HeyJaredCheckered Jaguar
The Checkered Jaguar is a podcast that normalizes difficult + vulnerable conversations. Host Brescia Dover engages in important discussions surrounding mental health, culture, life, and other meaningful topics.
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Depersonalization and Anxiety: Finding Yourself Again with Niall Sankey (opens the original)
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What does depersonalization actually feel like, and why can anxiety make it so frightening? Niall Sankey joins Brescia Dover on The Checkered Jaguar to share how a THC experience triggered depersonalization, leaving him feeling disconnected from his body and surroundings. They discuss the anxiety cycle, talk therapy, grounding techniques, relationships, productivity, vulnerability, and learning to move forward without allowing a mental health struggle to become your entire identity. If you’ve ev
What It's Really Like Living with OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Checkered Jaguar, I'm opening up about something I've only recently come to fully accept: my diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD). For years, I believed my perfectionism, need for control, and constant overthinking were simply part of who I was. It wasn't until navigating my autoimmune disease and facing some of life's biggest challenges that I realized there was something deeper going on. In this conversation, I'm sharing what OCPD actually is, ho
If You Have Ankylosing Spondylitis, This Episode Is for You (opens the original)
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In this episode, I’m sharing my personal story with ankylosing spondylitis. AS is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune condition that primarily affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. I open up about what my symptoms have looked like, the journey to getting answers, what it feels like to live with chronic pain and inflammation, and the emotional side of being diagnosed with an invisible illness. I also talk about autoimmune disease, lifestyle changes, flares, fear, hope, and what I’m learning as I
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