Meg Donnelly: Managing Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this week’s episode, actress and singer Meg Donnelly shares her journey of navigating mental health from a young age. Meg opens up about experiencing anxiety and intrusive thoughts at just eight years old, shedding light on the triggers and how it manifested in her life as a child. She goes on to share how her anxiety has evolved as she’s gotten older, impacting both her career and daily life. Meg talks about the balance she’s found with social media, along with the tools and resources that have helped her most in protecting her mental well-being. We also dive into her starring in the Zombies franchise, her exciting transition into the music industry, and the release of her new single, “in my bag,” coming out on November 15th!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:04.2	When people that are in the Disney World talk about it is a little scary to talk about.
0:08.9	When I was eight years old, like I started having like panic attacks.
0:11.7	My mental health wasn't very good.
0:13.7	Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was seven.
0:16.8	Like my parents would be like, are you okay?
0:18.3	Like let's talk about it.
0:19.2	And I was like, I'm so good. I'm not going to burden them with my thought.
0:23.1	Because I just kind of bottled a lot of stuff up, I started to get like intrusive thoughts just about like death and health anxiety too.
0:29.6	Do you even know what a panic attack is at that age?
0:33.1	I didn't know what it was. I didn't realize that they were abnormal until I talked about it out loud and like all the thoughts that I that was a scary thought. And then like the whole rest of the day, I'd just be like, oh, like, I wonder if everyone else is thinking about this.
0:57.3	That's where it becomes like intrusive when you give it power.
1:08.1	When life gives you lemons, what do you do with them?
1:11.0	Over here at the squeeze, we talk about it.
1:22.7	Meg, welcome to The Squeeze.
1:24.8	Thank you.
1:25.9	This is so fun.
1:27.2	I'm so excited.
1:28.1	Okay.
1:28.7	So we start each episode off with this beautiful jar here.
1:32.4	It's called Citrus Got Real.
1:33.9	There's a bunch of questions in there.
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