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Table of ContentsExpandMeet Chrissy MetzWhy I Wanted to Interview ChrissyChrissy’s Mental Health JourneyStandouts From the EpisodeWhat Chrissy Learned About Mental HealthMore About the PodcastView All
Table of ContentsExpandMeet Chrissy MetzWhy I Wanted to Interview ChrissyChrissy’s Mental Health JourneyStandouts From the EpisodeWhat Chrissy Learned About Mental HealthMore About the Podcast
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Meet Chrissy Metz
Why I Wanted to Interview Chrissy
Chrissy’s Mental Health Journey
Standouts From the Episode
What Chrissy Learned About Mental Health
More About the Podcast
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For this special episode ofThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW sits down with actress Chrissy Metz to talk about her childhood, anxiety, and learning how to become mentally strong.
Chrissy’s 2018 book, “This Is Me,” became a number-one New York Times bestseller. In it, she describes her life growing up, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and her tips for living your best life.
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I heard Chrissy talk about her real-life struggles—some of which are similar to what her character Kate endures. Chrissy became open about her battle with anxiety a few years ago. So I read her book and was fascinated to learn about her childhood experiences.
I wanted to interview her on the podcast to hear more about how she’s connected the dots between her childhood and adulthood (similar to how the show does for its characters).
If we are not our parents’ unresolved issues, we are just our own unresolved issues and they will plague us until we sort of face them head-on.
When Chrissy was 30, she thought she was having a heart attack. She went to the emergency room and she learned she was having apanic attack.
She’s since learned a lot about mental health. She has done a lot of work on addressing difficult parts of her childhood and she’s proactive about improving her mental health with strategies likegratitude.
She’s also open about the fact that she’s gone to therapy. She says therapy has helped her better understand herself.
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I feel like I’ve definitely gotten more comfortable with being uncomfortable over these many, many years.
Chrissy learned that her parents’ likely did the best they could with what they had. And their unresolved issues impacted the way she was raised.
She has learned a lot about herself, her self-worth, and the steps she can take every day to address her well-being.
She shares a lot of those tips in her book, and she is now confident that if those strategies work for her, they can work for other people too.
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