Coping mechanism? Or crutch?

Episode 3 of the Big Feels Club podcast, hosted by Graham Panther, titled "Coping mechanism? Or crutch?" was published on February 24, 2020 and runs 74 minutes.

February 24, 2020 ·74m · Big Feels Club

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

We answer your big, existential questions! Starting with: how do you know the difference between a useful coping mechanism and a crutch?

Episode Description

We tackle some of our listeners’ big, existential questions.

Q1. How do you know the difference between a useful coping mechanism and a crutch?

Q2. Is the fact that I’m depressed even though my life is so privileged just another sign of how privileged I am?

With special guest, longtime feelings guru Gareth Edwards, author of The Procrastinator’s Guide to Killing Yourself.

The Big Feels Club is Graham Panther and Honor Eastly. Come join the club at bigfeels.club

Share this episode

Similar Episodes

Emily Nagoski knows the surprising secret to long term intimacy - THE SHIFT REVISITED

Apr 7, 2026 ·56m

Elif Shafak on the power of older women & why menopause can be the end of shame - THE SHIFT REVISITED

Mar 31, 2026 ·47m

Christie Watson on menopause, mischief and midlife - THE SHIFT REVISITED

Mar 24, 2026 ·50m

Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood & finding love in midlife - FROM THE ARCHIVES

Mar 17, 2026 ·51m

Prue Leith: 'I've had HRT patches on my bum for more than 40 years!'

Mar 10, 2026 ·55m

Poorna Bell is rewriting the rules around ageing

Mar 3, 2026 ·63m

Similar Podcasts

The Big Brother Club For Grown Men Chris Blount #TheBigBrotherClubForGrownMen is more than just a podcast. It's an honest and vulnerable roundtable discussion about life and all it's contributing factors amongst black men. I, Chris Blount, am a podcaster, artist, father, husband and friend. It has always been important to me to support and cultivate community. Conversations are a preferred method of connecting and this podcast offers a safe space for raw expression. Each episode will offer a panel of at most 5 Black men in various stages of life (myself included). Feel free to reach out with any comments, suggestions or ideas at: [email protected]. Please look out for us every other Thursday where ever you get your podcasts! Listen, Digest and Enjoy! Lauren Dow Talks Lauren Dow I'm so happy you're here. I'm Lauren Dow, an author and feeler of the big feels who is now giving this whole podcast thing a try. Lauren Dow Talks is a product of the work I’ve been doing through my writing of reinforcing self-love and advocating for mental health. It’s a safe space to grow, share your story, and simply relate to another human being so you can say, “I’m not alone in feeling this way.”I don’t know what I’m doing, and most of us don’t. But I’d love for us to grow, learn, and feel together.Learn more at laurendow.com and follow me on Instagram @laurendowwrites. Creativity Calls Mormei Zanke How often do you phone your friends? If you’re like me, not as often as I’d like. In our Instagram era where a “like” is a stand-in for “hello,” telephoning feels antiquated. Now, months into quarantine, I’m rethinking the ways I connect. Isolation induces big questions. How do we find purpose in solitude? Can creativity provide answers? Join me as I call up my friends who are artists, poets, musicians, cartoonists, architects and anthropologists — all finding meaning in their private corner of the world. Together we investigate creative questions, decisively or uncertainly— but always catching up at the end of each call. The Stories Podcast The Stories Podcast The “story” format seems to be appearing everywhere now hint hint Instagram, Facebook Messenger & of course Snapchat.What is it that makes the format work so well?Connection — Most stories are filmed with the front facing camera creating a personal 1-on-1 feel between the creator and the viewer.Time Limit — 10 seconds sounds like a really short time.. it’s not. It is just long enough to make a point and deliver value & no more. Keeping the viewers attention and focus.Vertical — First off I love the vertical angle for a number of reasons but it just feels right, in terms of stories it works wonders and changes the way the story is told resulting in this unique media.Ordering — As stories are shown from the oldest to newest clip you get to watch moments unfold which is a big change from algorithmic/time based feeds like Twitter which chop up messages designed to be consumed in ascending order.It seems like more and more people are creating stories with value — however the content i