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Harnessing Flow State Through Drumming | A Tool For Mental Health
Beat The Mental Health Out Of It! | Dark-Humor Conversations On Serious Mental Illness & Trauma
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In this episode, we explore how harnessing a flow state through drumming can effectively quiet intrusive thoughts and steady an anxious brain. We share real, lived experiences without sugar-coating the challenges faced, making tough days more manageable and survivable.
This candid mental health podcast dives deep into creativity and grounding techniques, focusing on practical micro-routines that you can truly integrate into your life. Discover innovative approaches to utilizing drumming as a form of "psych first aid," unpacking how flow influences attention and mood while tackling the symptoms of mental illness. Expect insightful conversation on how tiny reps can help you break free from perfectionism.
We cover essential topics like:
- Flow state 101—understanding the balance of challenge and skill necessary to achieve it
- How drumming serves as a grounding tool, creating a steady rhythm that calms anxiety
- The philosophy of process over product, emphasizing micro-sets, habit stacking, and low-friction reps
- Interrupting intrusive thoughts with helpful tactics like tempo breathing and body anchoring
Join us for an episode filled with actionable advice and warmth, supporting each other in navigating the complexities of mental health through creativity and rhythm!
Post your 10‑minute flow check-in on our Discord "The Struggle Bus"—flex on your future self! (link below)
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.
Want community and support? Join our Discord, “The Struggle Bus”: https://discord.gg/emFXKuWKNA
All links (TikTok, YouTube, Streaming, etc.): https://linktr.ee/BTMHOOI
Podcast cover art by Ryan Manning
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