What I Buried Came Back to Bury Me | Episode 18

What happens when everything you’ve buried comes back all at once?In this episode of Cool Hand Dross breaks down the two nervous breakdowns that changed his life—triggered by becoming a father and forced to confront years of unprocessed trauma, anxiety, and depression. What followed was years of panic attacks, failed medication trials, financial collapse, and rebuilding from the ground up.We also zoom out: the global mental health crisis, the trillion-dollar cost of untreated anxiety and depression, and why we’re managing symptoms instead of fixing root causes.This is about more than mental health—it’s about pressure, survival, and learning how to rebuild a life when your nervous system has been pushed past its limits.If you’re in it right now: you’re not alone. Start small. Stay consistent.Be the ocean—not the wave