{"id":8522,"date":"2022-01-25T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anxietycanada.com\/?post_type=podcast&p=8522"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:06:24","slug":"john-bateman","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.anxietycanada.com\/podcast\/john-bateman\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Host of #OurAnxietyStories John Bateman in the Hotseat"},"content":{"rendered":"
John Bateman,\u00a0<\/span>Anxiety Canada Champion<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and host of\u00a0<\/span>#OurAnxietyStories<\/span><\/a>, is a mental health advocate passionate about normalizing and destigmatizing the experience of anxiety. He is also a\u00a0well-known\u00a0comedian, writer, event host and woodworker based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this episode of #OurAnxietyStories, podcast host, John Bateman puts himself in the hot seat. John reflects on his experience with anxiety, expressing gratitude to his mother who played a significant role in his journey. John shares that for him, anxiety manifested in the form of panic attacks in childhood, often fuelled by existential anxiety. In early adulthood, this evolved into isolation and rumination that resulted in John\u2019s first encounter with depression. Having experimented with various forms of treatment, John found that group therapy played the most significant role in his journey, alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, and medication. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Bateman,\u00a0Anxiety Canada Champion\u00a0and host of\u00a0#OurAnxietyStories, is a mental health advocate passionate about normalizing and destigmatizing the experience of anxiety. He is also a\u00a0well-known\u00a0comedian, writer, event host and woodworker based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In this episode of #OurAnxietyStories, podcast host, John Bateman puts himself in the hot seat. John reflects on his… VIEW <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/ouranxietystories\/3613\/e9c20fc6-b8aa-4714-863a-57d8f15903ac\/16.-Putting-the-Host-of-OurAnxietyStories-John-Bateman-in-the-Hot-Seat.mp3","cover_image":"https:\/\/www.anxietycanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Bateman.png","cover_image_id":"8511","duration":"40:17","filesize":"27.5M","date_recorded":"2022-01-25 09:46:00","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"28836068"},"class_list":["post-8522","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","podcast_cat-cbt","podcast_cat-recovery","podcast_cat-treatment","ages-adult","anxiety-disorder-generalized-anxiety-disorder","format-podcast"],"yoast_head":"\n