14. England Trip Recap: Recovery, Exposures, Presence, & Breaking Convention
On episode 14 of A Chat with Uma, I provide a full recap of my recent trip to England! This recap serves to reflect pivotal experiences and realizations around the state of my overall recovery from decades of debilitation and dysfunction - namely mental and physical illnesses. I speak openly about navigating presence, dissociation, pain, triggers, stress, recovered moments, and everything in between. I then share at length about my experience of presenting at Breaking Convention and ALL that came from sharing my research and inadvertent OCD advocacy + awareness. Overall, this episode serves as an honest and thorough reflection on the reality + power of persisting in recovery, especially in sharing the life-changing moments that came from the exposure of this trip. Topics Covered + Timestamps: (00:00:00): Introduction to the episode (00:04:20): Neuroscience Research Seminar Presentation May 4th, 2023 - 4:15-5:15pm CST Register for receive virtual seminar link here (00:06:07): Guest + Topic Request Form Click here for form (00:07:47): Introduction and background of the trip, the exposures I decided to face with this trip (00:22:06): Experiencing new-found, transient presence + flexibility during this trip (00:30:05): Navigating chronic pain, physical presence, and dissociation (00:38:56):Procrastination, avoidance, denial, triggers, therapy on the trip (00:44:03): Experience leading up to talk, navigating fears & intrusive thoughts, Source Research Foundation dinner, exposures through this process (00:49:10): My full Breaking Convention presentation recap + experience, all of the OCD advocacy + awareness, meeting my heroes, glimpses of presence, newfound freedom + purpose, the power of recovery, reflections Connect with me! My website: umarchatterjee.com Instagram: @UmaRChatterjee Twitter: @UmaRChatterjee TikTok: @UmaRChatterjee Email: hello@umarchatterjee.com