Depressed and Sh*t
Gen Z and Millennial stories on those (temporary) chapters when life gets weird. Welcome to Depressed and Sh*t - casual convos on mental health in a social media-driven, pandemic-era world - hosted by depressed and perpetually underemployed Lea Madda. Each week, a new guest joins to share on personal experiences with depression, anxiety, and all that shit in between. Real stories and real people. Hop on?
Episodes
34 episodes
The Kids Is Alright - Season 1 FINALE
We have arrived at a temporary end.Ready for some fuzz aka fuzzy f**cking feelings? Actually, no, let's call it GROWTH. Lea checks back in with various Depressed Guests from throughout the season. CLICK: Connect on Instagram at
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34:44
Yes, I Got Laid Off - Yes, I Am 1000% Happier -- with George Milsap
When losing a job CAN ACTUALLY BE A GOOD THING? Meet George (he/him). George has anxiety. Deep, intense anxiety. For many reasons. Sprinting from gig to gig as an orchestral violinist, with no clear job security (classic!)...
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Self Harm -- Let'sss Talk About It? - with Destiny Jones
Approximately 17% of all people will self harm in their lifetime (based on analysis across forty countries) -- and only HALF of those folks seek help of any kind. Considering those numbers, this topic is worth talking about, yes??? Meet D...
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28:57
Pure O(CD) + Exposure Therapy + Shit - with Connor Kelly-Eiding
So. Listen. There's a form of OCD that shows NO external, physical signs of OCD. None. Nada. Ya know -- the way that most of us typically think of OCD. And many folks go DECADES of their life without receiving a diagnosis or having any name for...
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35:22
Bye Bye Binaries - with Joseph Baca
Gender + grief + saying bye to a therapist.Joseph Baca (he/she/they) identifies as a queer, non-binary, demiboy. Unsure of any of those terms? Joseph is more than thrilled to explain. Was this thrill + level of comfort wit...
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37:12
Yup to Therapy + Hell Nah to Anxiety - with Natalie Rodriguez
On generalized anxiety + cognitive behavioral therapy. So like... how would you describe your relationship to your therapist (or mentor or coach)? BFF-ish? Best-friend-adjacent? That's how Natalie Rodriguez (she/her) would des...
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34:49
LGBTQ+ Family Relationships + Shit - with Ariana Vergara-Johnson - REMIX
A mother, a daughter, and a fiancé. When it comes to fluctuating family units, first generation Peruvian-American Ariana Vergara-Johnson (she/her/ella) has been through it. Months before her scheduled wedding to partner Natalie, Ari...
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32:38
WTF Is My Career And/Or Purpose? - with Sid Al-Thumali
Has the pandemic wreaked absolute havoc on your career? On your possibly already hazy path in life? Purpose - and having a clear internal sense of it - is a critical factor in happiness and in climbing out of a depressive episode. And ...
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35:41
An Ayahuasca Retrospective - with Spencer C.
Depression treatment CAN take many forms far beyond the Western medicine/Big Pharma milieu ... Curious about Ayahuasca - the traditional healing medicine containing psychoactive hallucinogenic properties? Meet Spencer (he/him) who dishes on...
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32:19
Melodies for Your Mental Health - with DEVMO
Putting the pain into the music.Ever thought what would happen if you just told people straight up that you're not doing good? That you're battling depression? That you hate yourself some days?For DEVMO, that social experiment ...
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36:03
HOW TO: Support a Buddy Having Suicidal Thoughts - with Reggie Bellamy
Have you ever experienced thoughts of suicide? Have you ever had someone you love confide in you with such feelings and just have no idea what to say or how to help? Meet Reginald Bellamy (he/him) who pulls back the curtain to keep it very ...
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35:20
Blue for the Blues - with Anthony Fung
The music world grieves a beloved jazz hall. Nostalgia and a commitment to community abound.Musicians, actors, producers, stage managers, designers, the list goes on - emerging from an unprecedented year of joblessness. But as perform...
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32:23
Lithium, I Love You - with Emily Rutan
Got issues with the idea of taking psychiatric drugs? Ya know - happy pills? Welcome to the collective bullshit psyche.Meet Emily Rutan (she/her), an actor and sommelier who had been living for years bouncing back and forth between stretche...
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34:21
Chronic Pain + The Brain - with Tony Alvizo
You're telling me a therapist could help with my physical issues? Goddamn yes. Hear the story of Tony Alvizo (he/him), who, at age 26, began experiencing severe and chronic back pain - with an unclear origin. Mon...
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30:32
Time Isn't Money, Honey - with Christie Bahna
Burnout + hustle culture. As bedroom becomes office and office becomes bedroom, how are you doing with that whoooooole work/life balance thing? Or maybe bedroom was never office but 'office' demands have utterly skyrocketed...
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35:26
Am I A Workaholic *or* The Systems In Place Are A Literal Nightmare? - with Ryan Stevens
How many times have you *humorously* described yourself as a workaholic — only to immediately feel an intense, super fun dread from the truth behind it? Productivity. Side hustle. Monetization. The list of stress-inducin...
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Psychedelics + Their Antidepressant Potential - with Jarrett Harris
Good trips. Bad trips. Spiritual trips. Future trips?Hot take. Psychedelics could be a significant alternative for treatment of depression. The thing is - this is not new information, but the criminalization of hallucinogens in the 60...
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32:20
College From My Goddamn Bedroom (Part 2)
Just how down were you to talk mental health when you were 18-ish? Not much? Not at all? Cool, we have that in common. (If your answer was very down, uh, what is your secret?) Meet Kaushik Mishra (he/him) - an inte...
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32:59
College From My Goddamn Bedroom (Part 1)
Was college a good (okay, or even maybe just decent) time for you? New friends, interesting thoughts, maybe a space of your own away from certain folks? Imagine having all that fully compromised halfway through. Cue: the story...
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30:57
Furloughs + Layoffs + Sound Therapy - with Armando Salas
Turning shit times into opportunity. Armando Salas (he/him) has experienced a ton of change. Nine months of furlough to an eventual layoff, scooting an entire roster of saxophone students to online lessons. But like, fuck, mak...
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30:51
Addiction. Aint. Simple. - with Erik Nochez
Overcoming substance abuse with more than just willpower. Join Lea as she talks with Erik Nochez (he/him), owner of Action Clutch and Next Level Wraps in East Los Angeles, as he shares his story on learning to live a sober and satisfying ...
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31:15
OCD + the Anxiety Hellhole of Social Media - with Hena Ashraf
One story, many layers. Queer, Muslim, South Asian migrant via the UK, filmmaker, & DJ hobbyist Hena Ashraf (she/her) joins Lea to keep it real on her lifelong experiences with obsessive compulsive disorder, the stories she chooses to...
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34:06
Running + Community + Mental Health - with Kari Weis
Challenging and redefining 'wellness culture' - For the month of the year that forces diet and exercise into our collective consumerist psyche, here's a real conversation on the deeper benefits of exercise -- beyond the surface level (abs and s...
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36:46
WTF We've Learned This Year (Do We Even Want to Look Back Tho?) - with Ky Romero
Fellow podcaster Ky Romero (he/him) *Mind Tasting Podcast* hits the mic to participate in some retrospective musings on what we remember from this year and how our relationship to the mind and to mental health has expanded in 2020. A dece...
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