The popular cartoonist @AlecWithPen shares his history with depression, anxiety, failed relationships, a wealthy but distant family, his type A Olympian dad, low self-esteem, trying to find his passion & how he finally channeled it into his drawings. Also Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reads a chapter from her book How To Be Yourself on social anxiety and making friends.
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