Joanna Scanlan

Bryony Gordon's Mad World

The Telegraph

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

When Joanna Scanlan was in her twenties, she had a breakdown and was told by her doctor that if she didn't do what she loved, she would never get better. Thank goodness for that doctor's words, because today she is an award winning actress and screenwriter, starring in the Thick of It, Getting On and her recent film After Love, for which she won the best actress BAFTA.

Joanna joins Bryony about the dark thoughts that came young and followed her into later life, having to make an effort to learn the language of emotions, and the tools she uses to get through those duvet days when all you want to do is "smother yourself in custard and not pick up the phone at all".

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0:00.0	The telegraph.
0:02.0	Podcasts.
0:10.0	Life isn't about being happy.
0:12.0	I honestly don't think the purpose of our existence is to be happy,
0:16.0	but I think it is to be authentic and to be there
0:20.0	as part of a community, society,
0:24.0	for each other and working as a whole.
0:30.0	Hello, Brownie Gordon here and welcome to the latest series of Mad World.
0:36.0	I'm back with more intimate conversations about mental health
0:40.0	and this time I'm actually able to speak to people face to face again,
0:44.0	which is a joy and a relief as I'm sure you'll agree.
0:48.0	And I thought I'd start this series with someone who lit up the entire studio
0:52.0	when she joined me for one of the most open, honest chats about mental health
0:56.0	that I've ever had the privilege of being part of.
0:59.0	And as we were being so candid,
1:01.0	there might be a little bit of colourful language.
1:05.0	When today's guest was in her 20s,
1:07.0	she had a breakdown and was told by her doctor that if she didn't do what she loved,
1:11.0	she would never get better.
1:13.0	Thank goodness for that doctor's words,
1:15.0	because today Joanna Scanlan is an award-winning actress and screenwriter
1:18.0	who has starred in and created some of our best love shows.
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