It's easy to blame your mental health issues on your own weak character. Our latest (FREE! Subscribe!) has other culprits, including sleep apnea (seriously, check for that) and brain cells. Plus, stuff about @mikedougherty.bsky.social and @roxanegay.bsky.social. johnmoe.substack.com/p/who-to-bla...

We're taking a little holiday time so we're bringing back a fascinating episode with @mikedoughty.bsky.social. If you haven't heard it, please listen. Fascinating talk full of surprises and hope. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

This week's FREE newsletter has a deep dive into this week's podcast episode, bleak news on dating apps, and also a Wallace & Gromit video for you to enjoy. Yeah, kind of a rollercoaster. Again: free! Subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/johnmoe/...

A really important episode today, unlike any we've done before. Tom Johnson, who had a front row seat for so much history, talks about his career, his suicidal depression, and his regrets. We can't force you to listen, WOULD if we could, but we hope you do. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Too much here to put in one Bsky post so here's a screenshot from what I put on the Preshies group on Facebook. Tune in.

Been writing this FREE newsletter for years. May have finally written the perfect headline and subheadline: GOOD NEWS on Anger, Home Depression Treatment, Mental Health Funding Also: chimps are putting sticks in their butts for fashion and we have that story too johnmoe.substack.com/p/good-news-...

Your anger is something to be understood, not feared. In fact, it's a feature. not a bug. It's your brain's way of alerting you to injustice, against you, against loved ones, against society. We unpack anger and what to do with it this week with Dr. Ryan Martin. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Double shot show this week! First! The negative mental health effects of unemployment and how to manage them with the NYT's Christina Caron. Then! The positive mental health effects of horror films. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest (FREE!) newsletter has the suckiness of unemployment on your mental health and what to do about it plus the mental health *benefits* of horror movies and nitrous oxide. Plus, John loses his shit a little and rails about capitalism. johnmoe.substack.com/p/things-tha...

All our newsletters are interesting but this one is REALLY interesting: - @maureenjohnsonbooks.com on anxiety, monsters - AI therapy app creator shuts it off, says it's too dangerous - Rage rooms make you feel worse - Cutting WAY back on social media helps johnmoe.substack.com/p/giving-you...

GREAT new episode with @maureenjohnsonbooks.com about anxiety, Gossamer (did you know that monster was named Gossamer?), IRON, detective work, and solving puzzles of the detective, mental health, and puzzle varieties. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

A surprise bonus mini-sode today! In This Family, produced by John Moe, is all about the complex intersection of family and mental health. The host of that show, Dr. Michelle K. Murray, has some advice on getting through and even enjoying family holidays. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

This week's (free! subscribe!) newsletter goes on a real roller coaster. You may get enraged (by AI and Meta), intrigued (by our pod guest), and you may laugh hard (the dark chocolate ad). johnmoe.substack.com/p/summary-pe...

We're in a mental health crisis in America. That's leading to more construction workers being incapacitated or dead by suicide. That makes construction costs higher. That makes housing more expensive. Mental health crisis = everything crisis. kutv.com/news/local/m...

Fascinating show this week. Esmé Weijun Wang is a brilliant writer who has experienced depression, psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, and Cotard's delusion. That's where you believe that you're actually dead. She tells us what THAT'S like. Our minds are amazing. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest Depresh Mode newsletter (free! subscribe!) has info on our pod episode this week that might make you mad, stress as superpower, the mental health devastation of unemployment, and also some genetic info on Hitler's mental health (it wasn't good.) johnmoe.substack.com/p/the-show-m...

Our guest this week, Sarah Fay, says mental illness is very real but mental health diagnoses are not scientifically valid. She says identifying with your diagnosis blocks your path to recovery. This episode might feel liberating or it might upset people. Maybe both. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest newsletter (FREE! You should subscribe!) talks SAMHSA cuts, psychedelic rewiring, new lawsuits against ChatGPT, heartbreaking NFL news, and also Biggie just killing it at 17 years old. johnmoe.substack.com/p/scary-gove...

Had a great conversation with John last week about how the Trump admin has gutted SAMHSA/the ramifications for dismantling the fed agency overseeing mental health and addiction treatment. Here's the story we talk about, written/reported w/ @levfacher.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...

This week, we examine the dramatic cuts to SAMHSA, the gov't agency in charge of supporting addiction, suicide prevention, and mental health programs receiving federal funding. More than half the employees are gone since January. Huge news story and it's personal. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

SAD (seasonal affective disorder) is a term that's gone out of fashion. Now: major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern, which almost forms the acronym MUD WASP. Learn what a top mental health expert says about how to make winter bearable as mud wasps descend. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest Depresh Mode newsletter (always FREE) has info on how to survive a mud wasp attack. And by that, we mean seasonal affective disorder. Plus, great results for psychoactive drugs and text therapy. johnmoe.substack.com/p/learn-thes...

Latest (FREE!) newsletter has: - the mental health problem of whiteness - maybe we need to look at cells and not neurotransmitters - postpartum detection - Ira Glass being bold and maybe wrong? - and more! johnmoe.substack.com/p/are-we-all...

Now there's a title: HOW I KNOW WHITE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY and Other Stories. We welcome author Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter for a fascinating talk on the mental health problem that whiteness presents for everyone, regardless of race. Really fascinating discussion. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

I'm producing a fascinating podcast called In This Family, which is all about families and mental health. Latest episode features a great conversation with @anamariecox.bsky.social about complicated childhoods, substance use, family grudges, and healing. www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/ana-...

New FREE newsletter edition available. Yes, we talk about the SSRI thing but also: good news on college students' mental health, good news on MRIs, and much more! johnmoe.substack.com/p/is-the-gov...

Pretty important show this week, to be brutally honest. It's about whether the U.S. government will take away your antidepressants. Upshot: they absolutely want to. Will they? Well... not YET. Don't panic. But pay attention. War may be coming. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

We have a show coming out on Monday about whether the U.S. government wants to take away your SSRIs. The not-at-all-reassuring answer? ..... Not yet.

Really fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with P.E. Moskowitz @pempem.bsky.social this week about drugs, trauma, and whether the problems you're having are you having an illness or you living in a sick world. You'll want to hear this one. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest edition of our FREE newsletter has: - the debate of whether you have an illness or you just leave in a diseased world - terrifying layoffs - foraging - comic strips - baldness = good johnmoe.substack.com/p/maybe-your...

I've had a wonderful experience producing the podcast series In This Family. It's about mental health as it travels through families of origin and on to families we create. This week we have a fascinating talk with Dr. Joseph Lee of Hazelden Betty Ford. www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/dr-j...

When you think of people with depression and anxiety, you don't think of folks like Kendall Toole. Entrepreneur, former star instructor on Peloton, confident, poised, in great shape, former USC cheerleader. Mental illness doesn't care. It'll get you anyway. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

This week's newsletter is way less bleak than many editions: the power of kittens, hairdressers responding to a mental health crisis, some stuff about sugar that's a little distressing but good to find out. Subscribe for free! AND READ THE KITTEN STORY. open.substack.com/pub/johnmoe/...

Editing show for next week. Interview ends with guest talking about her mental state resembling Tina Turner - can be sweet but can be rough also. Torn whether to go out with uptempo part of "Proud Mary" or "We Don't Need Another Hero". Hey our show isn't easy.

New Depresh Mode newsletter is up! - Springsteen! - Ketamine - Sensible global policy! - Mysterious wedding guest who no one knows! - Many dogs! - Anxiety in the womb! Subscribe for freeeeee! johnmoe.substack.com/p/maybe-spri...

Anne was 59. Had been hospitalized for depression, received rounds of ECT, survived an emotionally abusive childhood. Then she went to a Springsteen show. Her *first ever* concert. It changed everything. So she followed Bruce to Australia. Hell of a story this week. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Okay, the good news: one lady has found the cure for depression and anxiety. The bad news: you have to spend a lot of time with tarantulas, who are God's true monsters. Subscribe for free to our Depresh Mode newsletter! johnmoe.substack.com/p/nervous-br...

A couple years ago, singer/songwriter Emma Swift @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social had a nervous breakdown & psychotic episode. She was hospitalized for several weeks. Then got better and wrote some amazing songs. She walks us through all of it in a fascinating interview. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

This week's Depresh Mode newsletter has some very scary stuff and some hopeful stuff and some stuff about how great it is to be bored. Always free to subscribe. johnmoe.substack.com/p/ai-psychos...

People are using AI bots like ChatGPT, losing touch with reality, and ending up hospitalized or dead. It's being called AI psychosis, which is a pretty alarming name but seems pretty accurate. This week's show explores it. Important and disturbing listen. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

John here. Editing next week's show, which is about AI psychosis. At one point, I use the phrase, "the robot mommy who's going to kill us all." Gonna be a great episode! Please don't kill me, robot mommy.

Delighted to welcome Alex Edelman to the show this week. Emmy and Tony winner for his one-man show Just For Us and one of the stars of The Paper. We talk about those shows, psychic damage, ADHD, grief and so much more. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

In the latest issue of the (free!) newsletter: - Arranging your home for better mental health - AI psychosis - All the places we can hang out this fall - In defiance of MC Skat Kat, opposites DO NOT attract - Good news on post-partum depression treatment open.substack.com/pub/johnmoe/...

What is your clutter, your design, the overall THING of your home design doing to your mental health? We have Dr. Beverly Walpole to talk about the way you live and the relationship to the way your mind works. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Our latest newsletter, totally free to subscribe, is now available. Big news on the power of lithium plus why Bill Hader wasn't on the SNL 50th anniversary, people doing amazing things with yo-yos and dance moves, and tennis and Broadway stars putting you to sleep. open.substack.com/pub/johnmoe/...

Denise Winkelman is a: - comedian with a new debut special - transgender lesbian woman - former pro wrestler - person with chronic pain and fibromyalgia - fascinating human being with an amazing story - our guest on the podcast this week You'll want to hear this one. maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Our show this week features Ashly Burch, acclaimed actor, maker, swell person. She has a new YouTube show about mental health featuring puppets and swears. We discuss ANXIETY, EMDR, trauma, and, you know, puppets. maximumfun.org/podcasts/dep... I'm glad she's here. And I'm happy too.

Our newsletter is FREE to subscribe, it's great, subscribe now. Latest issue has info on how your smartphone habits can be analyzed for indications of mental illness risk. Also, despite what Hollywood and the press tell you, violent crime is way way down. open.substack.com/pub/johnmoe/...

I can't summarize our amazing interview with author and comedian Tiffany Jenkins this week so here are things that come up: Anxiety Addiction Stealing a cop's guns Selling them for drugs Passive suicidal ideation Comedy! Refusing to give kids grapes b/c choking terror maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Latest edition of our FREE Depresh Mode newsletter has alarming information on the FDA's approach to SSRIs, intriguing developments on mandatory mental health screenings in public schools, and how to upload a picture to a bird and then download it from a bird. johnmoe.substack.com/p/oh-dear-th...