Toren Ylfa

Not Fixed, Still here

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There's a particular kind of exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. A particular kind of struggle that therapy helps but doesn't solve. A particular kind of life that doesn't follow the recovery arc. Not Fixed, Still Here is a podcast about mental health—all of it grounded in science, shaped by lived experience, and honest about the gaps in between. Hosted by someone who has navigated depression, emotional and physical abuse, and over two decades of asking challenging questions about the mind, this show brings together psychology, neuroscience, and the therapeutic frameworks that actually helped—C...

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Toren Ylfa

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Do Therapeutic Models Need Improvement? 03.07.2026 24:09

Send us Fan Mail Sources: Treatment Resistance & Diagnostic Critique McIntyre et al. — Treatment-resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management — World Psychiatry (2023) Karabulut & Düzgün — Treatment-Resistant Depression Rates: Pilot data from Türkiye — PMC (2025) Treatment-resistant depression: a problematic illness or a problem in our approach? — British Journal of...

Was I Always Going To Be Like This 19.06.2026 28:17

Send us Fan Mail Was I always going to be like this? It's the question that shows up at 3am. When nothing else is working. Somewhere between despair and accusation. This episode goes looking for a real answer — not reassurance, not false hope, but what the science actually says. We go into genetics and what heritability really means for depression and anxiety. We go into epigenetics —the genu...

CBT Origins, Evidence, and limits as NHS default for Complex Trauma 05.06.2026 26:25

Send us Fan Mail The origins of CBT through Aaron Beck’s challenge to psychoanalysis summarize where CBT’s evidence base is strongest and examine how CBT became a system default in the UK—sometimes mismatched to complex trauma presentations. The episode closes by distinguishing PTSD vs. complex PTSD evidence, raising concerns about “unthinking” default application, and pointing listeners toward al...

You Are Not as Alone as It Has Felt 22.05.2026 25:24

Send us Fan Mail You are not as alone as it has felt. Nearly one in three adults in England and Wales experienced some form of childhood abuse before the age of eighteen. That is 13.6 million people —according to the most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales. But statistics can count people. They cannot hold them. In this episode we look at what the data actually shows about the lifetime prev...

What is Not Fixed,Still Here — Who I Am, Why I'm Here, and What This Show Is 08.05.2026 21:53

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to spend twenty years trying to understand your own mind — not just cope with it, but actually understand it? This is Episode 1 of Not Fixed, Still Here. Before the science, before the frameworks, before anything else—this episode is about why this show exists, who it's for, and what you can expect from it. We cover what mental health actually looks like in...

Episode 0 11.04.2026 0:40

Send us Fan Mail A 41-second introduction to Not Fixed, Still Here — what this show is, why it exists, and who it's for. Not Fixed, Still Here launches [8th of May]. A podcast about mental health, all of it grounded in science and shaped by lived experience. Episode 1 drops fortnightly. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available 24/7. Call or text 988 or text HOME to 741...