Nurse Blake on Gay Conversion Therapy, Panic Attacks, and, Well, Nursing

To blow off steam from an incredibly stressful profession,
professional nurse Blake Lynch started putting together little
comedy videos on social media as “Nurse Blake”. The clips went
viral and he started making live comedy appearances to packed
audiences, many of whom were nurses themselves. His celebrity
status gave him a chance to lobby for better pay and working
conditions for nurses. As Nurse Blake prepares for a 68-city
tour, he talks about the conversion therapy his parents sent him
to in order to switch him from gay to straight (it didn’t work),
his eye-opening experiences with panic attacks, and the time he
spent in a mental health rehab facility following his divorce.
After many years taking care of other people as part of his job,
the rehab was a chance to take care of himself and his own mental
health.


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