Charlamagne Tha God: The Man Behind— ‘Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me’

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Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Money, success, fame, and influence are not an antidote to anxiety and can even make things worse. For Charlamagne Tha God, living with anxiety has been a life-long issue, from an unsafe childhood and a dysfunctional family to being black and successful in America, he has looked at mental health from every perspective. As a popular radio and podcast host he has discussed the issue at length and has arrived at a compelling way of looking at things, that is, at times, at odds with the way mental health is viewed in parts of his community. Here on ‘Phil In The Blanks’ we are going to look at how anxiety and other mental health issues are viewed behind the scenes in media work environments and in the African American community and see how one man’s tireless struggle to overcome anxiety, fear and doubt has helped shape the lives of his family, his friends, his co-workers, and even some A-list celebrities. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So what causes the panic attacks for me is when these those negative thoughts keep popping
0:12.4	in your head, popping in your head, popping in your head.
0:14.3	And then if it does manifest itself God forbid, I feel like I created that, you know?
0:19.4	Do you still have as much passion and as much fun doing radios you did when you really
0:24.0	got in your blood?
0:25.0	I think sometimes we can get caught up in being characters of ourselves.
0:29.4	I knew that a microphone was going to change my life.
0:36.1	That was Charlemagne the God you were just listening to and let me talk about this gentleman
0:41.4	for a few minutes because I have to tell you I have a tremendous respect for this man.
0:46.8	You've probably heard him on the Breakfast Club with DJNV and Angelie.
0:51.7	He's on in 90 markets around the country and Revolt TV Network was founded by Sean Puff
0:58.0	Daddy Combs.
0:59.2	He's a New York Times bestselling author, one book, Black Privilege and he's now released
1:04.4	his second book, Shook One.
1:06.4	I have so much respect for Charlemagne because he is as real as it comes.
1:13.7	He's willing to talk about things that just aren't talked about in his world.
1:18.8	He's got a lot of anxiety, anxiety, things that have really plagued him in his life and
1:23.6	he has really advanced the narrative and made it okay to talk about these things.
1:28.8	He owns his truth.
1:30.7	He is really clear in the past for others so they will not feel shame if they have to deal
1:36.5	with things in their life and deal with mental health.
1:39.8	You know recently they were saying the Breakfast Club is the most dangerous morning show
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