Man vs Mind
by Man Vs Mind
Switching anxiety meds destroyed me – but I'm back! | Man vs…
About this podcast
Man vs Mind is a brutally honest, often funny, and always relatable men’s mental health podcast about the things men feel but rarely talk about.
Tim and J are two ordinary blokes trying to make sense of their own heads – anxiety, anger, confidence, fatherhood, stress, medication, relationships, intrusive thoughts, and the day-to-day stuff most men brush off. No experts, no preachy advice, no five-step solutions. Just real conversation about real feelings and the stupid sh*t going on in our heads.
The message is simple: you are not alone. When you hear someone else say the thing you’ve quietly struggled with, it cuts through the noise and loneliness and makes your beautiful mess feel a bit more manageable. That’s what this show is for.
Some of it is silly, some of it is uncomfortable, and some of it is painfully truthful – but it’s exactly the kind of honesty men aren’t taught to share. If you want a podcast where men actually talk about what’s going on in their minds, without bravado or judgement, this is it.
Disclaimer: we’re not mental health professionals. Nothing here is medical or psychological advice – just lived experience and open conversation.
You can join our Patreon community for ad-free and extended episodes, including bonus content, at www.Patreon.com/ManvsMindPod.
If you want to get involved, email us at [email protected], send us a message or voice note on Instagram @ManvsMindPod, or visit www.manvsmindpod.com for all episodes. We genuinely love hearing from listeners – the honest, the messy, the embarrassing, all of it.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 57 episodes
- Switching anxiety meds destroyed me – but I'm back! | Man vs Medication · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 15His 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…
- My Apple Watch made me obsessive – so I binned it | Man vs Obsessive Behaviour · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 14Tim'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…
- Why do men cry over football? | Man vs FIFA World Cup 2026 (Que Sera, Sera, We're Going to Therapy) · 40 minWith 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?…
- I feel happy but seem "miserable" – why? | Man vs Happiness (pt 2) · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 12Tim 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…
- I'm healthier than ever, so why do I feel worse about my body? | Man vs Body Image (again) · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 11Tim 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…
- The 6-hour carpark wait (thanks, Anxiety) | Man vs The Last 3 Months pt 2 · 40 minWe extend our thanks to Anxiety for its role in today's talking points. And J specifically wants to thank Anxiety for his day-long wait in the car park after dropping his little…
- We’re BACK! Baby joy, regional conflict, grief, and very pink sneakers | Man vs The Last 3 Months · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 10And boom, brand-new Man vs Mind drop out of nowhere, like we've never been away. After three months away (and approximately 47 WhatsApp voice notes saying “we really need to…
- Where we've been - and what's going on | A quick update · 2 minYeah we totally owe you an explanation. Blame geopolitics. And some other stuff. But we PROMISE we're back soon...ish. Soonish. It's still a promise. Jus7aJj66XrpcT0tFzvl
- How routine, fitness & rituals are helping us cope · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 8Shaving your legs indirectly benefits your mental health... ... isn't something many podcasts will claim, but somehow Tim indirectly links shaving his leg(s) – for real – with…
- Trying to manage anxiety during a regional conflict · 23 minTim and J check in after a turbulent (and scary) week across the region. Instead of diving into geopolitics, they talk about the human side: anxiety, family life, sleepless…
- What Does “Being Happy” Even Mean? | Man vs Happiness (Part One) · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 6Happiness is... ... blimey, screwed if we know. That's a massive question, and we probably bit off more than we could chew when we asked that. Today we start a bit of a deep…
- How switching off autopilot changed us | Man vs Change · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 5Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… but not the “moving house / new job” kind. This week, Tim and J talk about an unnerving kind of change: the mental shift from running on autopilot to…
- What's "healthy"... and what's obsession? | Man vs Healthy · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 4Okay this week Tim & J turned into proper hypochondriacs, and maybe conspiracy theorists – it's hard to tell these days. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what…
- Reach out (I'll be there) | Man vs Problems · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 3This one is a bit ad-hoc. Because life gets in the way sometimes. As The Four Tops famously sang: Reach out, I'll be there, you can always depend on me. And those lyrics…
- Vaping rewired my brain – but it didn't break me | Man vs Smoking · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 2This week, Tim quit the tastiest coping mechanism you'll find on the streets today – vaping. Having been an on-off smoker for most of his adult life, it reached the point where…
- Why mental health isn’t something you ever finish | Man vs 2025 · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 1Woohoo it's a brand-new year, a brand-new season and the guys are audibly PUMPED to be back in the studio. Back with a fresh new sound for 2026, the guys take a bit of time to…
- Yeah sorry we haven't been around – oh and Merry Christmas! · 3 minSince it's the end of the year and, y'know, life has got a bit nuts for Tim & J, we thought we'd say a quick thank you for everything this year, and sorry we've not been around…
- Man vs Christmas | How to cope with the "most wonderful time of the year" · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 35Christmas time, mistletoe and… panic attacks. In this festive episode of Man vs Mind, Tim and J get properly honest about Christmas – not just the cosy fairy lights version, but…
- Man vs Identity | Are we ever truly ourselves… all of the time? · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 34Can we ever be 100% unapologetically authentic all of the time? In this ep, Tim and J look back at the different versions of themselves they’ve tried on, and ask how much of it…
- Man vs School | Is that why we're messed up? · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 33School. That smell of anxious teenage fear, disinfectant, plastic chairs and wooden floors. For many it invokes stress, more fear, anxiety, deep-seeded trauma. For others it was…







