Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Basket Case

Introducing: Basket Case

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Samara puts her trust in psychiatry to fix her.

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WITH: 

+ PUPPYBREATH

AND INFORMED BY:

The Ritalin Explosion - PBS FRONTLINE

Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker

Strangers To Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

Antidepressants rapidly alter brain architecture, study finds - Los Angeles Times

Breaking Off My Chemical Romance - The Nation

The Illusions of Psychiatry - The New York Review of Books

Samara puts her trust in psychiatry to fix her.
<a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BC_E3_Transcript.pdf">Transcript</a>
WITH: 
+ <a href="https://soundcloud.com/puppybreathmusic?ref=clipboard&amp;p=a&amp;c=1&amp;si=8d7d95c8f8ed47bf99c98f63329bcd71&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">PUPPYBREATH</a>
AND INFORMED BY:
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/experts/explosion.html">The Ritalin Explosion - PBS FRONTLINE</a>
<a href="https://robertwhitakerbooks.com/anatomy-of-an-epidemic/">Anatomy of an Epidemic</a> by Robert Whitaker
<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/440183/strangers-to-ourselves-by-aviv-rachel/9781529111651">Strangers To Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us</a> by Rachel Aviv
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-antidepressants-brain-structure-20140918-story.html">Antidepressants rapidly alter brain architecture, study finds - Los Angeles Times</a>
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ssri-antidepressant-side-effects/">Breaking Off My Chemical Romance - The Nation</a> 
<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/07/14/illusions-of-psychiatry/?pagination=false">The Illusions of Psychiatry - The New York Review of Books</a>

I just felt like this terrible thing...

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After Tina’s dad died, she was devastated. But was her grief “disordered”?

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WITH: 

+ Lashanna Williams, A Sacred Passing

+ Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, PhD





AND INFORMED BY:



Dying Without Regrets According to a Death Doula - VICE



Seattle-area grief groups bring mourning into the light - Seattle Times



What's A Mental Disorder? Even Experts Can't Agree - NPR



DSM-5-TR turns normal grief into a mental disorder | Miss Foundation



A History of Prolonged Grief Disorder's Inclusion in the DSM — And What Is Missing From It - Psychiatry At the Margins



Why was prolonged grief disorder added to the DSM? - American Psychiatric Association



How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer. - The New York Times



Prolonged Grief Is Now Labelled a Disorder. Not All Psychiatrists Agree. - VICE



Impairing Social Connectedness: The Dangers of Treating Grief With Naltrexone - Kara Thieleman, Joanne Cacciatore, Shanéa Thoma



What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief | Miss Foundation



It’s Mourning in America | The New Yorker

How People Of Color Can Experience Grief Differently Than White People | HuffPost Life



Grief, Unmedicated - by P.E. Moskowitz - Mental Hellth

After Tina’s dad died, she was devastated. But was her grief “disordered”?
<a href="https://eagle-gold-7wkz.squarespace.com/s/BC_E2_Transcript.pdf">Transcript</a>
WITH: 
+ Lashanna Williams, <a href="http://asacredpassing.org/">A Sacred Passing</a>
+ <a href="https://www.centerforlossandtrauma.com/">Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, PhD</a>
 
 
AND INFORMED BY:
 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8uvviD8g40&amp;ab_channel=VICE">Dying Without Regrets According to a Death Doula - VICE</a>
 
<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-dawn-of-a-new-mourning-bringing-grief-out-of-the-dark-and-into-the-light/">Seattle-area grief groups bring mourning into the light - Seattle Times</a>
 
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2010/12/29/132407384/whats-a-mental-disorder-even-experts-cant-agree">What's A Mental Disorder? Even Experts Can't Agree - NPR</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.missfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSM-5-TR-turns-normal-grief-into-a-mental-disorder-The-Lancet-Psychiatry.pdf">DSM-5-TR turns normal grief into a mental disorder | Miss Foundation</a>
 
<a href="https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/a-history-of-prolonged-grief-disorders">A History of Prolonged Grief Disorder's Inclusion in the DSM — And What Is Missing From It - Psychiatry At the Margins</a>
 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orPB4EvjwQs">Why was prolonged grief disorder added to the DSM? - American Psychiatric Association</a>
 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/health/prolonged-grief-disorder.html">How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer. - The New York Times</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxd97m/prolonged-grief-disorder-psychiatry-mental-health">Prolonged Grief Is Now Labelled a Disorder. Not All Psychiatrists Agree. - VICE</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.missfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Impairing-Social-Connectedness-The-Dangers-of-Treating-Grief-With-Naltrexone-Kara-Thieleman-Joanne-Cacciatore-Shanea-Thomas-2022.pdf">Impairing Social Connectedness: The Dangers of Treating Grief With Naltrexone - Kara Thieleman, Joanne Cacciatore, Shanéa Thoma</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.missfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/What-is-good-grief-support_-Exploring-the-actors-and-actions-in-social-support-after-traumatic-grief-PLOS-ONE.pdf">What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief | Miss Foundation</a>  
 
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/its-mourning-in-america">It’s Mourning in America | The New Yorker</a>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/people-of-color-grief_l_6030100ec5b6cc8bbf3b8a34">How People Of Color Can Experience Grief Differently Than White People | HuffPost Life</a>  
 
<a href="https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/grief-unmedicated">Grief, Unmedicated - by P.E. Moskowitz - Mental Hellth</a>

She said you keep choosing the pain.

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Rachel tells NK about the pain of her perfectionism, then NK talks to somatics practitioner B. Stepp and artist Yumi Sakugawa about rewriting internal narratives of shame and punishment.

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WITH:

+ B. Stepp: www.haveheartsomatics.com

+ Yumi Sakugawa: @yumisakugawa



AND INFORMED BY:



The dangerous downsides of perfectionism - BBC



“Multidimensional Perfectionism And DSM-5 Personality Traits” by Joachim Stoeber



Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard - Literary Hub



Silent All These Years: On Annie Dillard - The Millions



Annie Dillard on Creativity and What It Takes to Be a Writer - The Marginalian



Generative Somatics



Want to Fix Your Mind? Let Your Body Talk. - The New York Times



What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change - YES! Magazine



Brené Brown: Can We Gain Strength From Shame? - NPR



The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants - VICE



How to Be Less Self-Critical When Perfectionism Is a Trap - The New York Times



I Finally Accepted Nothing Can Be Perfect - VICE



Yumi Sakugawa on shame, hiding, paralysis, and making bad art. 

Rachel tells NK about the pain of her perfectionism, then NK talks to somatics practitioner B. Stepp and artist Yumi Sakugawa about rewriting internal narratives of shame and punishment.
<a href="https://eagle-gold-7wkz.squarespace.com/s/BC_E1_Transcript.pdf">Transcript</a>
WITH:
+ B. Stepp: <a href="https://www.haveheartsomatics.com/">www.haveheartsomatics.com</a> 
+ Yumi Sakugawa: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yumisakugawa/">@yumisakugawa</a>
 
AND INFORMED BY:
 
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180219-toxic-perfectionism-is-on-the-rise">The dangerous downsides of perfectionism - BBC</a>
 
<a href="https://kar.kent.ac.uk/38357/1/Stoeber%20%28in%20press%2C%202014%29%20PAID.pdf">“Multidimensional Perfectionism And DSM-5 Personality Traits” by Joachim Stoeber</a>
 
<a href="https://lithub.com/contemplating-the-infinite-with-annie-dillard/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20reasons%20Dillard,she%20has%20never%20stopped%20reading">Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard - Literary Hub</a>
 
<a href="https://themillions.com/2021/07/silent-all-these-years-on-annie-dillard.html">Silent All These Years: On Annie Dillard - The Millions</a>
 
<a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/03/28/annie-dillard-writing-the-abundance/">Annie Dillard on Creativity and What It Takes to Be a Writer - The Marginalian</a> 
 
<a href="https://generativesomatics.org/">Generative Somatics</a>
 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/magazine/somatic-therapy.html">Want to Fix Your Mind? Let Your Body Talk. - The New York Times</a>
 
<a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/05/14/adrienne-maree-brown-social-change-body-pleasure-activism">What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change - YES! Magazine</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/174033560">Brené Brown: Can We Gain Strength From Shame? - NPR</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kgzn/the-hidden-stress-of-growing-up-a-child-of-immigrants-v26n3">The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants - VICE</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/well/mind/perfectionism-social-comparison.html">How to Be Less Self-Critical When Perfectionism Is a Trap - The New York Times</a>
 
<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-i-overcame-perfectionism/">I Finally Accepted Nothing Can Be Perfect - VICE</a> 
 
Yumi Sakugawa on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7zwdKtSBFg/?igsh=enVjbjhkaGhyZXQ=">shame, hiding, paralysis</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4taAjkPPcT/?img_index=1">making bad art</a>.

I felt too seen. Um, dragged.

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