Not Crazy (Archive)

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Not Crazy (Archive) episodes:

08.10.2023
Want More Episodes of A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast?
Lots of podcasts are hosted by doctors and other mental health professionals. The podcasting space is filled with them because that is who major networks often hire. But who is helping to elevate the patient voice? Short answer? They're counting on you. What...
01.19.2022
NEW Episodes of A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Out RIGHT NOW!
Visit ThisEmotionalLife.org/bsp to learn more or subscribe RIGHT NOW on your favorite podcast player. A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast was the first podcast by people with mental illness for people with mental illness. Each episode looks at life through the unique lens of...
12.14.2021
BSP is Returning January 4th, 2022
We are returning for a limited run of 10 episodes with the first episode launching on January 4th, 2022. Episodes weekly through the end of the season. Our original run ended in 2019 after garnering massive praise in the...
10.15.2021
A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Comeback?
A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Comeback? In the meantime check out Gabe's book, Mental Illness is an Asshole and Other Observations, at gabehoward.com. He'll sign it for you and throw in some cool swag. Stay Tuned! Gabe & Michelle...
05.29.2020
Update Your Subscription - Feed Closing
Please update your subscriptions and links to continue listening to the new Not Crazy podcast with Gabe Howard and his ex-wife, Lisa. It's the mental health podcast for people who hate mental health podcasts. Visit psychcentral.com/notcrazy for more information and...
05.26.2020
Parenting and Bipolar Disorder
This Feed is Closing Down -- to continue listening please resubscribe to the new feed NOW. Grab the new links at psychcentral.com/notcrazy ... See You There! :) Should people with mental illness have children? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe...
05.20.2020
Bonus Content: The Role Nurses Play in Schizophrenia Treatment
Some of the professionals that work most with helping people with schizophrenia are nurses. There are so many types with different skill sets. Host Rachel Star Withers and Co-host Gabe Howards learn who these often overlooked healthcare workers are. Dr....
05.19.2020
Deconstructing Mental Health Month
This Feed is Closing Down -- but we wanted to give you a taste of what you are missing! Grab the new links at psychcentral.com/notcrazy It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! But what does that mean, exactly? Who are we raising...
05.12.2020
Divorced Couple Hosting a Mental Health Podcast
This Feed is Closing Down -- but we wanted to give you a taste of what you are missing! Grab the new links at psychcentral.com/notcrazy What if a divorced couple decided to make a podcast about mental health? What would...
05.04.2020
It's See You Later, Not Goodbye
All good things must come to an end. And today is one of those days. In this episode of The Not Crazy Podcast, we say a sad farewell to our amazing cohost, Jackie Zimmerman. Tune in, as Jackie and Gabe...
04.27.2020
What is Mindfulness?
Is your mind constantly preoccupied with the past or the future? What if you could train your brain to just BE in the present moment? This is the essence of mindfulness -- simply being in the here-and-now (not worrying about...
04.20.2020
Canceling Plans Due to Anxiety
Does your anxiety take over when it’s time to leave the house -- making you stay home more often than not? Do you cancel plans at the last minute due to that feeling of dread in the pit of your...
04.13.2020
Setting Boundaries With Your Family
Do you have difficult -- or even toxic -- family members? How does one go about setting boundaries with them ? And is it OK to cut them off? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Jackie and Gabe tackle these tough...
04.06.2020
Quarantine and Declining Mental Health
Day 1,364 of the COVID-19 quarantine (well, at least it feels like it). How are you holding up? If you’re like most people, you’re not having much fun. But if you already struggle with anxiety, depression or another mental health...
03.30.2020
Smoking Weed for Anxiety: Fact vs Fiction
Cannabis, weed, marijuana, pot. It goes by several names, but we all know what it smells like. As weed becomes more mainstream, we on the Not Crazy podcast want to know: Is marijuana really an effective treatment for anxiety? Is...
03.23.2020
Coronavirus: How to Keep it Together
How are you handling the coronavirus pandemic? Most people are struggling right now, but for those of us with mental illness, these days can feel truly overwhelming. Fear, depression, isolation and loss of routine are just a few of the...
03.18.2020
Bonus Content: Schizophrenia in Men
Men and women experience schizophrenia differently; from the age of onset to symptoms and how society treats those with mental disorders. Schizophrenic, Rachel Star Withers and co-host Gabe Howard continue the discussion of the differences from the last episode but...
03.16.2020
I Fear My Spouse Will Abandon Me
Do you struggle with abandonment fears? Do you worry your partner will suddenly ditch you even though there’s no real reason to feel this way? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe opens up about his own deep-rooted fear that his...
03.09.2020
Is Creativity Enhanced By Mental Illness?
Are people with mental illness more creative? Jackie believes there may be a link between the two ideas, while Gabe thinks it’s just a bunch of hoopla. Get ready -- they’ve both done their research and are ready to back...
03.02.2020
Keeping a Job with Mental Illness
Do you live in constant fear of losing your job because of your illness? What are your options? In this podcast, Jackie and Gabe tackle this complex topic with real answers. They discuss the exact actions you can take in...
02.24.2020
Panicked Over Finances? Why Money Influences our Mental Health
The rent is due tomorrow; but then you’ll be left with only $10 for the week's groceries. What do you do? Many people panic over money (or the lack of it), but for those of us with mental illness, it...
02.19.2020
Bonus Content: Schizophrenia in Women
Often we don't really consider gender dynamics in treatment or medication. A lot of medications are only tested on men because of the risk of pregnancy, etc. This means there are whole drugs that have made it to market that...
02.17.2020
Anxiety and Anger: A One-Two Punch
Do you struggle with anger? Did you know that some of our most hot-headed moments are actually rooted in anxiety? In today’s podcast, Jackie openly shares her own fuse-blowing moment when her husband’s keys were (gasp!) missing from the hook,...
02.10.2020
Managing Marriage and Depression
What’s it like being the spouse of someone with mental illness? In today’s podcast, our hosts Gabe and Jackie invite their beloved spouses, Kendall and Adam, to share what marriage with mental illness is like from their point of view....
02.03.2020
Is Loneliness a Mental Health Issue?
America is facing a loneliness epidemic, according to research. But what exactly is loneliness? Is it social isolation? A lack of intimacy? And importantly -- is loneliness a choice? In today’s podcast, Gabe and Jackie tackle these difficult questions and...
01.27.2020
BoJack Horseman and Celebrity Mental Health Advocacy
Rich celebrity on TV: “Have you ever been sad? You might have depression.” If scenarios like this make you want to throw a rock at a window, you aren’t alone. In today’s episode, Gabe expresses his distaste for celebrities posing...
01.22.2020
Bonus Content: Comorbidity with Schizophrenia
Comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional conditions co-occurring with a primary condition. In this episode, host schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers with her cohost Gabe Howard will be discussing comorbidity with schizophrenia. Comorbidity is associated with worse health...
01.20.2020
Anger, Rage, and Mental Illness
Have you ever been so pissed off, in a state of absolute rage, and said or done something you completely regret later? Many people living with bipolar disorder understand this feeling all too well: At the time, you feel so...
01.13.2020
Sex Addiction, Hypersexuality, and Mental Illness
Sex addict. Nympho. You’ve likely heard these words used for a person with hypersexuality, but what exactly is this condition? Is hypersexuality really a symptom of a mental disorder or is it just a super high libido? Where does one...
01.06.2020
Incontinence While Sleeping and its Psychological Impact
Incontinence While Sleeping -- or "pooping" the bed -- isn’t as uncommon as you may think. While this unexpected night time activity may be embarrassing, it doesn’t have to completely derail your mental health. There can be many causes for...
12.30.2019
Do Suicide Questionnaires Save Lives?
Should we be talking so plainly about suicidal ideation? What are the benefits of assessing our thought patterns over a period of time? Join us as we discuss the Columbia-Suicide Severity Scale screening tool. We tackle this sensitive topic after...
12.23.2019
Stopping Psych Meds; What To Consider
Medication for your brain - whether you’re newly diagnosed or have been in treatment for years, you may have doubts if drugs are right for you. You’re not alone. Jackie and Gabe get real about reasons people want to quit...
12.18.2019
Bonus Content: Treatment Strategies for Schizophrenia
Medication, Therapy, Hospitalization, Electroconvulsive Therapy- what are the treatment strategies for schizophrenia? How do you convince someone they need help? What if someone refuses treatment? Schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers with co-host Gabe Howard reveal different treatments they have undergone over...
12.16.2019
Newly Bipolar and Learning to Adapt
You’ve just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder… now what? The week we interview a young woman named Emma, a twenty-something who is fresh off a bipolar diagnosis and working hard to navigate her way through finding the right medications, a...
12.09.2019
Survive the Holidays AND preserve your Mental Health
There is no time more joyous and stressful as the end of year holidays. As we fast approach the holidays this year it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll navigate family parties and other familial obligations. In this episode,...
12.02.2019
Chronic Illness and Depression
After receiving two chronic illness diagnosis by the age of 24, it really was no surprise that host Jackie Zimmerman also started to experience depression. Unable to tackle both, Jackie chose to focus on her physical health, letting her mental...
11.25.2019
Psychiatric Ward: First Hand Account (Part 2 of 2)
In part two of this series, we go into more detail about Gabe’s inpatient hospital stay and focus on what he was thinking while he was hospitalized and what he learned after he was discharged. We talked about what to...
11.20.2019
Bonus Content: Psychosis in Schizophrenia
What exactly is psychosis? What happens in the brain of a person with schizophrenia who is hallucinating? Schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers shares her personal hallucinations and delusions and Dr. Joseph Goldberg, who specializes in researching what goes on in the...
11.18.2019
Inpatient Mental Hospital Stay (Part 1 of 2)
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an inpatient in a psych ward? In this two-part series, we go into detail about Gabe’s inpatient stay starting with the events that lead him to be an inpatient, and what...
11.11.2019
Abandoned: Loss of Friendships
The feeling of abandonment can span through all types of relationships and in this episode, we focus on friendships. Have you ever had a close friend abandon you or have you ever exited a friendship without notice? The emotions and...
11.04.2019
Therapy Myths & Misconceptions
While therapy is often used as one method of treatment for mental illness, it still has a large cloud of mystery around it. Due to its portrayal in movies and television shows, there are a lot of misconceptions about what...
10.28.2019
Haunted Asylums - Stigmatizing or Just Entertainment?
Each Halloween we encounter the same debate: are haunted asylums stigmatizing or are they simply entertainment? While some may think haunted asylums are tasteless at worst, they don’t feel like they’re an actual detriment to the mental illness community. In...
10.21.2019
Psychiatric Medications: Separating Fact From Fiction
Psychiatric medications are the religion and politics of the mental health advocacy world -- don't bring them up unless you want a fight to break out. Luckily, here at Not Crazy, we don't shy away from confrontation. In this episode,...
10.16.2019
Bonus Content: Motivation in Schizophrenia
The word "schizophrenia" tends to conjure ideas of hallucinations, delusions, insane asylum in the general public's mind. Most people don't think of the boring parts that consume many with schizophrenia, like lacking the motivation to get out of bed, to...
10.14.2019
Joker Movie and Mental Illness
Did the movie Joker portray mental illness correctly and does it matter? We passionately go over the movie Joker from the lense of people living with mental illness and discuss whether or not there are implications of making a movie...
10.07.2019
Explaining Depression to Happy People
Are you so happy that you can’t understand depression? Not us! While Gabe and Jackie can't relate to that level of positivity, there are lots of people in the world who simply can’t fathom what depression feels like. Despite their...
09.30.2019
Policing Language in Mental Health Communities
In the first full episode of Not Crazy, we learn a little more about the new co-host, Jackie, and her history with chronic illness and depression. Gabe rants about person-first language and how nitpicking verbiage is distracting from more pressing...
09.23.2019
We're Back: The Not Crazy Episode
One show ends and another begins. Don't unsubscribe just yet! In the final episode of A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic and a Podcast, Gabe and Michelle reminisce on past episodes, and Michelle tells us what her plans are for the future....
09.18.2019
Bonus Content: Working With Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast)
Everyone complains about work. Having to go to work every day, working too much, not getting paid enough- working can be challenging for so many reasons. Today's episode of Inside Schizophrenia focuses on working while having schizophrenia. Host Rachel Star...
08.21.2019
Bonus Content: Families Impacted by Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast)
Schizophrenia does not just affect the person with schizophrenia, but their families, also. This episode of Inside Schizophrenia explores the family relationships impacted by schizophrenia, both immediate and extended. Two guests join us. The first is Chrisa Hickey, who is...

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Not Crazy (Archive) episodes:

Want More Episodes of A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast?

NEW Episodes of A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Out RIGHT NOW!

BSP is Returning January 4th, 2022

A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Comeback?

Update Your Subscription - Feed Closing

Parenting and Bipolar Disorder

Bonus Content: The Role Nurses Play in Schizophrenia Treatment

Deconstructing Mental Health Month

Divorced Couple Hosting a Mental Health Podcast

It's See You Later, Not Goodbye

What is Mindfulness?

Canceling Plans Due to Anxiety

Setting Boundaries With Your Family

Quarantine and Declining Mental Health

Smoking Weed for Anxiety: Fact vs Fiction

Coronavirus: How to Keep it Together

Bonus Content: Schizophrenia in Men

I Fear My Spouse Will Abandon Me

Is Creativity Enhanced By Mental Illness?

Keeping a Job with Mental Illness

Panicked Over Finances? Why Money Influences our Mental Health

Bonus Content: Schizophrenia in Women

Anxiety and Anger: A One-Two Punch

Managing Marriage and Depression

Is Loneliness a Mental Health Issue?

BoJack Horseman and Celebrity Mental Health Advocacy

Bonus Content: Comorbidity with Schizophrenia

Anger, Rage, and Mental Illness

Sex Addiction, Hypersexuality, and Mental Illness

Incontinence While Sleeping and its Psychological Impact

Do Suicide Questionnaires Save Lives?

Stopping Psych Meds; What To Consider

Bonus Content: Treatment Strategies for Schizophrenia

Newly Bipolar and Learning to Adapt

Survive the Holidays AND preserve your Mental Health

Chronic Illness and Depression

Psychiatric Ward: First Hand Account (Part 2 of 2)

Bonus Content: Psychosis in Schizophrenia

Inpatient Mental Hospital Stay (Part 1 of 2)

Abandoned: Loss of Friendships

Therapy Myths & Misconceptions

Haunted Asylums - Stigmatizing or Just Entertainment?

Psychiatric Medications: Separating Fact From Fiction

Bonus Content: Motivation in Schizophrenia

Joker Movie and Mental Illness

Explaining Depression to Happy People

Policing Language in Mental Health Communities

We're Back: The Not Crazy Episode

Bonus Content: Working With Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast)

Bonus Content: Families Impacted by Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast)