Our intrepid hosts tackle why sleep is important for mental health and how a lack of it impacts mental illness. Sleep deprivation's effect on hormonal responses. Depression's impact on sleep. Revenge free-time. Sleep studies and the monkey. Working hard and not sleeping. Chekov's "The Potato Farmer." Daylight Savings Time and surgeons. Medication for mental illness and sleep deprivation. Adam doesn't dream. The problems with dream interpretation. Night terrors. Brad writes a suicide note. Brad lets his guilt go. Adam recommends a show. Dreams creating depression. If you have mental illness your memory sucks. Get some sleep.

Round 2 of us recognizing the Badasses. In these episodes, we take a few minutes to call out our Badass listeners who are fighting mental illness and have reached out to us to share their struggles. Just Adam on this one....God I miss Brad's dulcet tones. Don't you?

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The Bipolar Duo talk about how their mental illness has impacted current and past jobs, as well as how the corporate environment has little compassion for mental illness. Bullshit small talk. Sit and watch movies all night. Movies Anywhere and barbell curls. How the work environment creates mania. Brad punches a steel door off the hinges. Bonjour! George Costanza. We define ourselves by our jobs. You're a leech. One rockin' dude. The Emmys give Adam shingles. Work life balance. Take a break.

Actress Maggie Gwin (Grey's Anatomy) returns to discuss parenting while mentally ill with Adam and Brad. Fire up the mics. Brad's OnlyFans page. Having children opens all your old wounds. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Genetic components of mental illness. Love-bombing. Maggie becomes the Mama Bear. Child abuse and trauma. Talking to your kids about your mental illness. Adam's dogs. Learning to stand again. Misconceptions about what's natural. Adam's fears about having kids. Maggie grabs a kid's tongue. Unconditional love. Will Brad's kids hate him? Stay on your medication for your kids.

In this first of what’s to be a regular piece of bonus material, we take a few minutes to call out our Badass listeners who are fighting mental illness and have reached out to us to share their struggles. We also answer Listener Questions.

Adam and Brad discuss the intersection of masculinity and mental illness, and why so many men refuse to seek help. Teaching yourself masculinity. Nature versus nurture. Impulse control. Notches on the bedpost. Repression. Coming out and denying who you are. Shoving your trauma down. Long fuse attached to big keg. Men see mental health as a weakness. The Bipolar Boys are drawn to fighting. Putting a kid in a dumpster. Buying your masculinity. Pilgrims were assholes. Cowboy heroes. Arnold covers "Jump Around." Rowdy Harrington's cinematic masterpiece ROADHOUSE. A man works a job. Raising boys. Actor Brad dates. Women are not your emotional support dogs. Get up on a low horse. Get help.

Adam and Brad talk about the struggles they've had with their mental health since starting BatShit in this special bonus episode for Mental Health Awareness Month. Do I have a hangover? Another outlet for therapy. A rapier on Adam's hip. A boulder on your back. A dryer from 1977. A man works a job. Learning how to work again after losing the mania. If you don't laugh, you cry. The war is never over. Is Adam ever happy? Moments of buoyancy. Knowing you have depression makes it feel worse. Christi saves Brad. You've already suffered the pain and yet you still have to do the work. Give yourself some grace. Adam's wife screaming.

Adam and Brad answer listener questions about living with mental illness. We've heard you about audio concerns. Brad gets choked up. How do you tell someone you're dating that you have mental illness? Brad's best friend takes off after a manic episode. Seeing past the mental illness to who your partner really is. Why do people with bipolar tend to have such big hearts? Meeting a paraplegic online. You're more than your bipolar. Social woman. Not being able to verbalize your feelings. How to talk to your parents about mental health concerns. Mood journals. Mental health care for those who care for loved ones with mental illness. Outing someone's mental illness. Please send us questions and resources.