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I’ve mentioned this countless times, but I found this podcast when I had nowhere to turn. before I knew it I had binged the first two seasons in less than two days, doing nothing but listening and falling in love with Sam’s wit and Caleb’s heart and Chloe’s quirkiness and Dr Bright’s amazing therapy and Mark’s distance + broken love. I caught up quickly and then season 4 came around. Damien, while frightening me a bit, continued to remind me of JD from Heathers. I felt safe in the aura of Dr Bright’s office, witnessing Caleb and Adam’s cuteness, and listening to Sam talk about her cat. I had been completely engulfed by this show in the best way possible. through social media I started to find out about the cast and what was going on in their lives (pun intended, live-streams of Lauren and Briggon are my favorite things) and that put me more in touch. I can’t thank you enough for actually taking the time out of your day to not only talk to a huge fan but make them feel validated and heard and even more loved by the people they look up to???? I really don’t know where I would be without this story, these characters, and their beautifully brilliant VAs. Sam was the first character to really show me that my anxiety wasn’t me just overreacting, that I had a voice and I was capable of gaining some independence. actually, hearing her sessions was really the first thing that ever helped me realize anything positive about my anxiety. The Bright Sessions means so much to me. more than I could ever express no matter how many times I try. I learned some important things about myself and my relationship with my mental health from this story. I can only hope that other people can get what I did out of it. my journey was crazy and hard and it felt never-ending, but I made it and The Bright Sessions helped me get here. so Lauren, Briggon, Julia, Anna, Andrew, Ian, Mischa Stanton, Evan Cunningham, Charlie Ian, Alex, Alanna Fox, and the rest of the cast and crew of this strange and unusual- but also extraordinary- podcast: thank you for guiding me to my adulthood. @juliamorizawa @briggonsnow @thebrightsessions @anna-lore
ps @thelaurenshippen that book tour in october......my birthday is in october 👀👀👀👀👀 would give ANYTHINg to be able to hug you and tell you how much your writing has meant to me and make you cry in person 💗💗 just putting it out there
