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
Masculinity, Feminism & Vulnerability | Understanding Men's Mental Health w/ Josh Guffey
How men’s mental health, masculinity and feminism collide—suicide risk, real strengths, and why “toxic” isn’t the same as masculine.
A candid episode about containers for emotion, respect, repair, and showing up like a grownup—at home, on dates, and with friends.
Content note: explicit language; gender politics; sensitive topics.
If you’re struggling (U.S.): Call/Text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7).
Episode focus: what “showing up” looks like for men right now—vulnerability with containers, strengths worth keeping (and their costs), dating scripts, resentment loops, and actual masculinity vs. the cartoon version.
We cover:
- “Open up” fails without containers—time, rules, responsibility, consequences
- Strengths worth keeping—protection, provision, service—and their costs (burnout, isolation)
- Dating scripts & resentment loops—how to reset expectations and repair
- Communication basics—boundaries, conflict etiquette, consent, respect
- Real masculinity vs. caricature—courage, responsibility, tenderness, self-control
- Equality among the sexes—how can we avoid the hatred
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
Check on a man you care about today—ask one REAL question and stay for the answer. Then post your question (and his consented response style) on our Discord "The Struggle Bus" so we can help you build a better understanding. (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*
