David Idemudia and a co-host reflect on Renee’s preceding testimony about living with bipolar disorder, discussing mood shifts, the impact of going off medication, and how a formal diagnosis brought her clarity. David then introduces the next performer, Dr. Ashley Elliott, a local mental health advocate and artist whose song ‘Something Has To Break’ addresses addiction, symptoms, and the daily struggle to persevere.
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[00:56:55] we got a lot of a lot of different names up here there are on the list so but she is basically you
[00:57:06] know pouring her heart right there and telling us the the struggle of bipolar disorder you have the
[00:57:13] the mood shifts where you’re up and everybody’s your friend and they want to you know they they
[00:57:19] want that person and when you’re not on your medications and you’ve got that manic mood it’s
[00:57:24] like you it’s not always the best situation and going back to that shift it’s a depressive state
[00:57:34] but once again she said it best and also i’d like to she said that uh once she got diagnosed
[00:57:44] you know it gave her some clarity like why she did things and a way to figure out how to make
[00:57:50] things better so that was pretty dope too for sure
[00:57:54] yeah yeah i i stumbled across her connect like other uh like music stuff that she was doing
[00:58:01] and uh come to find out that she was really outspoken about about mental health um you know
[00:58:08] so i i just i i tested her and i was like renee then um and she was really cool about it um you
[00:58:15] know that it was really reputable in uh australia and on this side of the pond um it’s it’s cool for
[00:58:24] me to talk about the illness um so bluntly so yeah all right i guess uh david you want to introduce
[00:58:34] the next video here of course so up next we have dr ashley elliott name correct uh she is a local
[00:58:44] mental health advocate and artist and i am just so happy that we have her this year again because
[00:58:51] last year she came after she just came
[00:58:54] birth and brought the baby with that was like a newborn baby and she
[00:58:59] you know went out and started dancing her heart out and i was so impressed i was like
[00:59:06] thank you um and so she really brought uh our last year’s event together and i’m so glad that
[00:59:12] we could uh get a piece of what she’s expressing today so dr ashley elliott
[00:59:24] uh did you get that yeah and so uh some name of her song is called something has to break and
[00:59:35] as she said um you know sometimes we’re burdened with the weight of our addictions or symptoms or
[00:59:40] just finding the power to live so every day she i tell myself for my clients we’ve been fighting
[00:59:46] too hard for this to be our end hold on sometimes something has to break we’ll make it through