It's Not Just In Your Head

Our guest discusses the horror show that current drug policy is having on American lives, how access to vital medication has been removed from people who need it in order to work, or function, or have any semblance of quality of life. As such, huge numbers of people are turning to street supply or ultimately taking their own lives to escape their chronic pain. This episode highlights a variety of serious issues with current drug policy and explores the ramifications of letting 'black box' algorithms dictate who is considered worthy of treatment and how easy it is to be labelled a 'drug seeker' based off your mental health history. This discussion is deeply informative and terrifying, because anyone of us could find ourselves in this situation. "The Doctor Patient Forum is a non-partisan, community-based organization that works to support pain patients and their physicians with access to lifesaving pain relief and to mitigate the harmful effects of efforts to curb liberal prescribing and overdose. With a focus on disabled people, those in chronic pain, and physicians who work with them, DPF provides information, practical tools, and policy analysis to strengthen patient-centered safe and appropriate medical support and advocates for approaches that reduce increasingly common suffering and death resulting from non-consensual medication reduction or termination of care." Bev Schechtman is a chronic pain patient advocate and educator who has lived with Crohn’s Disease and Psoriatic Arthritis for more than two decades. She grew up in northern New Jersey and has lived in the Raleigh area in North Carolina since 2009. Bev is married to Randy and a mother of two girls, Emma and Olivia. She first contacted Claudia with Don’t Punish Pain (now Doctor Patient) Forum after being denied opioid medication while hospitalized for kidney stones in 2017. She was denied due to being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Bev is a passionate advocate for people with chronic pain and illness as well as those who have survived sexual assault/abuse. Bev also believes strongly in Harm Reduction efforts. Her insights and work to empower and reduce mistreatment of pain patients has been featured in media outlets including the Guardian, Wired, National Public Radio, Truthout, as well as in podcasts and blogs such as Pallimed, a leading forum on hospice and palliative care. In her free time, Bev can be found reading, watching soccer, and playing with her Aussiedoodle, Griffin. References: The Doctor Patient Forum: https://www.thedoctorpatientforum.com/ The Doctor Patient Forum (facebook): https://www.facebook.com/groups/DontPunishPainRally/posts/2315429951943900/ The Doctor Patient Forum (podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doctor-patient-forum/id1639872299 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

The conversation continues covering why men's support groups work, reason vs. persuasion, the power of listening, why organized religion isn't going anywhere anytime soon, Credentialism vs. Egalitarianism and how the masculine ideal disconnects men from the best part of being human. We also cover support groups discussing debt as a source for revolutionary change, class as a barrier to intimacy, therapy replacing vulnerability in friendships, male self care, fitness and gym culture. References: Hidden Brain podcast - Persuasion Part 1: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/persuasion-part-1/ Bowling Alone (book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone Lindy Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect A Healed Femur Is the Earliest Sign of True Civilization: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/07/25/femur/ Seven Days At PAH Barcelona (documentary): https://vimeo.com/323297000 David Graeber's debt podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05447pc Triumphs of Experience (book): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674503816 "The classical economists also believed that the economic stagnation of pre-modern times was due to the fact that all income surplus to basic needs had been squandered by rulers and landlords. Instead of investing in productive facilities, pre-modern rulers had invested in God": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k39Ulh_8efc&t=190s -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Returning guest William Dawley (#113: Immortality and Cyborg Anthropology) joins us to discuss his work around issues of Masculinity/Machismo and the positive image of masculinity that's possible with male support groups. Focusing on his work in Costa Rica we explore the link between machismo and right-wing politics, the Neo-Patriarchal bargain and the Churches attempts at effective behavior change via male support groups. We explore the issues that come up when working in a group setting: the idea of a hierarchy of suffering, the need for male-only, female-only or trans & non-gender-binary only support groups in order to be open and vulnerable. And how groups can help shape a new positive identity by learning to see yourself in others. We also discuss male bonding, the male shame around economic distress, the rise of the house husband and why domestic labor is often a problem for men. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at  patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. References: Machismo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machismo Patriarchal bargain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchal_bargain The Choice book (the hierarchy of suffering): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753738-the-choice Dreams from the Monster Factory: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272917-dreams-from-the-monster-factory?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24 Being a Man Festival: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=being+a+man+festival+soutbank+center&ia=web -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Our guests talk about their experiences outside of mainstream recovery programs. The discussion covers personal stories and topics such as the opioid crisis, pain management, the morality of pleasure, the need for community and the mental health benefits of political organizing, rock climbing, writing and poetry. References: Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40642337-solitary "This is the crux of the Yard-sale model. In a free market, one person ends up with all of the wealth – completely by chance.": https://pudding.cool/2022/12/yard-sale/) -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Join our FREE monthly reading group and episode discussion: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/its-not-just-in-your-head-56629510013 -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update: https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Michael Stretton, a Social Security Disability Claimant Representative, provides a highly detailed description of the labyrinthine process of claiming disability benefits in the USA. A general audience might find this episode a little overwhelming - we did! - but this discussion contains A LOT of insightful information and we hope it is of use. References: How to win a claim (PDF attached to this episode on Patreon): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lx-4-1cgKPXZIYE-YvDi6u7g9XnCafNc/view?fbclid=IwAR2y0fPgdAMMfYR4b_H6Vpa9hBDbUEfSQLSeHwkolXUhUE5ONCnVYUhK2BI "The purpose of a system is what it does": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does Noam Chomsky - Wage Slavery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ze4AA-p8w&t=40s -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Join our FREE monthly reading group and episode discussion: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/its-not-just-in-your-head-56629510013 -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update: https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Our guests discuss their fascinating paper 'Right-Wing Psychedelia' and why psychedelic substances have been mistakenly considered a substance that fosters socially progressive politics. Instead Brian & Neşe show that these substances are 'non-specific amplifiers of consciousness' and make the case that psychedelics can just as equally be used to rarefy hierarchy and authoritarian ideologies. We discuss how different substances carry different stigmas, explore Jordan Peterson's idea of competence hierarchies, how the capital backed marketing of psychedelics is - yet again - an individual solution to systemic problems and how, at worst, these substances are just an 'antibiotic to a distressed animal to keep it going'. “The world we're building is a bad place for our brain, so mental health issues will go up. But I do think we have some real shots in our portfolio to end the mental health crisis” - atai Life Sciences' Christian Angermayer References: Right-Wing Psychedelia: Case Studies in Cultural Plasticity and Political Pluripotency: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733185/full Psymposia: https://www.psymposia.com The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/ (As an addition check out 'WHY THE SUPER RICH ARE INEVITABLE' - "This is the crux of the Yard-sale model. In a free market, one person ends up with all of the wealth – completely by chance.": https://pudding.cool/2022/12/yard-sale/) The False Promise of Psychedelic Utopia: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypzxj/the-false-promise-of-psychedelic-utopia The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins | Dr. Matthew Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqFxjQI3is William Shatner's experience of the 'overview effect': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSNXBvpLb9o&t=90s https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesdigitalcovers/2018/07/30/the-backsies-billionaire-texan-builds-second-fortune-from-wreckage-of-real-estate-empire-hed-sold/? https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/william-shatner-explains-trip-space-felt-funeral-saw-death-saw-life -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com.

Our guest Dr Dan Goyal outlines what the deliberate under funding of the NHS has done to working conditions, the relentless stress nurses face, the impact of covid and the false economics of private health care. We also discuss the recent news that the UK government are trying to make striking illegal for healthcare workers and the efforts to fightback. References: Dr Dan Goyal: https://twitter.com/danielgoyal NHS Millions - "We're creating a superteam of a million people who are grateful for NHS  staff and happy to support them long after Covid is over": https://www.nhsmillion.co.uk/ EveryDoctor - Doctor-led campaign organisation fighting for a better NHS: https://www.everydoctor.org.uk/ “we all dread coming into work and cry after every shift. We didn’t sign up to do war medicine”: https://twitter.com/Dr_BellaR/status/1611045082169212931 Unions have criticised a new bill aimed at enforcing minimum service levels for the public sector during strikes as "undemocratic, unworkable and illegal": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64219016 Unite Tears Into Government’s Demand For ‘Productivity Savings’ After Pay Talks: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/unite-says-further-nhs-strikes-will-go-ahead-after-talks-leave-him-very-angry_uk_63bc0debe4b0cbfd55eacdad Exercise Cygnus - a three-day simulation exercise carried out by the UK Government in October 2016 to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza pandemic on the United Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Cygnus Rishi “flew to California to talk to US private healthcare firms and has recently appointed a private healthcare advisor.”: https://twitter.com/embournemouth/status/1609140439495610369?s=20&t=LXY14NuKaX7PZAFingzw8Q Novara Media /  The Times - "A decade of Tory spending cuts left the country vulnerable to the external shocks of the past two years": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL5ixsGdUrE -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH --

“Prison walls don’t separate the good people from the bad people” In this second part of the conversation we cover Covid and the other health issues prisoners face, how long a prisoner should prep for a successful transition, the feeling of not belonging and the fear of having the rug pulled from you once outside. We also discuss how prisoners become societies boogieman, American Exceptionalism vs solving social problems, the different treatment & support systems with women vs men and how society believes women can change but men can’t. We hear about the details and need for a structured re-entry plan, the importance of savings and... The Power of Cake! "The Journey Project provides the opportunity for those desiring to create a new future and want to turn a positive system of beliefs into positive ways of action.  We will support you, encourage you, and provide you with tools for inner personal change." References: A Progressive Reentry Program Assisting Disenfranchised People: https://www.thejourneyproject.info/ Journey Project GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-operational-cost-for-the-journey-project?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

We take a deep dive into the world of prison life and the challenging transition back into society, with Joshua Bryant and Jeremy Williams. We discuss popular misconceptions about crime and the role of punishment, what locking people up does to their mental and physical health, policies that need to change and many other topics. The second part of this discussion will be out next week or if you are a patreon member you can listen to it right now at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead. "The Journey Project provides the opportunity for those desiring to create a new future and want to turn a positive system of beliefs into positive ways of action.  We will support you, encourage you, and provide you with tools for inner personal change." References: A Progressive Reentry Program Assisting Disenfranchised People: https://www.thejourneyproject.info/ Journey Project GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-operational-cost-for-the-journey-project?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Other references: “I might deserve punishment but I don’t deserve abuse” One Woman's Story of Leaving Prison | The First Day Out | Marie Claire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYRS6lCylOg Leaving Prison: How an Inmate Spent Her First Day Free | A Hidden America with Diane Sawyer PART 5/6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCtSs5UYJ6U Cody Lachey - On Re-adjusting to life after prison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPxTxDB1WMc -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Joel Stern, a well-read acquaintance of Harriet's, brings some perspectives and critiques of the psych field - though by his own admission he has no professional background in Psychiatry, Psychotherapy etc - he nevertheless instigates a very lively discussion regarding the conception of mental health/illness and an extended debate around the anti-psychiatry position (and the stigma that that can also cause). Ikoi offers a series of very well measured counter arguments - medication is not a cure but a symptom management tool. References: "The benefit from therapy versus therapy plus medication was identical": https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/09/dilemma-placebo-psychiatry/ 'In 2011, Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged: “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. And when I look at the numbers—the number of sui­cides, number of disabilities, mortality data—it’s abysmal, and it’s not getting any better.”': https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/09/09/what-liberal-admonishers-of-left-psychiatry-critics-get-wrong/ "Psychiatry’s definition of a mental disorder/illness is so wide that it embraces virtually every significant problem of thinking, feeling, and/or behaving, and psychiatry uses this definition to spuriously medicalize a growing range of problems that are not medical in nature.": https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/04/in-defense-of-anti-psychiatry/ Psychiatry: The Science of Lies by Thomas Szasz: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4955102-psychiatry Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock & the Psychopharmaceutical Complex: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3707139-brain-disabling-treatments-in-psychiatry -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Max makes a welcome return to discuss the fine details of running Catalyst Co-Operative Healing, with Marina Kantarovich Rodríguez. Whilst this episode is aimed more towards other therapists - rather than a general audience - there are plenty of valuable insights and information from both Marina and Max around the many quality of life benefits that come from setting up and working in a co-operative organization. References: Catalyst Co-Operative Healing: https://catalystch.com/ -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

As we approach the end of 2022 we decided to briefly discuss some of the notable episodes & guests we've been lucky enough to talk with, we also chat about the rise of remote mental health treatment and the latest AI 'ChatGPT', we discuss the chronic rise in loneliness and the cruel side effects of isolation, and we finish up by addressing a discord members sense of being overwhelmed by all the problems of the world. Harriet's notable episodes: #70: Videogames & programmable desire! (ft. Dr Alfie Bown): https://www.patreon.com/posts/70-videogames-ft-60288828 #77: Overcoming Paranoid Schizophrenia (ft. Tracey Higgins): https://www.patreon.com/posts/77-overcoming-ft-62473314 Ikoi's notable episode: #103: Life after a Cult (ft. Alisa Mahjoub): https://www.patreon.com/posts/103-life-after-1-70475184 Liam's notable episodes: #105: Escape Fantasies of Tech Billionaires (ft. Douglas Rushkoff): https://www.patreon.com/posts/105-escape-of-ft-71144751 #119: Fully Automated Corporate Capitalism - why 'cashless' is a trap (ft. Brett Scott): https://www.patreon.com/posts/119-fully-why-is-75254248 -- References: ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ ChatGPT, what would my hero's do?: https://twitter.com/ncasenmare/status/1605612804563537928 The original chatbot, ELIZA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84QouA9Sm4E From adolescence to old age: who do we spend our time with?: https://ourworldindata.org/time-with-others-lifetime Four panel meme: (attached to the patron post): https://www.patreon.com/posts/76504009/ -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

“We are socialized to believe that schooling is synonymous with education, and that if you don't conform the problem is you". Today we are joined by Dr Naomi Fisher, an independent clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant and author of ‘Changing our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of their Own Learning’. We discuss how the school system often fails to meet peoples needs; the children, the teachers and the parents. How schools enforce compliance and alienation instead of educating children to follow their natural curiosity. How those early experiences of success or failure can shape ones self-conception into adulthood, and how we are taught from an early age to see others as competition. We also cover 'self-directed education', how learning is a process of meaning making, extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation, studying subjects because you’re 'good' at them opposed to what actually interests you, consent and control, why it's a mistake to demonize video games and how empowerment can't start with forced compliance. “Children are born full of curiosity, eager to participate in the world. They learn as they live, with enthusiasm and joy. Then we send them to school. We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it’s more important to sit still and listen. The result is that for many children, their motivation to learn drops dramatically. The joy of the early years is replaced with apathy and anxiety. This is not inevitable. Self-directed education puts the child back in control of their learning. This enables children, including those diagnosed with special educational needs, to flourish in their own time and on their own terms. It enables us to put wellbeing at the centre of education.” References: Changing Our Minds by Dr Naomi Fisher: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/naomi-fisher/changing-our-minds/9781472145505/ Naomi's Substack: https://naomicfisher.substack.com Naomi's Website: https://www.naomifisher.co.uk Naomi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/naomicfisher Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School by Carla Shalaby: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29502429-troublemakers -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

"This polemic dismantles the presumption that social media could be an  instrument of radical change and contends that the networks and platforms of transnational corporations are intrinsically incompatible with a habitable earth or with the human interdependence needed to build egalitarian post-capitalist forms of life." This week we are joined by Jonathan Crary author of 'Scorched Earth: Beyond the digital age to a post capitalist world'. Jonathan presents the unsayable reality: our ‘digital age’ is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism and its financialization of social existence, mass  impoverishment, ecocide, and military terror. We discuss the estrangement of perception from a living world, environmental and community destruction, EMDR and consumerism, the various claims of digital products as 'here to stay' and the capacity for refusal, how 'hopium' allows things to just stay the same, the American Dream of leaving others behind, the gun as a sanctioned weapon of fate, and what is still recoverable from a Scorched Earth. Jonathan Crary is an art critic and essayist, and is Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University. References: Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60299346-scorched-earth Stone Age Economics: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28254.Stone_Age_Economics -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Who benefits from a cashless society and who gets left behind? We talk with economic anthropologist and former financial broker Brett Scott about his excellent book 'Cloudmoney - Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets'. "Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress." We discuss how physical cash is currently holding capitalism back, why 'financial inclusion' is actually enclosure, how money systems and capitalism are one and the same, how the dollar is NOT a single currency, financial mass surveillance and controlling people on welfare, the entrepreneurial drive to automate human interactions, the possible delusion of fully automated luxury communism, the lie of tech increasing leisure time, crypto as a speculative carnival & the need for a heroic narrative, and how corporate capitalism isolates & strips away meaning from peoples lives. References: Cloudmoney - Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62897686-cloudmoney The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: A Guide to Creative Financial Activism: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17368973-the-heretic-s-guide-to-global-finance First They Came for the Poor: Surveillance of Welfare Recipients as an Uncontested Practice: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283845413_First_They_Came_for_the_Poor_Surveillance_of_Welfare_Recipients_as_an_Uncontested_Practice -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

We may think of emotions as universal responses, felt inside, but acclaimed psychologist Batja Mesquita argues that emotions are not innate, but relational acts between people, both one-on-one and within larger social networks. Dr Harriet Fraad and Ikoi Hiroe discuss the MINE vs OURS models and how, if emotions are not essences but situated, that this complicates the therapists and client relationship, in particular ideas around transference and why therapists must remain curious. Other topics include the emotional consequences surrounding 'in' and 'out' groups, who gets to be angry, shame as a 'positive' emotion, whether emotions always need to be 'expressed' to be authentic, the problems with positive psychology and the changing definition of happiness. Batja Mesquita is a social psychologist, an affective scientist, and a pioneer of cultural psychology. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and director of the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Leuven. References: Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58999194-between-us -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Ikoi and Liam chat with author Mike Watson about the late great Mark Fisher, the addictive pace of the internet, slow meme movements and the need for reflection, spirituality, mortality, Qanon and Pizzagate, a fair society vs archetypal heroic stories, leftist well-being, selling dirty bath water, being a digital flaneur, the dialectical image, acid communism, helping other people for the sake of it and much much more! "Watson is fast becoming one of the most impressive left analysts  of our strange digital era; helping to fill the void left by Mark  Fisher's tragic passing. In his new book-part tribute to Fisher, part  cultural analysis, part reflections on the Frankfurt school-Watson shows  the enduring power of a dialectical approach to capitalist realism and  exposes the many ways post-modern neoliberal culture has successfully  neutered liberating aesthetics. In the powerful final chapter, Watson  rethinks the potential of Frankfurt school critical theory to provide  answers, and sketches an inspiring vision of what the acid-left can be.  We may not have all the answers, but all of us should be very grateful  Watson is on hand to help us ask the right kinds of questions. --Matt  McManus, Professor of Politics at Whitman College" References: The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism and What to do About it: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58455150-the-memeing-of-mark-fisher?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=lOOZj2mqna&rank=1 Can the Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43731703-can-the-left-learn-to-meme?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=lOOZj2mqna&rank=3 Art Militancy: A Manifesto: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/art-militancy-a-manifesto Mark Fisher | Acid Communism (Unfinished Introduction): https://my-blackout.com/2019/04/25/mark-fisher-acid-communism-unfinished-introduction/ Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich by Rowland Atkinson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53986093-alpha-city -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Dr Harriet Fraad and Addiction & Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Ikoi Hiroe talk to an Environmental Neuroscientist about how cities make people LESS depressed, urban scaling theory, pace of life, green spaces and class, nature and fractal images, infrastructure and social control, and much more! References: Why life is faster but depression is lower in bigger cities: https://psyche.co/ideas/why-life-is-faster-but-depression-is-lower-in-bigger-cities Environmental Neuroscience (Marc G. Berman, Andrew J. Stier, and Gaby N. Akcelik - University of Chicago): https://www.patreon.com/posts/74685552 [see bottom of patreon post, under attachments] Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452796-drive Workbook of an Unsuccessful Architect: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5195517-workbook-of-an-unsuccessful-architect -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

"This book is a wake-up call to the potential damage we are doing to ourselves by relying on chemical cures for human distress. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they so choose." Psychotherapist Dr Harriet Fraad and Addiction & Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Ikoi Hiroe, are joined by Dr Joanna Moncrieff, critical psychiatrist, researcher and author of "A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs". Drawing on extensive research, Joanna demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. The discussion covers the major problems with the Disease-Centered model, the problems of telling people they have a brain disease, flawed Random Controlled Trials, the complexity of the withdrawal process, how the medicalization of human distress was been useful for government, the expedient nature of the medical model and how any benefits of medication are often undermined by a lack of housing or general life stability. References: A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs: The truth about how they work and how to come off them: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55904282-a-straight-talking-introduction-to-psychiatric-drugs Joanna Moncrieff's website: https://joannamoncrieff.com/ Joanna Twitter: https://twitter.com/joannamoncrieff -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Fraad is joined by activist physician William Bronston MD to discuss his astonishing book 'Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America': "Public Hostage should make you outraged. The mistreatment of disabled people in Willowbrook and the mistreatment today of disabled people living in  institutions must be understood and together we must fight to provide people the supports they need to live their lives integrated in our communities with dignity and respect. We  as a society are responsible for these atrocities if we remain silent..." "William gives readers an in-depth look at how and why places like Willowbrook existed in the first place,  and how financial incentives, hard-wired into the way health care is delivered in this country, encourage institutionalization of one form or  another at the expense of more humane, more effective, and more cost  effective home based health care. The result has been the continual use  of for profit nursing homes and “assistive living centers” to which millions of elders and people with disabilities remain consigned..." "His book delivers a timely, well-written and meticulously  documented argument that radical change is needed. His book is a must read for anyone interested in disability rights, elder rights and health care reform." References: Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61146053-public-hostage-public-ransom?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=eFvmxPITOD&rank=1 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51152447-caste?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=VauQJxpgAG&rank=1 The Lost Girls of Willowbrook: A Heartbreaking Novel of Survival Based on True History by Ellen Marie Wiseman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63051263-the-lost-girls-of-willowbrook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2kJGVz4vp4&rank=1 YES! Magazine: https://www.yesmagazine.org/ Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control by Barbara Ehrenreich: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959785-natural-causes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Z7ASZ2YiFq&rank=9 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Anthropologists William Dawley and Fartein Nilsen join us to discuss their work on a fascinating project ‘Technoscientific Immortality: A study of Human Futures’, covering the current technologies and philosophies of people trying to live forever and the challenges this poses to existing kinship relations.  It’s an extensive discussion covering cryonics, anti-aging, death-ism & the idea of finitude giving value to life, extending life for everyone, extending ‘life’ through digital tech, interactive memorials, facebook memorial pages, chatbot relationships, digital immortalist’s and more. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. -- References: Technoscientific Immortality: A study of Human Futures: https://www.uib.no/en/immortality William Dawley: https://www.uib.no/en/persons/William.Dawley Fartein Nilsen: https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Fartein.Hauan.Nilsen RAADfest (Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival): https://raadfest.com Eterni.me lets you Skype with the dead: https://www.cnet.com/culture/eterni-me-lets-you-skype-with-the-dead/ How a Son Made a Chatbot of His Dying Dad: https://www.wired.com/video/watch/how-a-son-made-a-chat-bot-of-his-dying-dad StoryFile Life | Interactive Memory Keeping App: https://life.storyfile.com/ HereAfter AI — Interactive Memory App: https://www.hereafter.ai/ All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of your Personal Data : https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Ghosts-Machine-Illusions-Immortality/dp/147214189X Meme successful people coffin: https://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/coffin-successful-people-unsuccessful-people-comparison.jpg Church of perpetual life: https://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/ Replika - Virtual AI Friend: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/replika-virtual-ai-friend/id1158555867 Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Technology and Spirituality: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Transhuman-Liberation-Theology-Spirituality/dp/1350081930 Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization: https://www.amazon.com/Immortality-Quest-Forever-Drives-Civilization/dp/1510716157 Mark Fisher (“loss of loss”) Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20863042-ghosts-of-my-life?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=uuTdNHdEZK&rank=1 IBM and the Holocaust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

“When people rebel you can call them crazy”. Psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses an article sent to us by a patron entitled: HYSTERIA, WITCHES, AND THE WANDERING UTERUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OR, WHY I TEACH “THE YELLOW WALLPAPER”. We discuss how a diagnosis - such as hysteria - often says more about a society than the individual, the fear of female emotions, irrationality, fragility and protection, the link between serial killers and Fanon, Adam Curtis, empowerment and the luxury of getting to know yourself. References: HYSTERIA, WITCHES, AND THE WANDERING UTERUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OR, WHY I TEACH “THE YELLOW WALLPAPER": https://while-you-were-sleeping.com/2017/04/18/hysteria-witches-and-the-wandering-uterus-a-brief-history-or-why-i-teach-the-yellow-wallpaper/ Molecules of Emotion: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70197.Molecules_of_Emotion?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9aA3dV6nQX&rank=1 Prologue to Violence: Child Abuse, Dissociation, and Crime : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2516116.Prologue_to_Violence?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=zgcaWBJUP5&rank=3 (Article mentioned 'From Their Cradle To Your Grave' became this book) Ashley Frawley - Therapy Culture and Happy Signifiers: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/plasticpills-philosophy-critical-theory-podcast/id1501548680?i=1000525781286 Ashley Frawley - Emotional Fads vs. Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHj1TEIBPlY Adam Curtis TraumaZone: https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/adam-curtis-russia-1985-1999-traumazone -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

YouTuber T1J joins Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe to discuss racism, class, the DSA, Jay-Z, Cornel West, socialist history, 'staying in your lane', organizing that replicates the workplace, and meeting people where they are at. References: Why Aren't There More Black Socialists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7mqstf5sw This Streamer Thinks I'm Wrong About Socialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx_5XzfTO8M T1J Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/the1janitor T1J Twitter: https://twitter.com/the1janitor DSA Statement on Nazi Violence in Charlottesville: https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/charlottesville_dl/ Jay-Z has claimed that “capitalist” is a derogatory term invented to bring down the black community: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jay-z-capitalist-new-slur-wealth-us-b2158116.html Cornell West's 'Toward a Socialist Theory of Racism': https://www.dsausa.org/files/2018/07/Toward_a_Socialist_Theory_of_Racism.pdf -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

Anthropologist Professor Rebecca Cassidy, author of 'Vicious Games: Capitalism and Gambling', chats with Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe: “Vicious Games is based on field research with the people who produce, shape and consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and 'responsible gambling' around the world. She reveals how the industry extracts wealth from some of our poorest communities, and examines the adverse health effects on those battling gambling addiction. Through an anthropological excavation, Vicious Games opens up this process, with the intention of creating alternative, more equitable futures.” References: Vicious Games: Capitalism and Gambling: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48856313-vicious-games High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11smmh0 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management.

The Queen is dead... and who cares? The Monarchy are a potent symbol of unjust hierarchical power, yet the English (and many across the world) are in tears. What are the psychological mechanism at play? Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe (and British editor/producer/co-host Liam Tate) discuss fawning, the enjoyment of suffering, passivity, 'being part of history', dominance and submission, fairy tales & occupied imaginations, slavery, the enjoyment of pomp, and much more! References: Nation of bootlickers: Why do English people love oppression?: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/56983/1/nation-of-bootlickers-why-do-the-english-love-oppression-queen-royal-family Queen 'will help disgraced Prince Andrew pay £12million out-of-court settlement': https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queen-will-help-disgraced-prince-26242479 Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/02/buckingham-palace-banned-ethnic-minorities-from-office-roles-papers-reveal Queen lobbied for change in law to hide her private wealth: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth King Charles will not pay tax on inheritance from the Queen: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/13/king-charles-will-not-pay-tax-on-inheritance-from-the-queen You’re a sick old man!: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/sep/12/andrew-youre-a-sick-man-police-drag-heckler-from-crowd-during-queens-procession-video Bearded man heckles King Charles in Cardiff over the cost of the monarchy: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/bearded-man-heckles-king-charles-25043207 'Lizzie's in a box' chant rings out around 3Arena during Bellator Dublin show: https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/ufc/lizzies-box-chant-rings-out-28069317 There are three common myths about the monarchy: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0KLmxO6L9/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com.

Max is joined by Jeff and Eric, 2 of 7 worker-owners of a therapist worker cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota called Phoenix Mental Health. In their collective, everyone keeps 100% of the money they earn from seeing clients, and everyone pitches in money to pay for rent, bills, credentialing, billing, and accounting. They use consensus decision making in meetings, and people know them to be a "non-hierarchical, social justice" minded therapy practice. Members tend to lean "left" but don't necessarily identify with left-wing labels such as anarchist, socialist, Marxist (etc), although some do. How is Phoenix different from the ordinary capitalist mental health business enterprise? What motivates them to operate how they do? Is it possible for more workers in the mental health field to adopt this kind of model to help transition society toward a more equitable and pro- mental health economy? This episode is a lively discussion about these questions and more. Learn more about Phoenix at phoenix-mental-health.com, and to learn more about the growing movement of therapist worker co-ops go to therapistworkercoops.info -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Does the Manosphere care about men? We chat with F.D.Signifier about his string of popular video essays: 'Dissecting the Manosphere', 'Connecting the Manosphere' and 'Understanding the BIack Manosphere'. "The manosphere is a collection of websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism." The conversation covers aggrieved entitlement, the promise of patriarchy, the loss of male power and the desire for dominance, the socialist ideology of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King and the whiteness problem of Socialism... and that's just the first 15 minutes! It's a good one! Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. -- References: Dissecting the Manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1FkO7Tr70A Connecting the Manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0nR0E8pk4 Understanding the BIack Manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upt_ks61_70 Twitter: https://twitter.com/FDsignifier Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fdsignifier/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fdsignifier Bushmaster Rifle Ad: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bushmaster-rifle-ad-masculinity-gun-violence-newtown-adam-lanza_b_2317924 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Why do women who display the same behaviors as men get diagnosed with BPD at a 3:1 ratio? What behaviors are allowed by which gender? In this episode Dr. Morris discuss with Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe about the assumptions made of the human subject, whether the BPD label helps or hurts, living up to inhumane ideals, liminal spaces, self harm and a metaphorical take on penis envy! Dr. Morris is an assistant professor of psychology at Point Park  University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she teaches and does  theoretical and qualitative research. She is a transdisciplinary scholar  whose work bridges critical psychology, literature, philosophy, history, psychoanalysis, and film studies. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. References: Dr. Morris' interview with Mad In America: https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/03/feminism-psychoanalysis-critical-psychology-interview-bethany-morris/ We've always been borderline: https://www.academia.edu/en/35890259/Weve_always_been_borderline Sexual Difference, Abjection and Liminal Spaces: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57497638-sexual-difference-abjection-and-liminal-spaces (Chapter 7 Borderline, jouissance and capitalist enjoyment) -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

"The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind". We are joined by the author of the new book 'Survival of the Richest' and host of the Team Human podcast Douglas Rushkoff, who MIT declared as one of the top ten most influential thinkers. "Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the “Event”: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley–style certainty that they and their cohort can break the laws of physics, economics, and morality to escape a disaster of their own making—as long as they have enough money and the right technology." Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe discuss all the repercussions of what The Mindset means for our society, the myth of individualism, the embedded values of tech, who gets to decide what's best for us, propaganda vs reality, Timothy Leary and tech bros trying to recreate the womb! Douglas is a media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture and his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems. Rushkoff is known for coining terms and concepts including viral media (or media virus), digital native, and social currency. He has written ten books on media, technology and culture. References: Survival of the Richest - Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60165391-survival-of-the-richest Team Human podcast: http://teamhuman.fm Original Medium post: https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

"The recent publication... reviewed decades of research, the chemical imbalance myth was shown to have no support in scientific evidence. The theory of a chemical imbalance is a myth, and has always been a myth." Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe discuss the recent Mad in America article 'Loss, Grief, and Betrayal: Psychiatric Survivors Reflect on the Impact of New Serotonin Study', and the history and harm caused by the chemical imbalance theory. -- References: Loss, Grief, and Betrayal: Psychiatric Survivors Reflect on the Impact of New Serotonin Study: https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/08/psychiatric-survivors-reflect-serotonin-study/ Cracked: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58651040-cracked Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55723020-dopamine-nation?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=JbGKV90rtM&rank=1 -- Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Born into the Unification Church (aka The Moonies), Alisa talks with Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe, about her experiences living in the cult, how she got out, and her reflections on how she has navigated life since. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. -- References: Alisa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/alisa_mahjoub Gifts of Deceit: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean Scandal: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958117.Gifts_of_Deceit How Well Do You Know Your Moon: https://howwelldoyouknowyourmoon.tumblr.com/ What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?: https://positivepsychology.com/dbt-dialectical-behavior-therapy/ QAnon, conspiracy theories and social media warfare: An ethical and anticipatory ethical analysis: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9629154 Consortium News: https://consortiumnews.com/tag/robert-parry/ Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1979100.Bad_Moon_Rising -- Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

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References: Applied Behavior Analysis: https://www.autismspeaks.org/applied-behavior-analysis Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322239353_Evidence_of_increased_PTSD_symptoms_in_autistics_exposed_to_applied_behavior_analysis "The pros, cons, and controversial aspects of ABA": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/breaking-barriers/201411/answers-beliefs-about-aba-0 -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

ABA is controversial, with evidence of PTSD symptoms in Autistic children exposed to it. Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe are joined by a practitioner of Applied Behavior Analysis, to discuss its methods and many problems. -- References: Applied Behavior Analysis: https://www.autismspeaks.org/applied-behavior-analysis Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322239353_Evidence_of_increased_PTSD_symptoms_in_autistics_exposed_to_applied_behavior_analysis "The pros, cons, and controversial aspects of ABA": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/breaking-barriers/201411/answers-beliefs-about-aba-0 -- Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

References: Without Apology - The Abortion Struggle Now: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3095-without-apology https://aidaccess.org/ https://www.plancpills.org/ https://www.aidandabetabortion.org/ https://www.ifwhenhow.org/ https://abortionondemand.org/ -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Author of 'Without Apology - The Abortion Struggle Now' Jenny Brown joins Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe to discuss the fight back for women's reproductive rights in the USA. Jenny discusses the history of abortion rights, numerous useful tactics and shares various resources (listed below). "... it is time to return to the fundamental ideas that won legal abortion in the first place: Women publicly telling the full truth of their own experience, demanding repeal of all abortion restrictions, and showing how abortion and birth control are the key demands in the struggle for women’s freedom." Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server and reading/discussion groups. -- References: Without Apology - The Abortion Struggle Now: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3095-without-apology https://aidaccess.org/ https://www.plancpills.org/ https://www.aidandabetabortion.org/ https://www.ifwhenhow.org/ https://abortionondemand.org/ -- Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

One Hundred Episodes! To celebrate Liam challenges Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe to answer the question: when IS it just in your head? When is it NOT Capitalism? The episode covers the right-wings favorite topic: 'personal responsibility', as well as topics like self blame, maladaptive externalizations, empowerment, loneliness, the power to immiserate, joy and much more. Thanks to all the patrons that have made this show possible :) Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Max is back! (Or at least for this one episode, hopefully more in future). Max talks with Anna Zeira regarding her paper 'Mental Health Challenges Related to Neoliberal Capitalism in the United States'. "Rates of mental illness have increased dramatically over the past 15 years in the United States. Additionally, life expectancy has fallen over the past several years due to increases in death from suicide, opioid overdose, and alcoholic liver cirrhosis... Over the last decade some have questioned whether these changes are due to neoliberal capitalist policies and ideologies. Neoliberal capitalism incorporates theories of eliminating all restrictions on the market and decreasing government assistance programs... Since then these policies have led to income inequality, disempowerment of workers, outsourcing of manufacturing jobs, inadequate social services, mass incarceration and an expensive and ineffective healthcare system... Studies have shown that the consequences of these policies and ideologies likely have a role in increasing rates of mental illness. This paper will discuss how these factors increase mental distress and postulate ways that mental health professionals can advocate for change." References: 'Mental Health Challenges Related to Neoliberal Capitalism in the United States': [pdf] https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10597-021-00840-7.pdf [website] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Mental-Health-Challenges-Related-to-Neoliberal-in-Zeira/186be1ead9c155d363853084f5dc897384003d83 Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe discuss the healthline article, 'The Beginner’s Guide to Trauma Responses' and how fight, flight, freeze & fawn not only effect the individual, but the family, relationships and society in general. Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. References: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/fight-flight-freeze-fawn Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe talk with host of This is Revolution podcast Jason Myles about his experiences with homelessness and working with the homeless population. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. References: This Is Revolution podcast: https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com/ The price of fairness documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eDOn4YnMHU Dreams From The Monster Factory: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Dreams_from_the_Monster_Factory.html?id=__D6lAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH and https://www.patreon.com/capitalismhitshome Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

"Transference is a phenomenon in  which one seems to direct feelings or desires related to an important  figure in one’s life—such as a parent—toward someone who is not that  person. In the context of psychoanalysis and related forms of therapy,  a patient is thought to demonstrate transference when expressing  feelings toward the therapist that appear to be based on the patient’s  past feelings about someone else." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/transference Liam questions Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe on their experiences of Transference and Counter-Transference. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe discuss the desperate mental health situation in the USA, personal responsibility, 'bad choices', Nationalism and what being an American actually means. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Public school teacher, poet and host of the CDerickVarnVlog talks to Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe regarding public education in the USA. Part 2 of this conversation is a patron only episode. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. References: CDerickVarnVlog: https://www.youtube.com/c/CDerickVarnVlog Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH and https://www.patreon.com/capitalismhitshome Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

TESA Collective (Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is a worker-owned co-op that designs games and tools for social justice organizations. TESA consciously engages in ethical, social change practices that intend to create healthier communities. TESA’s  games have been played in over 30 countries by more than 200,000 people. Titles include STRIKE!, Space Cats Fight Fascism, Rise Up: The Game of People & Power, and Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives. References: STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion: https://www.tesacollective.com/portfolio/teaming-up-with-the-labor-movement-to-make-strike-the-game-of-worker-rebellion/ Jobs With Justice: https://www.jwj.org/ Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Returning guest David Cobb chats with Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe about Dishgamu Humboldt, a first-of-its kind community land trust for the Wiyot tribe. References: https://www.shareable.net/how-to-give-the-land-back/ Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe discuss the provisional ruling that could lead to abortion being outlawed in more than half of US states, overturning a 1973 landmark decision which made abortion legal. Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad talks with Emily Guendelsberger, author of 'On the Clock'. "Across three jobs, and in three different parts of the country, Guendelsberger directly took part in the revolution changing the U.S.  workplace. Offering an up-close portrait of America's actual essential  workers, On the Clock examines the broken social safety net as  well as an economy that has purposely had all the slack drained out and  converted to profit. Guendelsberger shows us how workers went from being the  most expensive element of production to the cheapest - and how low wage  jobs have been remade to serve the ideals of efficiency, at the cost of  humanity." References: On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane: https://bookshop.org/books/on-the-clock-what-low-wage-work-did-to-me-and-how-it-drives-america-insane/9780316509015 Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access  to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups. Harriet’s other shows: WBAI Interpersonal Update (Wednesdays): https://wbai.org/program.php?program=431 Capitalism Hits Home: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPJpiw1WYdTNYvke-gNRdml1Z2lwz0iEH  ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message:  This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of  the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical  advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any  health decisions or management.