3. Meet Angie at Emotional Baggage Claim

Angie shares a traumatic event that happened to her shortly after beginning her new life in Canada with her parents. We discuss how the coping mechanisms we develop as children to repress trauma can develop into toxic behaviours later in life. Content warning: suicide.

Highlights: 

• Reliance on alcohol to numb emotional pain
• Kristy can do math 
• When young Angie decided to walk into traffic 
• The loneliness of emigrating to a new country

Takeaway: 

• Try more than one counsellor or therapist  
• Our learned behaviours from a young age can turn problematic in adulthood, and  therapists can help us understand and manage these behaviours 
• Allow self-compassion and allow yourself to grieve the loss of a former life or routine 

Let Kristy & Angie what cringy and uncomfortable conversation topics you would like to listen to!