Ep 71. Luke Bayliss on self-medicating co-existing mental health conditions including ADHD, Bipolar and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria

Behind The Smile with Ash Butterss · Nov 5, 2023 · 58m

In this week’s episode I sat down with musician, running enthusiast and sobriety advocate, Luke Bayliss. From a young age, Luke experienced bullying at school which triggered debilitating anxiety and an eating disorder. Always feeling uncomfortable in his own skin, when Luke discovered alcohol, he found his insecurities melted away. Luke had a troubled relationship with booze from the outset which would later lead him to a near fatal car accident and multiple admissions into psych wards. It wasn’t until Luke went into treatment again in 2022 that he was correctly diagnosed with ADHD and…