Kim Nixon

The Proper Mental Podcast

Welcome to episode 146 with Kim Nixon, who is an actor and writer who has appeared in shows such as Fresh Meat, Cranford and The Tuckers and in 2017 she won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her role in 'Ordinary Lies'.

In this episode I chat to Kim about her experiences with OCD, which started after she become a mum in 2020.

We chat about the way OCD impacted her early experiences of motherhood and we chat about intrusive thoughts, rituals and the realities of living with mental illness.

We chat about Kim’s journey towards recovery and what that has looked like for her over the last couple of years and we chat about her decision to start speaking openly about perinatal mental illness and how that’s been received.

And we chat growing up in Wales, becoming an actor and balancing work with family life and we chat about compassion, therapy and asking for help.

This is one of my all-time favourite episodes! I saw a lot of my own experiences in Kim’s story and I was both moved and inspired by her openness. She was wonderful to talk to!

Kim writes about her life and her mental health on her Stubstack and she has a wonderful podcast there too, you can find it here: Kimfluencing My Brain | Kimberley Nixon | Substack

You can follow her on Instagram @therealkimberleynixon

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