In this episode, we delve into how infidelity, alcohol misuse, and family trauma can devastate lives, while exploring what real mental health recovery looks like.

Join us for a candid discussion on betrayal, trauma, and suicidal ideation, as well as practical recovery tools that help rebuild lives without erasing the past.
We shine a light on the impact of betrayal trauma on a family’s dynamics and how recognizing alcohol as a coping trap can open paths toward healing.

Josh shares insights on co-parenting for child stability without weaponizing them, along with strategies for establishing accountability, boundaries, and making room for repair.
Listeners will benefit from understanding how to rebuild trust and identity while honoring the past, providing a roadmap for personal growth and recovery.

Draft one boundary line you’ll use this week (e.g., “I won’t discuss adult issues in front of the kids”). Post it on our Discord "The Struggle Bus"—Guff will wordsmith it with you! (link below)

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Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! is a candid mental health podcast with lived experience—schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia spectrum psychosis, BPD, PTSD, trauma recovery, coping skills, and dark humor that fights stigma.

Hosted by Nicholas Wichman (“The DEFECTIVE Schizoaffective”) with frequent co-host Tony Medeiros, ("IndyPocket"), we talk serious mental illness, psych wards, religious trauma, bad therapy, meds, disability, and messy real-world coping.

New episodes drop every other Monday at 6am ET.

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Podcast cover art by Ryan Manning