Justin Peck
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Absolutely, absolutely.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Oh boy, I think we're going on 28 years now. I was diagnosed with class one bipolar. So I went through suicide attempts, went through a lot of just crazy emotions, crazy feelings, but I was a professional race car driver. You can't say that you're crazy when you're doing a crazy sport, if that makes any sense.
Oh boy, I think we're going on 28 years now. I was diagnosed with class one bipolar. So I went through suicide attempts, went through a lot of just crazy emotions, crazy feelings, but I was a professional race car driver. You can't say that you're crazy when you're doing a crazy sport, if that makes any sense.
Oh boy, I think we're going on 28 years now. I was diagnosed with class one bipolar. So I went through suicide attempts, went through a lot of just crazy emotions, crazy feelings, but I was a professional race car driver. You can't say that you're crazy when you're doing a crazy sport, if that makes any sense.
So it took me quite a few years, brother, like probably 15 years before I kind of just grasped the concept of this is what I'm living with. This is what God has blessed me with. And so I ended up forming the National Mental Health Alliance. I mean, that's ultimately how I got into it is being a patient, being someone that experiences what mental illness is like.
So it took me quite a few years, brother, like probably 15 years before I kind of just grasped the concept of this is what I'm living with. This is what God has blessed me with. And so I ended up forming the National Mental Health Alliance. I mean, that's ultimately how I got into it is being a patient, being someone that experiences what mental illness is like.
So it took me quite a few years, brother, like probably 15 years before I kind of just grasped the concept of this is what I'm living with. This is what God has blessed me with. And so I ended up forming the National Mental Health Alliance. I mean, that's ultimately how I got into it is being a patient, being someone that experiences what mental illness is like.
My family struggles with it, my daughters, my sons. So it's personal to me.
My family struggles with it, my daughters, my sons. So it's personal to me.
My family struggles with it, my daughters, my sons. So it's personal to me.
The irony behind everything is I think that's mostly how people get into the certain trades that they're in. They'll come up with a trauma or a family experience and they're so passionate about that experience. That's the course correction and that's where they end up going in life.
The irony behind everything is I think that's mostly how people get into the certain trades that they're in. They'll come up with a trauma or a family experience and they're so passionate about that experience. That's the course correction and that's where they end up going in life.
The irony behind everything is I think that's mostly how people get into the certain trades that they're in. They'll come up with a trauma or a family experience and they're so passionate about that experience. That's the course correction and that's where they end up going in life.
So I was probably nine is my earliest recollection. But where I felt that I was different is I was highly sensitive. My emotions, I still to this day, and you'll probably see that as we discuss further on, but I wear my emotions very, very, very close on my shoulders. I don't hold any of it back. At nine, I was an emotional sensitive kid. Kind of went through that process.
So I was probably nine is my earliest recollection. But where I felt that I was different is I was highly sensitive. My emotions, I still to this day, and you'll probably see that as we discuss further on, but I wear my emotions very, very, very close on my shoulders. I don't hold any of it back. At nine, I was an emotional sensitive kid. Kind of went through that process.
So I was probably nine is my earliest recollection. But where I felt that I was different is I was highly sensitive. My emotions, I still to this day, and you'll probably see that as we discuss further on, but I wear my emotions very, very, very close on my shoulders. I don't hold any of it back. At nine, I was an emotional sensitive kid. Kind of went through that process.
And so I kind of started pulling away from there. And then when I turned 13, that was my very first manic episode. And I remember it very vividly, actually. When that happened, not only did my friends see me different, but my family saw me different because I was different.
And so I kind of started pulling away from there. And then when I turned 13, that was my very first manic episode. And I remember it very vividly, actually. When that happened, not only did my friends see me different, but my family saw me different because I was different.