An unidentified clinical psychologist and long-time SYT participant delivers a brief personal introduction — openly disclosing her own anxiety, PTSD, and major depressive disorder — before performing an expressive dance piece to the song ‘Breaking Point,’ framing creative movement as both a personal and therapeutic tool. The host notes she has attended since the event’s first year and once performed days after giving birth, underscoring her deep commitment to the SYT community.
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[01:12:09] Wow, wow, wow, wow.
[01:12:19] I was not expecting that.
[01:12:21] I was not expecting that, but…
[01:12:24] You good?
[01:12:26] Thank you, sir.
[01:12:27] I kind of actually wanted to sit there.
[01:12:31] It’s like a throne of some sorts.
[01:12:34] I didn’t say take that mic away.
[01:12:36] Just follow me here.
[01:12:41] Just follow me here.
[01:12:43] Wow.
[01:12:44] How you doing?
[01:12:48] How are you feeling?
[01:12:53] Man, I wasn’t expecting that, but thank you.
[01:12:55] Y’all sound great.
[01:12:56] Yeah, you sound real great.
[01:12:57] We’ve had before where folks have been like,
[01:13:00] yeah, we’re good, we’re all right.
[01:13:01] But you guys are rock stars.
[01:13:04] You guys make the show.
[01:13:05] You guys, and I’m so disrespectful.
[01:13:09] I’ll stand.
[01:13:11] You guys make the show.
[01:13:12] Talk about the throne.
[01:13:14] But still, it’s nice.
[01:13:16] It’s really comfortable, so if y’all need to use it, please.
[01:13:21] Are we ready for this wonderful doctor
[01:13:26] who has been with us since day one?
[01:13:28] We’ve been at this for seven years.
[01:13:30] I will never forget and will never stop sharing
[01:13:33] that she had just given birth,
[01:13:35] ended up in leaving the hospital, and listen,
[01:13:40] hey, not following medical advice.
[01:13:43] Let’s throw that out there, but yeah, yeah, yeah.
[01:13:47] And she performed for us.
[01:13:49] And it really, really took me to just really understand
[01:13:55] how powerful being here is for everyone.
[01:13:59] So I want to introduce Dr.
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[01:14:14] Come on stage.
[01:14:23] Hi.
[01:14:27] It’s me.
[01:14:28] I have five minutes.
[01:14:29] I’m going to make this quick because I have to dance.
[01:14:31] But I really enjoyed being here.
[01:14:33] Yes, I did give birth and got.
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[01:14:35] here and it’s because speaking your truth is something that’s important to
[01:14:38] me I’m a clinical psychologist but I’m also a girl who is an anxious baddie
[01:14:42] neuro spicy PTSD major depressive disorder so cocktails for everyone and
[01:14:50] dancing or creative movement is what I use in therapy and what I use with me
[01:14:54] and sometimes my therapist and this is a story about how I had to break up with
[01:14:58] myself
[01:15:05] you
[01:15:35] you
[01:16:05] I don’t want to go
[01:16:17] nowhere
[01:16:18] it’s hard for me to listen
[01:16:30] when there’s miles and miles of distance
[01:16:35] your heart is drifting but you’re right there
[01:16:41] I ain’t got you home
[01:16:46] but I might be alone
[01:16:50] I can hear it in your soul
[01:16:53] when the danger’s on
[01:16:55] when the danger’s on
[01:16:59] way past the breaking point
[01:17:04] when the danger’s on
[01:17:05] cause I can’t turn down the noise
[01:17:09] you are my only choice
[01:17:13] and we’re both just feeling bored
[01:17:17] way past the breaking point
[01:17:22] cause I can’t turn down the noise
[01:17:26] you are my only choice
[01:17:31] and we’re both just feeling bored
[01:17:35] way past the breaking point
[01:17:39] way past the breaking point
[01:17:45] way past the breaking point
[01:17:49] they told me love was fragile
[01:17:53] they told me love was breakable
[01:17:55] I thought that I could handle
[01:17:57] but that is still debatable
[01:17:59] I thought that this was for me
[01:18:01] but it’s been an impossible
[01:18:03] but it’s been an impossible
[01:18:05] breakin’ point
[01:18:07] breakin’ point
[01:18:09] oh
[01:18:11] oh
[01:18:13] oh
[01:18:15] oh
[01:18:17] oh
[01:18:19] oh
[01:18:21] breaking point
[01:18:23] breaking point
[01:18:25] thoughts
[01:18:27] running
[01:18:29] through my head
[01:18:31] …
[01:18:35] how bad
[01:18:37] No, I’m not the type of man
[01:18:46] To run off on a bed
[01:18:50] Show my heart for me
[01:18:55] Read my place for you
[01:18:58] What am I gonna do?
[01:19:07] What are we going through?
[01:19:12] Our love is my only proof
[01:19:14] That this is what I’m supposed to do
[01:19:16] They told me love was fragile
[01:19:19] They told me love was breakable
[01:19:21] I thought that I could handle
[01:19:23] But that is still debatable
[01:19:25] I thought that this was for me
[01:19:27] But it’s been an impossible
[01:19:30] Breaking point
[01:19:32] Breaking point
[01:19:34] Breaking point
[01:19:37] Breaking point
[01:19:48] Breaking point
[01:19:53] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:06] Breaking point
[01:20:07] Breaking point
[01:20:07] Breaking point
[01:20:07] Breaking point
[01:20:07] Breaking point
[01:20:07] Thank you, boys.
[01:20:09] Thank you, boys.
[01:20:12] Thank you, boys.
[01:20:16] Oh, ah.
[01:20:37] I’m such a fire for you
[01:20:42] I do that three, four times again
[01:20:44] I test the fire for you
[01:20:46] Wow.
[01:20:56] Powerful stuff.
[01:20:58] Hey, give it up for her one more time, y’all.
[01:21:00] That was dope.
[01:21:01] Thank you.