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
Faith & Mental Health | Finding Spirituality Without Judgment
How to build your own spiritual path—with doubt, humor, and honesty—without the costume or the court of public opinion or religious labels.
A candid mental health episode on faith vs. performance, community without conformity, and practices that actually support you.
Content note: explicit language; religious critique.
If you’re struggling (U.S.): Call/Text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7).
Episode focus: taking faith off the stage and into real life—choosing practices that help your mental health, holding room for mystery, and skipping the performative stuff.
We cover:
- Faith as personal practice—messy, evolving, not a script
- Control vs. growth—when religion helps and when it traps
- Community without conformity—belonging that doesn’t cost your self
- Humor as a barrier when beliefs clash
- Embracing mystery instead of pretending certainty
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
Write the most honest belief you hold today and one small practice that supports it—share both on our Discord "The Struggle Bus." We promise not to judge you like the others! (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!
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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*
