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.