Episode 18: Mental Health

“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” Join us for a conversation about mental health and geek culture. We discuss the healing power of the geek community, why nerds stand up for each other, and how geek culture can challenge the stigma of mental illness. We share our top 5 mental health stories. Special guest, geek therapist Josué Cardona.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 – 51:33: Mental health and geek culture.
• 51:34 – 1:59:21: Top 5 mental health stories.

Links

• Growing Up Trekkie - How Star Trek Made Me Fall in Love with Psychology
• The Parallel Universe Where My Brother Lives
• The Healing Power of Stories
• ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, and Conventions
• Geek Therapy Podcast - Nerd Rage
• ‘Star Wars Kid’ goes on a media blitz 10 years later
• Geek Therapy Podcast - PAX East 2014
• Stephen Fry: My battle with mental illness
• What Battlestar Galactica Can Teach Us About Suicide Prevention
• Emma Stone: I Have a History of Panic Attacks
• Carrie Fisher’s “Bipolar Incident” Shows Progress in Fighting Stigma
• Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe Admits To Having An OCD 
• Depression Lies - Wil Wheaton 
• Trichotillomania: What Is The Disorder That Makes Olivia Munn Rip Out Her Eyelashes?
• Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight by Travis Langley
• The Arkham Sessions Podcast
• What is post-traumatic growth?
• Resilience and ordinary magic
• The Rise of Superhero Therapy: Comic Books as Psychological Treatment
• The Psychology of Spock: Past, Present, and Future

Top 5 Mental Health Stories

Josué: 

1. Depression Quest
2. Papo & Yo
3. I Kill Giants
4. Incorruptible Vol. 1
5. Spider-Man's spider-sense

Conrad: 

1. Harry Potter
2. Marbles
3. Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression & Depression Part Two
4. Sherlock (BBC)
5. Batman

Ali:

1. Marbles
2. Next to Normal
3. Before Midnight
4. Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression & Depression Part Two
5. Spock (2009's Star Trek, Star Trek Ongoing, Star Trek Into Darkness)

Honorable Mentions:

• What Dreams May Come (novel) 
• Vincent and the Doctor (Doctor Who)
• In Treatment
• The Sopranos
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)
• Something Terrible by Dean Trippe
• Years of the Elephant by Willy Linthout