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
- 213
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance
Discover Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) with 'The Dysregulated Podcast'!
Episode #1: Radical Acceptance
You can follow me on Instagram: @elliot.t.waters, and th…
Powering into 2023
Happy New Year! We are at the start line of another year, congratulations! Never before have I felt as much potential going into a new year. But in order to reach our potential the…
Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
DBT is the gold standard treatment for BPD, as well as proving helpful for many other concerns relating to mental health. This episode is the first of a new series looking at DBT a…
Fortnightly Check-In #10 - The Tide is Turning
Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. Lived Experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this lens t…
My Inattentive ADHD
Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. The lived experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this le…
5000 Hits of Dopamine
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The Discharge Papers #4
This episode focuses on my most recent stay in a psychiatric ward. During my admission a complete medication overhaul was undertaken, and a lot of time was spent analysing my behav…
The Psych Ward Stories: Withdrawals
The stories continue from my time on the psych ward, this time focusing on my current and very real problem of withdrawals. It is hard enough when your brain wants to play tricks o…
The Psych Ward Stories: Sweating Bullets
Who would've thought colouring in could be so stressful?! Well, when you have Social Anxiety Disorder to contend with it starts to make sense.
Being in the common room here at the …
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD. Such a crucial component of my psyche which has had a very significant influence on the direction life has taken me. So this episode I try …
In Brief: Aspergers, ADHD and me
Hot off the heels of a brand new diagnosis I thought it might be a good idea to have a bit of a look at it! Aspergers Syndrome, although now referred to as high functioning Autism,…
The Psych Ward Stories: It begins
The beginning of my psych ward journey. I touch on some first impressions, what I've been getting up to and some of the diagnostic and pharmacological alternations that have alread…
Ready to Turn This Ship Around
I finally have confirmation, in just a few days time I will be admitted for an extended stay in a psychiatric ward. This is great news!
In this episode I discuss how difficult it h…
The BPD, OCD and Depression Model
The "BPD, OCD and Depression Model" is a conceptualisation I have created to highlight and explain how these disorders work in tandem to make life difficult for us with living with…
Admissions Referral Letter
In this episode I read out and explore the referral letter sent by my GP to the Maitland Private hospital. It is this letter that has got me in to get the help I desperately need.
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Obsessive Intrusive Thoughts
It has been a little while since an episode has been uploaded (apologies), but all is explained within. I have been plagued by constant obsessive and negative intrusive thoughts wh…
Rolling With The Punches
This episode is the first in a long while. And unfortunately it isn't all good news. But, thanks to a resilient mindset borne out of the inspirational Rocky series, this guy isn't …
Back from the Brink
In this episode I explain how the hardest three weeks have impacted me, and in particular how the last two days have been undoubtably the most difficult of my mental health journey…
My Empty Fuel Tank
This was a hard episode to record and I think you can hear it in my voice. I have just about ran out of fuel and am barely holding on!
I explain how Depression, Anxiety and ADHD co…
Hitting the Limit
The week from hell continues as we dig in and fight onwards! Every moment spells danger but thanks to true grit and resilience we are in the game and doing our best. This mental-he…