Welcome to Proper Mental Episode 37!
This week I’m joined by Brendan and Matthew from the Bottoming Podcast!
The aim of Bottoming is to show that although anyone can suffer from poor mental health, it can and does impact LGBTQ+ people on a larger scale and I felt like that was an important conversation for me to have!
As a straight, cisgender male I’ve had a very different journey to Brendan, Matthew and the guests they speak to but mental health doesn’t discriminate at all and I believe that it’s really beneficial for me (and you) to hear from all sides.
We chat about the additional challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and how this affects mental health and wellbeing. We chat about homophobia, being unable to truly be open about who you are and the importance of open conversation about sexual identity and gender identity.
I think sometimes we can avoid conversations about things we don’t fully understand because we are scared of getting something wrong but the only way to truly feel compassion and empathy for other people is by listening and sharing openly and that’s exactly what Brendan, Matthew and I do on this episode and I hope you get something from it!
You can connect with Matthew and Brendan on all socials @bottomingpod
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Thanks for listening! Enjoy!