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Jay Shetty PodcastMEGHAN TRAINOR ON: If You STRUGGLE With Low Self-Worth & Confidence, WATCH THIS! | Jay Shetty
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Meghan Trainor on panic, stigma, healing habits, and self-worth
- Meghan Trainor describes intense panic attacks as feeling like leaving her body, blacking out on autopilot, and fearing she was dying, and she explains how she learned to recognize what was happening.
- She shares that antidepressants at a low dose helped quiet constant fight-or-flight sensations, reduced panic attacks over time, and changed how she views stigma about mental health medication.
- She recounts pregnancy-related stigma and conflicting medical opinions about antidepressants, including distressing comments she says were made during her baby’s NICU stay.
- She credits supportive family—especially her parents’ belief in her work ethic and her brother’s guidance during anxiety crises—as central to both her career development and mental health recovery.
- She discusses authenticity, habits, and self-worth, including how she uses humor and openness to connect with audiences while still privately struggling with self-talk and body image.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasHer panic attacks felt physical and uncontrollable, but naming the pattern helped her treat it.
She described her body being on constant “fire alarm” mode and said a psychiatrist helped her understand it as a chemical imbalance driving fight-or-flight symptoms rather than a personal failure.
Medication became a stabilizing tool that changed her day-to-day experience of anxiety.
She said going on a low dose of antidepressants made everything feel “quiet,” reduced the frequency/severity of panic attacks over time, and she credits the medication with saving her life.
Conflicting medical messaging intensified fear and stigma during pregnancy.
She shared that a doctor told her to stop antidepressants immediately when she became pregnant, but she changed doctors and found one who reassured her that staying on them was safe and emphasized “a happy mom is a happy baby.”
Stigma around antidepressants showed up in clinical settings and felt blaming in a vulnerable moment.
She recounted NICU staff implying her baby’s sleepiness was caused by antidepressants, then said her doctors told her there was no science supporting that claim and that the chart note simply listed she was on antidepressants.
Feeling believed and guided by someone who’d been there reduced isolation and helped her seek care.
She credited her older brother Ryan for recognizing what she was experiencing, urging her to go to the emergency room, and making her feel less alone; she contrasted that with loved ones who didn’t understand panic attacks.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesGosh, us millennials, man. We're doing some work. It's exhausting, but somebody's gotta do it.
— Meghan Trainor
Help. I'm like the biggest fan of screaming for help.
— Meghan Trainor
I don't know what I would do without those pills.
— Meghan Trainor
I was scared. I saw me in a psych ward forever for the rest of my life.
— Meghan Trainor
I wanna be 105 and die next to you while holding your hand.
— Meghan Trainor
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Meghan Trainor
guestGrammy-winning singer-songwriter known for hits like “All About That Bass” and co-host of the podcast tied to her song “Workin’ On It.”
Jay Shetty
hostPodcast host and author of “Think Like a Monk,” former monk who interviews guests on the show On Purpose.
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