Stay ConnectedJourney into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist, (and all around spooky ghoul), as she explores how horror is really a mirror into ourselves.
If you’re someone who watches horror movies and thinks — that nasty old well that Samara climbs out of in The Ring is really a metaphor for her grief — or Ghostface at his core is a spectre of intergenerational trauma… then tune in to explore how mental health themes are portrayed in the world of horror.
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As Norman Bates likes to say, a boy's best friend is his mother.
...Right?
This episode takes a look at the book The Hitchcock Hotel (2024) and horror classic Psycho (1960) in this maternal enmeshment extravaganza!
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services, both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.
This month's Final Girls Club feature workshop is Nightmare-morphosis. It's taking place on November 28, and it’s a live online psychotherapeutic workshop, where final girls are invited to bring a nightmare of their choosing to work with. Using our creative capacities and active imaginations, we will safely re-enter and co-create with our dreamscapes to metamorphize the nightmare, reducing its emotional charge while introducing a more empowered, supportive narrative.
I love hearing from you spooky ghouls! Want a chance to have your story read on a future episode of Mental Health is Horrifying? If you’d like to share what horror movies mean to you, how they have helped you with your mental health, or about a particular horror movie that you have thoughts and feelings about, send me some Ghoul Mail.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
Hann-Morrison, D. (2012). Maternal Enmeshment: The Chosen Child. Sage Open, 2(4).
Attachment in Psychotherapy by David J. Wallin
Stephanie Wrobel Discusses Her Inspiration for ‘The Hitchcock Hotel’ By Andy Burns
In this special BONUS Halloween episode, let’s explore Trick ‘r Treat (2007), and the importance of Halloween for your mental health.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
Instagram: @mentalhealthishorrifying
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario) and specialize in grief and trauma.
This month in the Final Girls Club, check out Your Hallowed Halloween Kit. I created this kit as a way to help you slow down and appreciate this most sacred time in the wheel of the year, with Halloween rituals designed to support your mental health. From tarot spreads, dreamwork exercises, and an activity to help you find your monster movie soulmate as a portrait of your own psychic terrain – each ritual is informed by depth psychology and is designed to help you connect with your own depths, be intentional with the magic around you, and harness Halloween’s true meaning, legends, and traditions as a pathway back to yourself.
As a special treat for my hallowed listeners, save $5 when using code TRICKRTREAT.
Each month, Apple Podcasts selects podcasts to include as part of its curated feature section. And this month, Mental Health is Horrifying is featured under Spooky Stories. Thank you so much to Apple Podcasts for this feature, and for elevating spookiness as an art form. Check out my feature on the Apple Podcasts app under the Browse tab, and be sure to check out all the other deliciously spooky podcasts included in the section.
I love hearing from you spooky ghouls! Want a chance to have your story read on a future episode of Mental Health is Horrifying? If you’d like to share what horror movies mean to you, how they have helped you with your mental health, or about a particular horror movie that you have thoughts and feelings about, send me some Ghoul Mail.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
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Halloween: Origins, Meaning & Traditions
History Extra podcast: Work-life balance: how our ancestors fought for free time
This special Halloween episode explores the absolute classic Halloween (1978) and its portrayal of Laurie Strode’s over-functioning anxiety in her pursuit to uphold the mantle of the perfect final girl.
As a psychotherapist for final girls, this episode is a love letter to all of you.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
Instagram: @mentalhealthishorrifying
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services, but individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. This month's feature is Your Hallowed Halloween Kit.
I love hearing from you spooky ghouls! Want a chance to have your story read on a future episode of Mental Health is Horrifying? If you’d like to share what horror movies mean to you, how they have helped you with your mental health, or about a particular horror movie that you have thoughts and feelings about, send me some Ghoul Mail.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Women by Heather B. Howell, Olga Brawman-Mintzer, Jeannine Monnier, Kimberly A. Yonkers, Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2001
I don’t know what the deal is with all of you who didn’t find Longlegs scary, because this movie straight up gave me intrusive thoughts! This episode talks about those thoughts, how I learned to challenge my Nicolas Cage-related intrusive thoughts, and how you can challenge yours too through cognitive strategies and (seemingly paradoxically) through horror.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services, but individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.
I love hearing from you spooky ghouls! Want a chance to have your story read on a future episode of Mental Health is Horrifying? If you’d like to share what horror movies mean to you, how they have helped you with your mental health, or about a particular horror movie that you have thoughts and feelings about, send me some Ghoul Mail.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
Neuroanatomy, Parasympathetic Nervous System by Jacob Tindle and Prasanna Tadi in National Library of Medicine
Let’s talk about Trap (2024) and about how teen heartthrobs, fantasy, and nostalgia are actually beneficial to our mental health by exploring self-psychology concepts of selfobject needs and reparative relationships.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:
Want to work together? I offer 1:1 psychotherapy (Ontario), along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services, both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club. Visit my website to learn more.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
Between Therapist and Client: The New Relationship by Michael Kahn
Nostalgia as a Resource for Psychological Health and Well-Being by Clay Routledge, Tim Wildschut , Constantine Sedikides, and Jacob Juhl in Social and Personality Psychology Compass 7/11 (2013): 808–818, 10.1111/spc3.12070
‘It Was Never My Intention to Be a Heartthrob’: Josh Hartnett on Finding His Focus, Shedding the Darkness of ‘Black Mirror’ and That ‘Bats— Crazy’ ‘Trap’ Script by Emily Longeretta
This episode talks about 2024 gothic romance horror comedy delight Lisa Frankenstien and its portrayal of the grieving process through the eyes of Lisa in all her sensitive, emo, goth teen glory. This movie is quirky, and silly, and romantic, and touching and I’m so glad that it exists and that it pays a beautiful tribute to its godmother, Mary Shelley.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Whether you have lost a beloved person or pet, Love Letters For The Dead offers you a space to process, feel, and be with your experience of grief for your dearly departed. Over a two week period, you will receive writing prompts, audio recordings, tarot exercises, and dreamwork rituals delivered to your inbox, along with a place to share memories of and feelings about your dearly departed.
All you need is your heart, a journal, and a tarot or oracle deck.
We begin on the dark moon of August 3.
Early bird pricing is available until July 26. Visit manymoonstherapy.com/finalgirlsclub to learn more and to register.
Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
Undergoing the situation: Emotional dwelling is more than empathic understanding by Robert D. Storlow
Mary Shelley’s Haunted Life by Caroline Macon Fleischer
Mental Health Resources:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape
If you were staying at a spooky old mansion for the weekend and you found a condemned tarot deck in the basement that definitely looked haunted… would you read from the deck? Or would you run?
I guess your answer depends on the power you believe that a deck of cards can have. Because even the non-believers — even those who think that tarot cards are fake and just a bunch of hocus pocus — even they seem scared to sit down and watch their fate unfold in front of them. If it’s not real, what are you so afraid of?
On today's episode, we're going to talk about Tarot (2024) and its portrayal of the cards as a mirror into the deepest, darkest places of our psyches.
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Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey by Sallie Nichols
‘Tarot’ Movie Co-Director Details How New Horror Thriller Deals Fresh Hand To Audiences by Tim Lammers
Jungian Perspective on the Tarot by Ken James
Modalities of Psychotherapy, CRPO
Have you ever been in the middle of experiencing something so strange, or so cruel or surreal that you think to yourself – I have to be in some kind of nightmare? Well, what if you were? What if it was “all one great big movie”... uhh I mean nightmare?
What if Scream is actually Sidney Prescott’s trauma nightmare? Let’s explore that theory and look at how Scream (1996) portrays the formation of trauma and how it can manifest into nightmares.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Hey final girls — we all have psychic capabilities. And learning how to tap into those innate capabilities can unlock a doorway to a world rich with meaning beyond what we can perceive with our conscious, waking minds. I invite you to join Through the Dream Veil, my 5-week email course where you will learn how to heighten your psychic capabilities by learning how to develop your own personal dreamwork practice, nurture a relationship with the dream realm, and embody the magic of your dreams to unveil a deeper understanding of both your personal and the collective unconscious.
Beginning and the May 6 dark moon, you will receive psychoeducaiton about dreams, a framework for developing your own personal dreamwork practice, and an audio guided journey into your unconscious where you will be guided to discover what a dream of your choosing means to you.
Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung
Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper) by C.G. Jung
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise von Franz and Kendra Crossen
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood Formula by Alexandra West
Does spending a weekend in a haunted house conducting paranormal investigations with a bunch of other spooky weirdos sound preferable to spending it with your codependent family members? Yes? Then pack your bags, sister.
We’re heading to Hill House to talk about The Haunting (1968) and its portrayal of caregiver burnout.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Hey final girls — I’d like to take you on a transcendent journey into your psyche through — you guessed — horror movies! More specifically, horror movie monsters and villains. Join me on a very special dark moon/solar eclipse this April 8 for the Final Girls Club where we’ll be exploring How Monsters Show Us Our Guts. Informed by Jungian exploration of myths and fairy tales as portraits of psychic terrain, in this workshop, we will explore how we project our unconscious shadows onto our favourite horror monsters and villains, and imagine the creation of our own monsters as an act of emotional catharsis and reclamation of self. Register HERE.
Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempomint.
West ML, Keller AE. Parentification of the child: a case study of Bowlby's compulsive care-giving attachment pattern. Am J Psychother. 1991 Jul;45(3):425-31. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.425. PMID: 1951790.
The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson by Zoë Heller
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
How would you feel if one day you tried to login to your online social media accounts, only to discover that they were locked and your online persona had taken on a life of its own? Pretty scary stuff, eh?
Cam is an obvious commentary on the nature of camming and is based on writer Isa Mazzei’s own experiences as a cam girl, but what I’m most interested in is how this movie reflects the increasingly ego-focused nature of our society, and what happens when the ego is not in balance with the rest of the archetypal self. (spoiler alert: it’s bad.)
Let’s talk about Cam (2018) and its portrayal of the ego run amok.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Hey final girls — I’d like to take you on a transcendent journey into your psyche through — you guessed — horror movies! More specifically, horror movie monsters and villains. Join me on a very special dark moon/solar eclipse this April 8 for the Final Girls Club where we’ll be exploring How Monsters Show Us Our Guts. Informed by Jungian exploration of myths and fairy tales as portraits of psychic terrain, in this workshop, we will explore how we project our unconscious shadows onto our favourite horror monsters and villains, and imagine the creation of our own monsters as an act of emotional catharsis and reclamation of self. Early bird final girl rate is in effect until March 1. Register by visiting manymoonstherapy.com/finalgirlsclub.
Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
This Horror Screenwriter Subverted Every Shitty Sex Work Trope by Frederick Blichert
Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11: Psychology and Religion: West and East by C.G. Jung
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise von Franz, Kendra Crossen
Remember lockdown? I know I'm sorry — I know you don’t want to, but I think it’s worth considering for the sake of talking about Host (2020) and its genius encapsulation of the total anxiety of Covid lockdown.
We’re in the depths of winter anyway, so why not hunker down at home at relive the horrors of Zoom hangouts with friends? And you know what might make It a bit more fun — is if we throw a séance in there.
Let’s talk about Host (2020) and its portrayal of lockdown anxiety.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Hey final girls — speaking of getting haunted during a virtual meeting, registration is now open for the February meeting of the Final Girls Club where you’ll get to experience Dream Walk With Me — a live, experiential dreamwork journey where we will uncover the hidden meanings behind the symbols, archetypes and messages held within your dreams. Early bird final girl rate is in effect until February 1. Register by visiting manymoonstherapy.com/finalgirlsclub.
Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
'Host' Director Breaks Down The Mythology You May Have Missed & That Ending Shot By Perri Nemiroff
Hwang TJ, Rabheru K, Peisah C, Reichman W, Ikeda M. Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct;32(10):1217-1220. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220000988. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32450943; PMCID: PMC7306546. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306546/
How 'Host' director Rob Savage went from viral tweet to 3-movie deal By Sam Haysom
Has School Become Optional? By Alec MacGillis
The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use by Nirmita Panchal, Heather Saunders, Robin Rudowitz, and Cynthia Cox
Mental health and the pandemic: What U.S. surveys have found by John Gramlich
Pongou R, Ahinkorah BO, Maltais S, Mabeu MC, Agarwal A, Yaya S. Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. PLoS One. 2022 Nov 17;17(11):e0277238. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277238. PMID: 36395148; PMCID: PMC9671380.
Eric B. Elbogen, Megan Lanier, Sarah C. Griffin, Shannon M. Blakey, Jeffrey A. Gluff, H. Ryan Wagner, and Jack Tsai. A National Study of Zoom Fatigue and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Future Remote Work. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.Jul 2022.409-415.
“Misinformation” vs. “Disinformation”: Get Informed On The Difference
Let’s talk about Krampus (2015) — everyone’s favourite half goat, half demon creature who has come to punish all the misbehaving children and dysfunctional families on Christmas — as a symbol for seasonal depression.
It’s no surprise that December is a month of peak seasonal depression despite being labelled as the most wonderful time of the year. People tend to be ultra stressed out during the holidays — in particular at the prospect of spending time with their families. Oh the cognitive dissonance! So who better to reflect the true horrors of the season than a terrifying goat demon who brings along with him killer gingerbread men, teddy bears, and a jack in the box from hell?
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Hey final girls — I have an exciting group experience coming in the new year that will guide you through dreamwork exploration. Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to know when this launches in January.
Krampus by Amy Tikkanen in Encyclopedia Britannica
Behind the scenes of Christmas horror movie Krampus with Wellington's Weta Workshop by Collette Devlin
Seasonal Affective Disorder, John Hopkins Medicine
Krampus Origin Story | Krampus (2015)
The Simpsons - Krusty Doll Set To Evil
Christmas Shopping with Cousin Eddie
Champ Kind intro
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance by Leon Festinger
Holiday joy despite narcissistic relationships by Doctor Ramani
Let’s talk about Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023) and its portrayal of the personal unconscious through dreams.
K so the reason I went to see this movie is because Matthew Lillard is in it and I think he is one of THE BEST horror film actors of all time and I will see anything he is in. But I was SO pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this movie! I immediately saw that this movie was about the navigation of trauma through dreamwork and Jungian archetypes — AND there were adorable murderous animatronic critters who love pizza and singing songs so like… what’s there not to like?
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst from Contempomint.
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Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Hey final girls — I have an exciting group experience coming in the new year that will guide you through dreamwork exploration. Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to know when this launches.
Consciousness and the Unconscious: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich, Volume 2: 1934 by C.G. Jung and Ernst Falzeder
Jung's Model of the Psyche by Ann Hopwood
Five Nights At Freddy's Breaks Major Horror Movie Box Office Record Of 2023 by Nick Bythrow
Five Nights at Freddy’s, the cult horror game turned movie, explained by Aja Romano
What Is Dream Theory and How Does It Work in Five Nights at Freddy's? by Cassidy Ward
Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) by C.G. Jung
Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Them by Hans Biedermann
On this special Halloween episode, I’m going to risk having my horror hall pass revoked by diving into a movie that is uhhh not TECHNICALLY a horror movie, but I believe still deserves a place somewhere in the genre for reasons we will explore in the episode — HOCUS POCUS (1993)!
It’s for the same reason that I believe so strongly that everybody should be able to connect with feelings of pure joy and excitement as they relate to Halloween, that I also believe that horror is for EVERYBODY no matter how much terror you can withstand. I have developed a theory to explore this —and it’s called the Spooky/Scary Spectrum.
Okay so let’s talk about Hocus Pocus and my PATENTED Spooky/Scary Spectrum of horror and how it relates to the nervous system!
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst from Contempomint.
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Order The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Be sure to check out my Instagram @manymoonstherapy for a diagram of the Spooky/Scary spectrum, and to see what movies I placed on the spectrum for myself! Why don’t you give it a try too?
Hocus Pocus (1993) Trailer, Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Learning in the panic zone: strategies for managing learner anxiety by Rob Palethorpe, John P. Wilson in Journal of European Industrial Training
How ‘Hocus Pocus’ Went From Box Office Bomb to Disney’s Halloween Darling by And Ortiz
15 surprising things you probably never knew about 'Hocus Pocus’ by Marilyn La Jeunesse
Scream Therapy: The Mental Health Benefits of Horror Movies
How Scary Movies Can Help You De-Stress, According to Science by Kim Wong-Shing
Why Do We Keep Going Back? A Q Method Analysis of Our Attraction to Horror Movies. Operant Subjectivity by Robinson, T. ., Callahan, C., & Evans, K.
Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic by Coltan Scriver, John A. Johnson, Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen, Mathias Clasen
Neuroanatomy, Parasympathetic Nervous System by Jacob Tindle and Prasanna Tadi
So — have you heard about this tape?
Let’s talk about The Ring (2002) and its portrayal of grief, nature vs nurture, and the psycho-therapeutic theory of emotional dwelling.
There are many readings of what the metaphors in this movie are really about. And for a lot of people this movie is about technology — viral media and misinformation, technology as a virus, technophobia etc etc — but for me, this movie is so much about grief! Like — it just is! Miscarriages! Murder! Hauntings! Girls in wells! Grief.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Psychoanalytic Dialogues 26: 103-108 Walking the Tightrope of Emotional Dwelling by George E. Atwood, Phd and Robert D. Stolorow, Phd
Undergoing the situation: Emotional dwelling is more than empathic understanding by Robert D. Storlow
Epigenetics and Child Development: How Children’s Experiences Affect Their Genes
How "Ringu" (1998) Embodies Cultural Fear by Daniel Hess
'The Ring' at 20: Millennial Horror That's Still Infecting Movies Today by Beatrice Loayza
You Won’t Regret Rewatching The Ring by Kevin Townsend, Sophie Gilbert, David Sims, and Lenika Cruz
Let’s talk about They Live (1988) and its portrayal of mental health themes of oppression, manifestation vs. reality, and the attention economy and ADHD.
They Live focuses on an ordinary man who discovers an alien race has been controlling the human population through subliminal messaging that promotes vapid consumerism. Is this a documentary? Maybe.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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As a special gift for my hallowed listeners, for a limited time use promo code HORRIFYING20 for 20% off The Horror Concierge: A Mental Health and Horror Tarot Readings + Film Reco. Order yours HERE.
Trickle-Down Behavior Analysis by Mark R. Dixon
American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition. Arlington, VA., American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Association of Digital Media Use With Subsequent Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Adolescents. by Ra CK, Cho J, Stone MD, De La Cerda J, Goldenson NI, Moroney E, Tung I, Lee SS, Leventhal AM.
They Live Fight Scene: Secret Behind Cinema’s Greatest Brawl by Tim Buckler
Consumer Price Index: Annual review, 2022
What Does Barbie’s Box Office Bonanza Mean for Mattel Stock? by Jaime Katz
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy by Jonathan Taplin
What Was the Subprime Meltdown? What Happened and Consequences by Will Kenton
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Work of Byron Katie by Byron Katie
Paying Attention: The Attention Economy by BER Staff
It’s summertime, ghouls! It’s hot, it’s humid, and wouldn’t you non-vampire people just love a day on the beach? Or are you afraid to go in the water? On today’s episode, I’m going to be talking about the OG summer blockbuster that made everyone afraid to go in the water, Jaws (1975).
Let’s talk about Jaws as a metaphor for emotional avoidance, its portrayal of existential themes of meaning vs meaninglessness, and believe it or not — pet and animal grief!
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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‘Jaws’: The Groundbreaking Summer Blockbuster that Changed Hollywood, and Our Summer Vacations, Forever by Sven Mikulec
The Real-Life Drama That Almost Prevented Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' From Being Made by Lloyd Farley
Attachment and Loss by John Bowlby
The Strange Situation by Mary Ainsworth
Staring at the sun: Overcoming the terror of death by Irvin Yalom
The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
What Song Quint Keeps Singing In Jaws by Kevin Maclean
Repressing Emotions by Angelica Attard Ph.D.
Veterinarians group fighting 'staggering' statistics on death by suicide in profession by Kevin Yarr
Not One More Vet
Replacing animal agriculture and shifting to a plant-based diet could drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to new model by Ker Than
On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws by Olivia Rutigliano
Steven Spielberg Regrets How ‘Jaws’ Impacted Real-World Sharks by Jacquelyne Germain
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Let’s talk about the apocalyptic— today’s forecast is misty with a chance of monsters — low key 2007 creature feature, The Mist.
I had seen this movie a handful of times over the years and upon a rewatch for this episode, I really wanted this movie to just be about climate change. It’s easy to see it that way pure and simple — there’s literally monsters in the mist outside that prevent people from going out lest they get eaten. But on closer inspection, there is so much much more going on here and begs the question — is climate change really just environmental terrorism? And who exactly is the real monster here?
This episode explores the film’s portrayal of climate anxiety, a psychological concept called sense-making, in and out groups, spiritual bypassing, and hopelessness. Good times!
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood Formula by Alexandra West https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-1990s-teen-horror-cycle/
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9827912-incognito
Canada wildfires: US East Coast sees worst air quality in years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65828469
The Social Psychology of Organizing by Karl E. Weick https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/134489
Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us Vs. Them by Shakil Choudhury https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/26781095
Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation by John Welwood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14457.Toward_a_Psychology_of_Awakening
‘The Mist’ Is Still Relevant for Unfortunate Reasons by Kristen Lopez
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mist-is-still-relevant-unfortunate-reasons-1060573/
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91953.Leviathan
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Mental Health Resources:
Assaulted Women’s Help Line
awhl.org
416-863-0511
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
camh.net
416-535-8501
Distress Centres of Toronto
dcogt.com
416-408-4357
Gerstein Crisis Centre
gersteincentre.org
416-929-5200
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape
trccmwar.ca
416-597-8808
Victim Services Toronto
victimservicestoronto.com
416-808-7066
Let's talk about the blood-soaked, prom queen of our dreams who — spoiler alert! — burns the whole ass gymnasium down cinematic masterpiece from 1976, Carrie.
One of my favourite things about the origin story of this movie is that after Stephen King scoured the deepest, darkest, recesses of his mind to conjure up the most horrific scenario that he could —a teenage girl has her period for the first time in a public school shower, leading all of her classmates to laugh at her and pelt her with tampons! Horrors!
This episode explores the film’s portrayal of interconnected themes of religious trauma and abuse, shame, and the monstrous feminine.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2566855/adapting-stephen-king-carrie-queen-of-prom-brian-de-palma-sissy-spacek
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076787/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: A Relational/Neurobiological Approach by Patricia A. DeYoung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22776119-understanding-and-treating-chronic-shame
https://mashable.com/video/stephen-king-role-of-horror-dark-times
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43802026-dead-blondes-and-bad-mothers
The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis by Barbara Creed https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395435.The_Monstrous_Feminine
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/17/449176709/horrible-things-happen-to-nepali-girls-when-they-menstruate-15girls
Let's talk about 2023 AI dystopian murderous doll from the bowels of tech hell masterpiece — M3GAN.
It is my belief that horror movies reflect not only the zeitgeist of the time in which they are made, but also our inner most fears and anxieties. While this movie is a lot of fun and M3GAN herself is a riot, it also carries an incredibly powerful message about the potential impacts of AI on human attachment.
This episode explores M3GAN’s portrayal of our society’s overall garbage relationship to grief and conversations about death, existential themes of loneliness and isolation, and the intersection of technology, mental health care, and attachment theory.
Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-01-05/m3gan-movie-malignant-akela-cooper-james-wan-horror
https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fear-of-death/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2062034.Staring_at_the_Sun
https://www.eterneva.com/resources/death-rituals
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2021.684137/full
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13409-0
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/can-ai-treat-mental-illness
https://vos.health/
https://replika.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1295472.Attachment?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_6
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff
Special Thanks To:
Danielle Matar at Geist
Kait Fowlie
Cover art by evil genius Chloe Hurst
Are you someone who watches horror movies and thinks — that nasty old well that Samara climbs out of in The Ring is really a metaphor for her grief? Or that like…Ghostface at his core is a spectre of intergenerational trauma?
I’m your host of darkness — Candis Green and I’d like to welcome you ghouls to Mental Health is Horrifying — the podcast where we journey through the depths and examine how mental health themes are portrayed in the world of horror. I’m a Psychotherapist who also happens to be terminally spooky. As the darkness-seeking bat that I am, I spent my childhood summers locked away in the public library scouring the aisles for books about Halloween, witches, and all things haunted. And surprisingly, my parents were not too concerned. So as a mental health professional and lifelong horror fan, I really can’t help but see the world through the lens of the macabre.
This is a podcast for horror fans who know that when it comes to what we fear, there is much more than what meets the eye.
From Carrie, to Michael Meyers, to Hill House and everywhere in between — join me each month as we discuss how horror is really a mirror into ourselves.
Coming this June to Spotify, Apple Podcasts - and wherever you like to listen.
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