Are You Mental?
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Are You Mental?
Are You Mental? is a podcast about mental health. Mick and his guests bring us all up to speed on various mental health struggles. Each episode dives into a new topic, talking to people who have lived the battle and an expert about what’s going on behind the scenes. While you’ll definitely learn a...
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ADHD
There seems to be an explosion of people who identify as having ADHD in recent years. But what is ADHD really? How do you know if you have it? How doe...
Loneliness
We all feel lonely sometimes. But if we feel lonely for a long time it has a destructive effect on our mental, emotional and even physical health. Lon...
Suicide
Year after year a huge number of people take their own lives, leaving behind a world of pain for their loved ones. In this episode, Joe talks about hi...
The Path Through Depression - Ryan
Ryan is usually a positive, upbeat guy, but when he found himself crying and unable to get out of bed he knew something was wrong. In this third episo...
The Path Through Depression - Niva
Niva is a newsreader and journalist. She’s usually the life of the party but after both her parents died she found herself in a deep, dark hole and di...
The Path Through Depression - Laura
Depression is extremely common. It feels heavy, inescapable, often dark and it stops us from living the life we want to live. But it doesn’t have to h...
Alzheimer's
They call Alzheimer’s Disease the long goodbye. In this moving episode, Mick shares his personal experience of his Dad slowly disappearing in front of...
Narcissism
Why do some people think they're God’s gift to planet earth? What is a narcissist? Am I one? Mick talks to Lee, a diagnosed narcissist, about how he...
Attachment in Relationships
Is your relationship more hard work than you want it to be? Do you and your partner have more triggers than Texas? Have your past relationships follow...
Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are terrifying - just ask Caren and Hamish who openly share about their battles with them. And our psychologist, Nettie, is back to give...
Trauma
Trauma can shatter our world and leave us deeply scarred. But it doesn’t have to have the last word. Antonia and Preston bravely share their experie...
Therapy
Why would someone go to therapy? Does it really work? What happens in the therapy room? What type of therapist is best? Mick sits down with a psyc...
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia can be a scary condition to have. It usually involves hearing voices and often comes with visual hallucinations and delusions that can...
Burnout
Hard work is good for you right? Well... it is until it’s not. Mick talks to Olivia and Keith about when they hit shut-down from pushing themselves to...
Bipolar
Bipolar is more than just having ups and downs. It’s a potent condition that can really take hold of people’s lives. David and Sally openly share the...
Drug Addiction
Anton and Suzy tell their amazing stories of their battle with drug addiction and how they were able to leave drugs behind. They share with us what th...
Covid-19 Anxiety and Isolation
This really strange time we find ourselves in can have a very real impact on our mental health. All this turmoil can fuel anxiety and the isolation ca...
Depression
We all know someone who has battled depression. But how much do we really know about it?
In this episode Mick speaks to Rob and Rosie about what...
Anxiety
Struggling with anxiety is more common than being left-handed. Yet so many of us are a little hazy on how anxiety actually works and what it’s like to...