The Dysregulated Podcast
Follow my journey through the chaos of mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way.
Lived experience is at the heart of this podcast — every episode told through my own lens, with raw honesty and zero filter.
This is a genuine and vulnerable account of how multiple psychological disorders have shaped my past and continue to influence my future.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Discharge Papers #3
In this episode I dive back into my hospital discharge papers and reflect on what was possibly the lowest period of my life. I recount the circumstances brought upon by mental illn…
The Anxiety Trifecta
This episode explores my first week in my new job! Although I can't go into specifics about this new job just yet. And the reason for this? Anxiety! My old friend who just likes to…
Fortnightly Check-In #8
Been a bit of a struggle over the last two weeks, but recording an episode is a great way to push back against negative thoughts and emotions!
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Caffeine Use Disorder
Caffeine has for a long time been a very significant part of my mental health story. So much so that I have been told I have "Caffeine Use Disorder". So what is this disorder and w…
Fortnightly Check-In #7 - Grappling with Anhedonia
In this episode I talk about my struggles with anhedonia and feeling "flat". I touch on how ADHD and Depression appear to be linked by anhedonia and the neurotransmitter dopamine. …
Cognitive Distancing: How to Separate from Negative Thoughts
In this episode I discuss two techniques to create space from negative thought processes, cognitive distancing and cognitive defusion. By deciding how we engage with thoughts, whet…
The Discharge Papers #2
In this episode I re-live one of my hardest bouts with mental illness. Every day was a war, and it took a few unfortunate events for me to decide a trip up to the hospital was need…
Fortnightly Check-In #6 - Still sick, but still pushing ahead!
The sixth instalment of the Fortnightly Check-In series. In this episode I tackle daytime sleepiness and the possible role SSRI's are having in causing somnolence. I also investiga…
Fortnightly Check-In #5 - The Physical and Mental Health Relationship
I’m sick! I've been struck down with a cold and as a result my mental health has rapidly deteriorated. Many view mental health as being confined to the mind, but as I illustrate wi…
Fortnightly Check-In #4
Sertraline (Zoloft), Black Dog Institute presentations and camping. How is mental illness affecting me right....now? The next instalment of the Fortnightly Check-In series has it a…
Left vs Right Brain part 2: Left-Focused Therapies (CBT & DBT)
Part 2 of the Left vs Right Brain series. In this episode I introduce two therapies which have a focus towards left brain processes and behaviours: CBT & DBT. I also put forward th…
Fortnightly Check-In #3
In this episode I discuss how things have been over the last few weeks: an increase in anxiety, new medications and an intense loss of capacity. Although I have been in the wars a …
My Journal #4 and The Discharge Papers #1
The next instalment of the "My Journal" series looks at two of my journal entries during a mental health crisis. On this occasion I made the decision to go to hospital, to try and …
My Struggle with Rejection Sensitivity
This episode I delve into what it's like to assume, create and hold onto social rejection. None of us enjoy the feeling of rejection, but for some (like me) it can prove a huge bar…
Fortnightly Check-In #2
This week is all about mandatory isolation and Covid! And that means plenty of podcast episodes, because what else is there to do? Yet, this week a few goals were ticked off the li…
Treatment Resistant Disorders
In this episode I have a look at what it means when psychiatric illnesses are deemed, "treatment resistant". Although we don't want to find ourselves in the situation where the tr…
Fortnightly Check-In #1
This episode I explore how I am feeling....right now. After all, it is the present that really matters, right? Or so they say anyway. This is the first of the 'Check In' series whi…
Left vs Right Brain part 1: Theory, Behaviours and Personality
In this episode we dive into one of Pop-Psych's favourite topics; the Left Brain vs Right Brain dominance theory. The concept will be discussed in a two-part series.
This first in…
New Year, New Me
In this episode I recall the year that has been. It is also a story of the perils of being a self anointed workaholic! A cracker to end 2021, see you next year for more!
To reach o…
My Greatest Honour
I am so lucky to be able to share my story, whether that's in person or on this podcast. Yet as privileged that I am to have an audience that listens to me, it is the audience that…