037. Coping from Trauma and Understanding Your Mental Health Diagnosis with Miranda Bacon

Barriers to Breakthroughs

Today's is with Miranda Bacon, former D1 Swimmer from the University of New Hampshire where she was a 9-Time All-America East recipient, a 2-Time inductee into the National College Athlete Honors Society, and she supported her team to 3 America East Championships out of her 4 years!

Miranda talks about her mental health journey from noticing her mood shift in high school, being sexually assaulted during her spring break freshman year as well as being diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Miranda gives us a glimpse into her mind and everything she has learned along the way with taking care of her mental health!
Other topics include;

• Her panic attack experiences
• How she felt about her diagnosis
• Advice about going to therapy + getting the help you need

Trigger Warning: Topics of sexual assault and trauma are talked about in this episode so if that is triggering for you, please do not listen to this episode!
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