Pills, Panic Attacks & Depression: Kaitlyn Bristowe & Jason Tartick Reveal The Rock Bottom Moments Which Inspired Them To ‘Restart’ Life
30.03.2022 - 23:27
/ etcanada.com
Sweating, trembling and terrified, Jason Tartick lay on the restroom floor at the headquarters of a corporate client after being bowled over by a panic attack in the middle of a critical meeting. “I felt my chest tighten and my heartbeat speed up something crazy, and I just knew I had to get the hell out of there,” he writes in the opening of his new book, The Restart Roadmap: Rewire and Reset Your Career.
Tartick subsequently became dependent on Xanax and propranolol to keep his anxiety at bay at work, concealing pills in Listerine strip cases and using roll-on deodorant to hide his sweaty palms. It would be years before Tartick found his escape from the stifling corporate world, after his “Bachelorette” stint led to an ultimatum from bosses – distance himself from the franchise, or leave.
Walking out, the moment marked Tartick’s long sought-for escape from chasing what he always thought of as success – money, titles and power – at the expense of his own happiness. It also triggered a “restart,” which birthed his fulfilling life today as a podcaster, motivational business speaker, investment banker and life coach.
“For so long, I had the complacency of knowing when my paycheck was coming and that my benefits were taken care of,” he tells ET Canada. “But that complacency drove so much dissatisfaction. Change was terrifying, but a launchpad for unbelievable things.”
What Tartick never realized was at the same time he was grappling with anxiety and misery, his future fiancé, Kaitlyn Bristowe, was working through the deep, dark hole which initiated her own reboot.
“I had nowhere to go but up from rock bottom,” the Bachelor Nation star, wine entrepreneur and podcast host tells us about mental health setbacks she experienced