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Melancholy & Bacon

By: Melancholy & Bacon
  • Summary

  • Everyone deals with mental health at some point, and it can be a tricky thing to discuss, let alone live with.

    Here, on Melancholy and Bacon, I jump headfirst into the topic of mental health with a little bit of humor and a whole lot of honesty.

    I’m just an everyday guy talking about what should be an every day subject.

    Things here are casual but candid, there won’t be any tiptoeing around topics. I will be openly discussing a subject that is often shuffled into the shadows and hopefully clearing away some of the fog around something so many live with.

    I’ll be sharing personal experiences and stories, covering current beliefs in the field and a few of my own evolving hypothesis. Maybe, with a dash of luck and a lot of information, we can break down the stigmas surrounding mental health.

    Whether you are struggling yourself or are simply curious to learn more, here you'll find open, honest, judgment-free conversation.

    Tune in, grab a snack (if it's bacon, make sure you share), and let's navigate the ups and downs of mental health together. Your mental well-being matters, and I’m here to remind you that you're not alone.


    Episodes released Biweekly

    If you'd like to contribute to the show, I'd appreciate your support! https://buymeacoffee.com/tomelandbac

    © 2024 Melancholy & Bacon
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Episodes
  • Not so good Grief
    Jul 24 2024

    "Like so many things that we go through grief can be masked by other things."

    In this episode I talk about the unavoidable thing called grief. Maybe you don't know you're grieving, or maybe like a lot of us do, you're trying to NOT feel grief. We can't escape it, but if we can understand something, we can work through it. Analogies abound, playing in the mud, out dated models of thinking about grief, correlations to ancient human beings and so many things in between. It all ties together, I promise. So come on in, take a seat and take a peak inside the world of grief.

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    23 mins
  • Empathetic... Sympathetic... expialidocious!
    Jul 10 2024

    "Watching someone step on a nail, isn't the same as having stepped on a nail."

    Empathy, sympathy, Self-other overlap, bones, brains, nails and you've got mail. How do these all tie together? In this episode I respond to another requested topic, and cover the differences between Empathy and Sympathy. I share examples of things in my own life that have helped me to find an understanding of how they differ and make some completely random connections along the way. There's even a touch nostalgia for the Gen X crowd.

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    26 mins
  • Self-medicating huh? Yeah, me too.
    Jun 26 2024
    "There can be confusion around the difference between self-medicating and coping mechanisms, and they are different."

    Coping isn't just a river in... wait... that's not right...

    Life is hard. Sometimes we get battered on the rocks by the rapid river of the day to day, and we need to grasp at anything we can to keep from drowning. In those instances many people turn to self-medicating, activities that can be used to distract us from or escape reality all together. Sometimes we don't even realize we are doing it. While these methods may offer temporary relief, they often lead to more significant issues later on.

    Thanks to a wonderful suggestion, in this episode I discuss ways to recognize if we or someone else may be self-medicating, touch on a few ways to develop healthy coping mechanisms, and what it is that separates the two.


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    25 mins

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