
EP12 - Hope
If you’re holding on, you might have just a slight belief that things can get better. This is what this episode, and this podcast, is about. Hope. The little light that can banish all darkness. Do you know your Happy Pla

Hosted by Malcolm Lamont · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 12 episodes
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If you’re struggling with mental illness, or caring for someone who is, this podcast is for you. My journey with Schizoaffective disorder (SAD) began in 2003 and in these episodes, I discuss openly that journey: from onset and changes in diagnoses, medications, therapy, relapsing, holding on, completing my degree, joy, passion & purpose, hope and… overcoming.
Malcolm Lamont hosts Overcoming Mental Illness, a health show with 12 episodes published.

If you’re holding on, you might have just a slight belief that things can get better. This is what this episode, and this podcast, is about. Hope. The little light that can banish all darkness. Do you know your Happy Pla

Has anyone said something to you, and it has really stuck? I’m not talking about negative comments or anything like that, but rather in this episode I’ll share 3 key things that people have said to me at the right moment

What is the power of good health? Let’s say you wanted to complete a challenging goal. For me, that was my undergrad at University of Guelph. Looking back, the first 50% of my earned credits took 6 long, struggling years

What is passion? What is purpose? For me, these are key traits that can create a path and meaningful life. Put another way, passion is everything. And passion without purpose is nothing. If you’ve found what you love, fi

For me, part of my recovery journey in 2007 included an Iced Cap, a wine tasting, and finally feeling joy and elation after what was a few years struggle. The frozen sweet Iced Cap on a warm summer day gave glimpse into

What does it mean to be deserving? To be worthy? It is my view that these are not based on what we’ve accomplished or done. To me, feeling worthy is a worthy ideal. It can mean loving, accepting and caring for ourselves

What did I learn late? I learned that it is okay to learn things late. Certainly, coming off my antipsychotic medications, then relapsing and going back on to medications was a valuable lesson for me, still to this day.

Where do you stand on the topic of medication? For me, with a major mental disorder, it has been obvious that when on the right medication, things generally go well and I can even excel. It comes with varying side effect

If the onset of schizophrenia wasn’t challenging enough, I’d also had 2 year-long bouts of depression. What the doctor calls negative symptoms. For me time and persistent hope that I would overcome it got me through and

Picture you’re lying in bed and you hear a military tank rolling down the street. Was this really happening? How did I overcome this? In a phrase, hold on. I did overcome this onset of illness and to this day, the persev

What do long-distance hunters and those with major mental illness have in common? In this episode, I discuss how they play the long game, making decisions and healing over time. I have been lucky in my life to have famil

Hello, welcome to my podcast covering my living with major mental illness, the ups and downs, the interesting, troubling, and hopeful moments, and overcoming. This episode introduces my journey, from 2003-now, the onset
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