>P D L g B t Q and I could

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<v Speaker 1>keep going um. But anyways, so I O N S

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<v Speaker 1>A d UM. But like it's just it's interesting because

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like I've I've dealt with it so much

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<v Speaker 1>more living other places and living in l A, I

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<v Speaker 1>forgot that it can still happen. So I had to

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<v Speaker 1>dig out the old um little tool kit for how

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<v Speaker 1>to manage this. And we had our first like real

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<v Speaker 1>sunny day today. It stopped flooding, so that's nice. But um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to dive into this. I'm assuming that it

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<v Speaker 1>affects a lot of you guys that you might know about.

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<v Speaker 1>There's probably quite a few people listening who it doesn't affect.

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<v Speaker 1>But if any of this resonates with you, you now

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<v Speaker 1>know what to call it. It's not a scary thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you. It just

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<v Speaker 1>straight up just that you're not getting sunlight. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll be with that, okay, and we are back.

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<v Speaker 1>So on this episode, we're talking about seasonal depression and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you the like actual Mayo Clinic

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<v Speaker 1>medical definition of this, but this is from Mayo Clinic

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<v Speaker 1>dot com dot com um. Seasonal effective disorder, or s

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<v Speaker 1>a D, is a type of depression that's related to

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<v Speaker 1>changes in seasons. S a D begins and ends at

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<v Speaker 1>about the same times every year. If you're like most

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<v Speaker 1>evil with s a D, your symptoms start in the

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<v Speaker 1>fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy

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<v Speaker 1>and making feel moody. These symptoms often resolved during the

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<v Speaker 1>spring and summer. Months, um it is. That's why they

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<v Speaker 1>have these little thing called depression lamps, which I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to dive into in a while because that's like my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite way to deal with this. But it's just like

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<v Speaker 1>you're not getting sunlight, and we need some light. We're

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<v Speaker 1>like little plants, you know, we need water, we need food,

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<v Speaker 1>we need sunlight, we need you know, a stable environment.

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<v Speaker 1>We need some rain for sure. But just like it's

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<v Speaker 1>just been too much. L A has just been doing

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<v Speaker 1>the most and I'm not about it. Um So. The

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<v Speaker 1>signs and symptoms of a s A D may include

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<v Speaker 1>feeling listless, sad, or down most of the day, nearly

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<v Speaker 1>every day check check, losing interest and activities you once enjoyed,

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<v Speaker 1>having low energy and feeling sluggish, having problems with sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>too much, experienced carbohydrate cravings, over eating and weight gain,

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<v Speaker 1>having difficulty concentrating, feeling hopeless, worthless, or guilty, and having

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts of not wanting to live like that's not badly

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<v Speaker 1>we need the sunlight. Is it's like constrained up make

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<v Speaker 1>you like I want to unlive yourself, like really and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I don't know, it's just it's been so

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<v Speaker 1>like just out of character for l A and it

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<v Speaker 1>just caught me completely off guard and I was just

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<v Speaker 1>like sleeping, like and it makes you feel lazy, And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the hardest thing about any sort of

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<v Speaker 1>mental like issue that involves being like sad and getting depressed.

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<v Speaker 1>It is like you feel fucking lazy. That's also something

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<v Speaker 1>that I feel like with my a d h D.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like just you don't want to make excuses

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself, but it's like, I'm not I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that I have a d h D, so that I

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<v Speaker 1>can be like, oh, I'm not lazy. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>d h D. It's like, okay, I have a d

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<v Speaker 1>h D. This is how I'm going to do things

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<v Speaker 1>that don't make me feel lazy and make me feel productive. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not lazy. I'm dealing with seasonal effective disorder. So

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<v Speaker 1>I know that that's why it's happening, and I can

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<v Speaker 1>take these steps to fix it. So it's about getting

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<v Speaker 1>to a solution, not getting an excuse. But it is

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<v Speaker 1>like enough that if you didn't know you had this,

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<v Speaker 1>or you're like didn't realize that's what it was, you

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<v Speaker 1>should give yourself a little bit of a break. Right now, um,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's just your little plant and the plant isn't

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<v Speaker 1>getting what it needs, so the plant goes to sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>The plants little leaves, they wilt, and it's just an

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<v Speaker 1>unhappy little plant. And I like being a happy little plant.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my that's my favorite thing to be honestly, And

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of plants, my basil plant is not having any

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<v Speaker 1>of this bullshit either, so UM, I'm gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>get my basil plant and depression loop. Um. But depression

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<v Speaker 1>lamps are something that the mid daylight. Uh. I actually

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<v Speaker 1>use them just when it's like dark in general, and

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<v Speaker 1>like I need to wake up, I'll do my makeup

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<v Speaker 1>in front of one. Um. Because it's like your circadian

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<v Speaker 1>rhythm is controlled so much by like sunlight and all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things, and your circadian rhythm is like your

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<v Speaker 1>body bodily cues. I'm not a doctor. I'm giving this definition.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel for to challenge me on this, but I'm like sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to describe it correctly. But it's like when

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<v Speaker 1>you get hungry, when you get sleepy, how long you

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<v Speaker 1>sleep for when you naturally wake up, like when you

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<v Speaker 1>have bursts of energy, when you have like hills and

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<v Speaker 1>valley is of energy and it's just like the little

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<v Speaker 1>clock that your body runs on for all the little things.

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<v Speaker 1>It needs to be a little plant, and mine got

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<v Speaker 1>fucked like so fucked up. And so this lamp helps

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<v Speaker 1>you wake up that if it's early and the sun

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<v Speaker 1>isn't out, Like, I personally do not know how people

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<v Speaker 1>use blackout curtains. If you use blackout curtains, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand you, because like, if I use them, I will

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<v Speaker 1>sleep until five PM. I will wake up completely disoriented. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to tell you guys a story that if

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<v Speaker 1>my mother happens to be listening, Mom, please pass forward. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But one time back in my cowboy days, I I

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<v Speaker 1>was at a bar with Lauren Elena and she is

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<v Speaker 1>such a fun person to go out with. And I

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<v Speaker 1>had been going through this little breakup, not the big one,

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<v Speaker 1>but like another one that was like affecting me and

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<v Speaker 1>like I was just feeling bad. And I met this

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<v Speaker 1>guy at a bar. I was drinking Makers on the Rocks,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like my depression drink, like shout out to Makers.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Makers, but that's my depression drink. If you

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<v Speaker 1>see me chasing shots of Makers with Makers on the rocks, like,

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<v Speaker 1>call my therapist right now, I need to go home. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what I was doing when I met this

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<v Speaker 1>guy and he was like from Kentucky and he was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like super hot. They're drinking whiskey and I was

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<v Speaker 1>like I know, right, And anyways, ended up going home

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<v Speaker 1>with him, mostly despite my ex boyfriend. Turns out he

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<v Speaker 1>lived like across the street from him, so faml about that. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but this man had blackout curtains and I did not

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<v Speaker 1>mean to spend the night after whatever canudie took place

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<v Speaker 1>that evening. Okay, if you'll hear that noise, that is

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of noise I'm talking about. There's like an

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream truck that comes around at exactly every single

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<v Speaker 1>day and I'm just like I can't that's okay. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>losing my train of that. Um. But anyway, so this guy,

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<v Speaker 1>like after dinner, I wasn't gonna stay over. I meant

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<v Speaker 1>to call an uber and then my phone dies and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't really notice, and I was like definitely tipsy.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like I was there because I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be there for better for worse, but like I was not.

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<v Speaker 1>I was not a sober co owl that evening. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wake up the next morning thinking it's like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I was like, oh my god, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>like six am. It's normally like you know, I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to dip, like when I'm not in my own bed.

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<v Speaker 1>I wake up really early because I'm like, I just

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be home. And then, um, I plug

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<v Speaker 1>in my phone, find a charger digging through this man's room.

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<v Speaker 1>He's still down asleep and I turned on it's eleven am.

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<v Speaker 1>I straight up slept in a stranger to home until

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<v Speaker 1>eleven am because he had blackout curtains. And aside from

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<v Speaker 1>that really nice guy. Actually, the bizarrest thing is I

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<v Speaker 1>found out way after the fact that he went to

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<v Speaker 1>all twelve years of school with my current boyfriend. So anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>that was awkward, but I was like, why would you

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<v Speaker 1>have blackout curtains? And honestly, that's not the reason I

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<v Speaker 1>never talked to him again. The reason I never talked

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<v Speaker 1>to him again is because I was well. I was

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<v Speaker 1>telling him his blackout curtain stucked because he did end

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<v Speaker 1>up waking up as I was trying to sneak out,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, wow, you know, like I have

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<v Speaker 1>a house and he was like, oh, like, do you

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<v Speaker 1>have any cats? And I was like yeah, and he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm allergic and I was like, well, it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>this one isn't going to work out, but I'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you on the flip side. And that was that. And

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<v Speaker 1>then he talked to Lauren Elena a while later and

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh my god, I really hope like Kaylee

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't think I'm like that kind of guy. And Lauren

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<v Speaker 1>laughs and he's like, no, no, she's that kind of girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, cowboy is yea. So now that we've

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<v Speaker 1>had of the fact that I hate blackout curtains. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>another really good thing aside from not having blackout curtains

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<v Speaker 1>and having a little depression lamp, which you can get

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<v Speaker 1>on Amazon for like next to nothing, um, maybe twenty dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so worth it. You can also use it as

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<v Speaker 1>a ring light if you really feel inclined. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>really nice, like soft datelight. Look. So I'll use my

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<v Speaker 1>depression lamp on making tiktoks, which is just so chaotic

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<v Speaker 1>and so on brand um, but I'll make like little

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<v Speaker 1>things where I'll reward myself. And this has a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to do with like a d h D and all

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<v Speaker 1>that too, But I'll make like a list of really

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<v Speaker 1>small things I can accomplish, because I think sometimes all

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<v Speaker 1>come up with like these big, grandiose things I need

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<v Speaker 1>to do, like I need to like film a really

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<v Speaker 1>big TikTok and do all these edits and blah blah

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah, when really I just kind of need to

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<v Speaker 1>like repost an old TikTok just to get something up.

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<v Speaker 1>Like ideally I make some new content, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to do that if I'm not feeling great, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I need to have these small things that I

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<v Speaker 1>can do that don't take a long time and don't

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<v Speaker 1>like feel insurmountable, and then I'll reward myself. So I

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<v Speaker 1>created like this little list, and um, I think I'll

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<v Speaker 1>dive into this more on another episode because it also

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<v Speaker 1>does pertain to a d h D. But each like

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<v Speaker 1>task has a little um like point system, and so

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<v Speaker 1>when I reach a certain amount of points, like I

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<v Speaker 1>get a treat. So if I do um three or more,

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<v Speaker 1>I get three or more points, I get a little snack,

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<v Speaker 1>and that those snacks are fruit by the foot fruit

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<v Speaker 1>roll ups and um gusher's I get the Variety pack,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have to do three things before I get them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I if I do five or more, I get

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<v Speaker 1>to play fifteen minutes timed of one of my stupid

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<v Speaker 1>little iPhone games that I love so much and I

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<v Speaker 1>have a problem with. So I'm like trying to curb back,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like that was a great way to

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<v Speaker 1>do it. It's like it's a little reward. And then

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<v Speaker 1>if I do ten or more, I get to book

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<v Speaker 1>a yoga class, and I love booking yoga classes. They

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<v Speaker 1>get to be kind of expensive, so I can't just

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<v Speaker 1>do them all the time. But I feel like if

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<v Speaker 1>I accomplish things like that's a really nice little treat

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<v Speaker 1>and that makes me like get out of bed. And

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<v Speaker 1>also like I'll buy the more expensive coffee stuff because

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<v Speaker 1>having something that makes me want to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>bed is really great. That's why dogs are awesome, because

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<v Speaker 1>you have to wake up. UM. But little things like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and then also just like you know, journaling and remembering

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<v Speaker 1>that it is called seasonal effective disorder because it only

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<v Speaker 1>lasts first season and you can figure out ways to

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<v Speaker 1>handle it. UM depression lamps, I mean, I think are

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest one. Not everyone needs to get on antidepressants

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<v Speaker 1>during that time, but it might be severe enough that

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<v Speaker 1>you might need to do that. That's between you and

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<v Speaker 1>your doctor. But you can read about this, UM. You

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<v Speaker 1>can treat yourself for it with like like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>behavior modification and the lamps and whatnot, UM without getting

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<v Speaker 1>officially diagnosed. I mean, it's just a very common thing

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot of people have, so I feel free

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<v Speaker 1>to go read more about it. But me finding out

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<v Speaker 1>that this is something I dealt with was really helpful,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just constantly need to remind myself, Like every

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<v Speaker 1>winter when I start to feel like this, I'm like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't hate everything, everyone and everything about yourself. You

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<v Speaker 1>just haven't seen the sun in several days. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>a really nice grounding thing to remember. UM. But thank

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<v Speaker 1>you guys so much for tuning in. I'm Kaylie shure.

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<v Speaker 1>This is too much to say, and I will see

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<v Speaker 1>you next week. Don't ask me questions now, turn it

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<v Speaker 1>out you