Man vs Mind

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Switching anxiety meds destroyed me – but I'm back! | Man vs Medication

2026-06-2332:58

His knees were weak, palms sweaty, and before you think Tim's rapping along to Lose Yourself, he's actually describing two of the four billion bloody symptoms he had while changing meds. Apparently serotonin withdrawl is a real thing and f*ck me it's savage.So once he got his head clear, him and J went through it all blow by bizarre blow, before digging into J's head as he prepares to become a daddy again.Fatherhood. It's a big one. You know what that means...🚨 *Incoming mini-series alert* 🚨Head to patreon.com/c/manvsmindpod for some periodic extra stuff for free and for paid if you like us a lot.

My Apple Watch made me obsessive – so I binned it | Man vs Obsessive Behaviour

2026-06-1746:35

Tim's psychiatrist says he's exhibiting strong obsessive and neurotic tendancies...So Tim's spiralling, obvs. He's also mid-medication change (hello Prozac my old friend) – his head is all over the friggin place this week, and makes no attempt to hide it.They go over how smart gadgets and health-tracking tech actually feed obsessive behaviours, and Tim's experience ditching his scales and Apple Watch.Then Tim absolutely goes off the deep end about how Big Tech sells you the healthy solution to the lazy, snacky modern life. Because CaPiTaLiSm BrO 🛸Oh and there's talk about vinyl records in space. For real.

Why do men cry over football? | Man vs FIFA World Cup 2026 (Que Sera, Sera, We're Going to Therapy)

2026-06-0839:52

With the World Cup 2026 kicking off, Tim and J tackle the question no man really wants answered: why does watching 22 strangers kick a ball reduce functional adults to tears?It's about sport, finding a sense of belonging, tribalism, and the awkward fact that football is one of the only socially-accepted places men are allowed to cry.They get into the teams you're born into versus the ones you pick, hooliganism as accidental group therapy, and the crushing anti-climax of your club finally winning something after seventy years – only to find the birds don't sing louder the next morning.It's also the episode that accidentally started this whole show.Que sera, sera. We're going to therapy.(Bee tee dubs, Tim recorded the entire thing in sunglasses, indoors, in the dark. He maintains this is a rock star aesthetic and not, as it obviously is, conjunctivitis.)You can watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon (for free, dw). Sign up here!

I feel happy but seem "miserable" – why? | Man vs Happiness (pt 2)

2026-06-0150:04

Tim and J return to happiness, four months after part one (you can blame a certain someone across the pond...). Tim arrives fresh from therapy, where he and his therapist exchanged a foot five (wtf?).He's ditched the scales, he's lifting heavier weights in the gym... and shaved his own hair off... so yeah he seems pretty stable.J snapped at a colleague for the first time in his life, spent an hour apologising, and the guys get into who really benefits from an apology.They also cover feeling happy versus seeming it, how Tim's son nearly destroyed him with a toy flower, and why Bhutan measures Happiness instead of GDP. (Also: J climbed Mount Kenya, saw nothing at the top, and nearly shat himself.)

I'm healthier than ever, so why do I feel worse about my body? | Man vs Body Image (again)

2026-05-2540:42

Tim and J return to body image – a year after their first three episodes on the subject, which apparently achieved very little for Tim personally.Despite quitting smoking, cutting back on the booze, and actually going to the gym again, his relationship with his own reflection has somehow got worse. They get into that, in detail, and J sets Tim a challenge.J, meanwhile, has lost a tonne of weight since starting ADHD medication and taken up intermittent fasting for reasons that turn out to be surprisingly well-researched.Together they cover obsession, ChatGPT as a personal trainer (verdict: relentlessly positive, close-to-useless), and why "thinner" and "healthier" are not most definitely NOT the same thing.Also featuring: gym mirror narcissists, a 90km bike ride attempted with no preparation whatsoever, and the Excel World Cup (yup, it's real, and it's a serious thing).

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