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Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | A Mental Health Podcast On Lived Experiences & Dark Humor

If you live with mental illness—or love someone who does—and you’re tired of sugar-coated wellness talk, this show is for you.

Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! blends dark humor with real recovery so you feel seen, steadied, and a little lighter. We tell it like it is, so you don't have to.

You’ll get:

Lived-experience truth from “The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective” (host) + grounded insight from "IndyPocket" (co-host and music therapist).
Edgy, stigma-smashing and often, controversial conversations about life with mental illness mixed with social commentary, relationships and messy real-world coping as it relates to mental health.
Some challenging takeaways you can ponder after each episode—along with laughs that punch up, down, left, right... EVERYWHERE.

Perfect for: people juggling therapy, meds, and everyday chaos who want honest talk, gallows humor, zero judgment and acceptance for who they are.

Guests include survivors, clinicians and everything in between... Any human being who is willing to share their story with our listeners.

Content notes are provided when necessary.

We (the hosts) are NOT providing professional mental health services. We are simply sharing our lived experiences and our perspectives on these topics while offering support to this community.

If you are in the U.S. and you need help, call or text 988 (24/7) and seek professional psychiatric care immediately.

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Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | A Mental Health Podcast On Lived Experiences & Dark Humor

Healing From Infidelity & Alcoholism | A Man’s Recovery w/ Josh Guffey

March 31, 2025 • Nicholas Wichman - Mental Health Advocate • Season 1 • Episode 12

How infidelity, alcohol misuse, and family trauma devastate lives—and what real mental health recovery looks like.

A candid talk on betrayal, trauma, suicidal ideation, and practical recovery tools to rebuild without erasing the past.

Content note: infidelity; alcohol misuse; suicidal ideation; explicit language.

If you’re struggling (U.S.): Call/Text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7).

Episode focus: Josh shares a close friend’s story—betrayal, alcoholism, and the fallout on mental health—with tools for stability, co-parenting, and self-respect, plus accountability, boundaries, and repair where possible.

We cover:

How betrayal trauma rewires a family’s nervous system
Recognizing alcohol as a coping trap (and paths out)
Co-parenting for kids’ stability—without weaponizing them
Accountability, boundaries, and making room for repair
Rebuilding trust and identity without rewriting the past

Hosts/Guest: The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick) • IndyPocket (Tony) • Guest: Josh Guffey (“Guff”)

Guest links:

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@guffey2692

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guffey_kgg

IndyPocket (Tony) links:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@indypocket
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indypocket
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@absolutezen

Draft one boundary line you’ll use this week (e.g., “I won’t discuss adult issues in front of the kids”). Post it on our Discord "The Struggle Bus"—Guff will wordsmith it with you! (link below)

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We’re a candid mental health podcast with lived experience—schizoaffective disorder, trauma recovery, coping skills, and dark humor that fights stigma!

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The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick)