Gemma Speig
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1,085 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 7 May
Gemma Speig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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that feeling, that terrible mood lingers.
And it's not just one morning, it's every morning, it's every evening and it's every lunchtime and it just becomes so all-encompassing.
I think the biggest sign you are in a funk right now is when you find yourself taking every single neutral situation and unconsciously, without choosing to,
turning them into negatives, right?
Everything that happens to you ends up being terrible.
Everything that happens to you, you interpret to be negative.
It might feel like you just can't catch a break, whether it's to do with work, love, money, friendships, all of the above, or even just daily existence.
Everything is annoying.
Everything is slow.
Everything goes wrong.
In addition, I think what compounds this is that it can be really unclear as to why we're feeling this way.
And I think feeling stuck and helpless are often signs of being in a funk as well.
Knowing you are the bad mood and not being able to change it.
You might be thinking, Gemma, that sounds very similar to being depressed.
And, yeah, I get why you would think that, honestly, and we can't deny they definitely go hand in hand a lot of the time, and often the funk is the precursor.
But being in a funk is not clinical, and it's temporary.
Depression is chronic often, and it's all-encompassing, and it involves chemical, biological, and social and environmental triggers.
what really differentiates a funk from a depressive state is that underneath it all, your capacity for pleasure is still intact.
A good conversation with like somebody that you love or like a really beautiful sunny day or like a really great meal, these things still register on your radar when you are in a funk.
In contrast with depression, situations that would normally bring you joy, you know, you could literally land your dream job, you could be on holiday, you could
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