We're back. Two middle-aged British men talking about their mental health struggles: solidarity, coping strategies, trends, commentary on mental health in culture.
There'll be occasional guests (let us know if you've got a story to tell) but for now, you're stuck with us, and our revolutionary new plan of 'doing an episode whenever we feel like it'.
This episode:
• That January mood. SAD or sad or clinical depression?
• How trying too hard could be a marker for a mental health issue.
• Why Gillette's 'The Best Men Can Be' campaign is a thing of goodness.
• How Andy has sort of misunderstood hedonic adaptation: https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/hedonic-treadmill/
Simpsons references: 1.
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Get in touch:
@emcripples (Twitter)
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1707014319375624/
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Samaritans:
Call 116 123 (UK and ROI)
Befrienders:
CALM – the Campaign Against Living Miserably:
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SHOW NOTES
MUSIC
The Weathermonger - 'Fourier'
The Weathermonger - 'Through The Honeycomb Window'
https://soundcloud.com/theweathermonger
https://open.spotify.com/artist/11QnHi5wotoXtx2O4uF8ny?si=TWAYe_bzS9-q9le35nVFZA
Gillette: The Best Men Can Be: https://gillette.com/en-us/the-best-men-can-be
Coming off antidepressants (MIND): https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antidepressants/withdrawal-effects-of-antidepressants/#.XE15v8_7RTY
Crimewatch File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzrGOTtoco
Sorry To Bother You: https://danhett.itch.io/sorry
Andy's favourite Laurel & Hardy episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZujoJaR2ERY&t=225s
