BatShit: Living with Mental Illness

Actress Maggie Gwin (Grey's Anatomy) returns to discuss parenting while mentally ill with Adam and Brad. Fire up the mics. Brad's OnlyFans page. Having children opens all your old wounds. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Genetic components of mental illness. Love-bombing. Maggie becomes the Mama Bear. Child abuse and trauma. Talking to your kids about your mental illness. Adam's dog...

In this first of what’s to be a regular piece of bonus material, we take a few minutes to call out our Badass listeners who are fighting mental illness and have reached out to us to share their struggles. We also answer Listener Questions.

Adam and Brad discuss the intersection of masculinity and mental illness, and why so many men refuse to seek help. Teaching yourself masculinity. Nature versus nurture. Impulse control. Notches on the bedpost. Repression. Coming out and denying who you are. Shoving your trauma down. Long fuse attached to big keg. Men see mental health as a weakness. The Bipolar Boys are drawn to fighting. Putting...

Adam and Brad talk about the struggles they've had with their mental health since starting BatShit in this special bonus episode for Mental Health Awareness Month. Do I have a hangover? Another outlet for therapy. A rapier on Adam's hip. A boulder on your back. A dryer from 1977. A man works a job. Learning how to work again after losing the mania. If you don't laugh, you cry. The war...

Adam and Brad answer listener questions about living with mental illness. We've heard you about audio concerns. Brad gets choked up. How do you tell someone you're dating that you have mental illness? Brad's best friend takes off after a manic episode. Seeing past the mental illness to who your partner really is. Why do people with bipolar tend to have such big hearts? Meeting a parapl...

Actress Maggie Gwin (Grey's Anatomy) joins the bipolar boys to discuss her experiences with postpartum and perinatal depression. The Brad Pitt of podcasters. In 9 months, you're going to be in a car wreck. Childbirth is trauma. Scan the barcode on the back of their neck. Hypno-birthing. All childbirth is natural childbirth. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any d...

Adam and Brad talk about how the misconceptions about mental illness affect the way people see you when they find out about your diagnosis, and how that can be painful (and sometimes hilarious). Hollywood's portrayal of mental illness. Jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. I'm Danny DeVito if he hit the gym. Lizard People. Sadness is not depression. More Arrogant Ignorance. Gwyneth Paltrow....

Join the Bipolar Duo as they discuss what bipolar depression feels like, how to cope with it, and tools for fighting it when you feel it coming on. The fog. Apathy. Anhedonia. They found the bodies. Wading through wet concrete. Is Brad wearing pants? Comedy as a coping mechanism. Why most suicide victims are men. Needing validation. Trying to fill the pit with good. If Brad ever hangs himself. Was...

Our hosts dive into how bipolar disorder can wreck friendships and romantic relationships, and the tools required for both the patient and their spouse to navigate a healthy long-term relationship. Brad takes a knee. Love at first sight. I guess I live here now. Depressive states nearly destroy Brad's marriage. Hypersexuality while manic. That's what sociopaths say. Chemically inducing man...

Adam and Brad look into manic creativity and how mania impacts their careers in Hollywood. The Tortured Artist. Creativity as a coping mechanism. Mania on-stage. Brad's pushups. A desperate need to share. An accidental bipolar novel. Don't stalk Brad's wife. Game Show Adam returns. Channeling mania outward. One specific reader. Flow states. Memory gaps and misremembering when manic. Th...

Take a deep dive into the medications that help control mental illness and how they change you. Self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Lord Elko's Broadsword. What medications Brad and Adam are taking. Preventing episodes for life. One Lethargic Salmon. Ghost Dogs on the Scottish Moors. A penthouse filled with prostitutes. Making amends to those you hurt. Medieval exorcism. Actor Brad enters...

Meet our hosts and learn how and why they were first diagnosed as bipolar. Rationalizing manic & depressive behavior when you don't know you're sick. Brad's Funeral Playlist. Misconceptions about mental illness and the curse of Arrogant Ignorance. Lack of Impulse Control. A skull full of minnows. Second guessing everything you do. Why bipolar patients feel emotions stronger even wh...

60 seconds. Give a quick listen to find out why everyone is going BatSh!t.