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.
Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | A Mental Health Podcast On Lived Experiences & Dark Humor
Embrace Your Shadow Self | Authenticity In Darkness
How accepting your shadow side makes you safer, saner, and more whole—less performative, more authentic.
Denial is unhealthy (and a little pretentious). Practical integration tools and healthy exploration—no mystic cosplay, no platitudes.
Content note: explicit language; dark humor.
If you’re struggling (U.S.): Call/Text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7).
Episode focus: accepting the parts you’d rather hide and integrating them with boundaries and safe outlets. Inspired by Jung’s “shadow” idea, but focused on modern, practical self-acceptance.
We cover:
- Everyone has a dark side—owning it lowers risk; denial breeds leaks, lies, blowups
- Safe expression vs. self-destruct—healthy outlets for real impulses
- Micro-honesty & boundaries—tiny reps that make authenticity livable
- Humor that reveals instead of humiliates (self-respect stays intact)
Hosts: The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick) • IndyPocket (Tony)
IndyPocket (Tony) links:
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@indypocket
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indypocket
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@absolutezen
Share one “shadow truth” you’re willing to own this week and the safe outlet you’ll use—post it on our Discord "The Struggle Bus" so we can back you up. Try us! (link below)
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Send us an email at beatthementalhealthoutofit@gmail.com
We’re a candid mental health podcast with lived experience—schizoaffective disorder, trauma recovery, coping skills, and dark humor that fights stigma!
Join Our Discord — “The Struggle Bus” - https://discord.gg/emFXKuWKNA
HOST / SOCIALS
The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective (Nick)
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@defectiveschizoaffective
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@defectiveschizoaffective
"BTMHOOI" (The Podcast)
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@btmhooi
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BTMHOOI
*Podcast Cover Art By Ryan Manning*
