Mindset By Dave Podcast

Intermittent Explosive Disorder With Asta

Today's guest is Asta, an amazingly strong member of our Twitch community. Asta is someone who suffers with the little know condition Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED).

IED basically means that whereas for most of us we feel anger growing gradually and have opportunities to diffuse or walk away, those with IED can go from calm to a full rage in an instant, which can be traumatic for both those around and of course the individual who has the condition too.

Asta shares their story here of how this condition was first noticed in them, how it was dealt with when they were younger and how now as an adult in their 40s they are finally finding answers on how to live a better life with it, rather tahn simply endure it.

Celebrating Autism with Clydie9

I had the pleasure of meeting Clydie at TwitchCon Amsterdam this year at a meetup for just chatting streamers. And he said something which let me knew I just had to have him on the show: "Autism awareness, or acceptance is not enough, we should be promoting autism celebration"

Autism is not something that is "wrong" with a person's brain, it is merely something that is "different" and often these differences are things that the neuro-typical world actually benefit from. However due to years of stigma and being treated as wrong, many autistic people still have low self image because they are simply not accepted in this world.

These differences are not there to just be aware of, or to simply be accepted. But instead celebrated for what they bring to the world and this is something that Clydie speaks very passionately about!

Overcoming Substance Abuse with Face

Growing up with a mother with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, Face like many neglected young folk had to find his own ways of coping with the world around him.

For Face this meant turning to alcohol and drugs and as we all know these things enter us in to cycles that are often (if not always) extremely difficult to remove ourselves from. Our entire worlds often get built around maintaining the habit.

Thankfully though Face was able to escape from this cycle, but not before losing a number of friends along the way. To this day he still lives with the repercussions of this period, however he is determined to build a better life for himself and also to let his story be either a cautionary tale to those not involved, or a ray of hope for those who see no way out.

Cold Water Therapy for Mental Health with Dare To Dip

Sam Phillips, known online as Dare To Dip was a person struggling with alcohol addiction and anxiety. He decided to look for the answers in a different kind of liquid, VERY cold water!

Sam set himself the challenge to get out in open water in the sea, every day for a year. Initially it was just for himself, but one of the amazing results of this project was the community he built along the way.

Sex Education Finally Gets Brought Up To Date with Valen Vain

Valen Vain is a performer, a sex educator and a "filth wizard" and if that doesn't entice you in then I don't know what will!

A lifelong performer, Valen like many creatives did took to the internet dring lockdown, initially to talk about performance. But as the lockdown rolled on and performances dried up he was left with the question "what else could I entertain this audience with" and the answer was sex... education that is!

Sex education as many of us will know is still stuck in the dark ages and for anyone who doesn't subscribe to "normal" (think heterosexual, missionary position and anything else just labels you a pervert) sex is left with a drastic lack of representation or even information.

Valen and his community aim to change all of that, by embracing all (consentual) forms of sex so long as you are safe, informed and on the same page. His streams are a combination of very up to date sex education and of course entertainment, whilst simultaneously holding space for the mental health of his community too! Or to put it in other words... wholesome chaos!

From Anorexia to Ambassador - Christina Taylor Discuses Eating Disorders

Christina Taylor grew up with atypical anorexia. After losing her grandmother and not having any guideance on how to navigate grief, Christina turned - as many of us do - to finding her own coping mechanism. This started with food - or rather with controlling food - but later developed into a side by side use of alcohol to help escape the feelings she was trying to run from.

This interview is Christina's story from anorexia, to recovery, to advocacy.

This interview was taken from Dave's enormous Mental Health Event - The Mental Health ULTRAMarathon. Where he interviewed 36 guests back to back over a 36 hour live stream. Each one discussing a different aspect of mental health.

Realigning Your Goals

Today is all about goal setting. Something i need regularly reminding of the power of, because the actually setting part is only such a small part of the goal itself that it's easy to glance right past how important it is.

Personally I have recently gone through a period where my goals were NOT defined. They needed an update since 2020 and all the changes that came with that; and instead of making new ones I just sidelined my existing ones and went into a very reactive mode. Repsonding only to what was happening, and losing sight of where I wanted things to go.

This is something I have no got back under control and I wanted to share that personal story with you along with hopefully encouraging you to look at your goals too. See how well defined they are and maybe make a few tweaks to better impact your direction!

Psychosis and Schizophrenia with Professor Paul Fletcher

Professor Paul Fletcher is a Cambridge Professor who specialises in psychosis and schizophrenia. As well as delivering ground breaking education on these topics, he was also recruited by the game company Ninja Theory as their mental health consultant for the smash hit game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

Here Paul talks about how he got into the field, what his hopes are for the future of care for those that suffer with these conditions, his role in Hellblade and so much more.

This interview was taken from Dave's enormous Mental Health Event - The Mental Health ULTRAMarathon. Where he interviewed 36 guests back to back over a 36 hour live stream. Each one discussing a different aspect of mental health.

Risk Taking Behaviour

I've been gone a while right? Well... I'm back and in today's episode I'm looking at a topic that can get very serious, particularly for young people, but really falling into risk taking behaviour cycles is something we can all do.

In this episode I talk all about how people get involved in risk taking behaviour, how it can escelate over time and a couple of ideas about how to get out of it!

There’s no Mental Health Awareness without Social Justice

Mental Health Awareness, isn't just about being aware that mental health is there, it's about being aware of the causes of it. And there are two (oversimplification) causes, internal and external. Social Justice is about creating a world where people are on a level playing field, meaning that the EXTERNAL componnents of mental health are all about social justice!