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Mental Health is Horrifying

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About the show

A spooky self-care podcast about the mental health benefits of horror. Journey into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist (and all-around spooky ghoul), as she explores how mental health themes are portrayed in your favourite horror movies and beyond. Drawing on archetypes from final girls to horror villains, Candis provides guidance in each episode about how listeners can navigate their own mental health woes. Mental Health is Horrifying is the recipient of two Canadian Podcast Awards — Outstanding Health & Fitness Series, and Outstanding Education Series.

Latest episodes

  • Practical Magic 2 — The mental health benefits of watching spooky movies with your besties

    September 25, 2026 · 23 min

    Let's have another round of midnight margaritas, shall we? In this spoiler-free episode, I explore Practical Magic 2 (2026) and the mental health benefits of watching spooky movies with your besties.  I talk about: What Practical Magic…

  • What Lies Beneath — Haunted by intuition

    September 11, 2026 · 25 min

    Get out your Ouija board because we're having a séance in the bathroom! In this episode, I explore cozy horror What Lies Beneath (2000) and its exploration of how our intuition speaks to us. I talk about: Why What Lies Beneath is the…

  • Addams Family Values — Debbie Jellinsky and the horrors of emotional spending

    August 28, 2026 · 22 min

    Debbie Jellinsky is the gold-digging, murderous, glamorous, Black Widow in Addams Family Values who when Fester says gimme a kiss, she says gimme a 20. Today, we honour her legacy. In this episode, I explore Addams Family Values (1993)…

  • The Devil’s Mouth — When your BFF status gets the chomp

    August 14, 2026 · 28 min

    The Devil's Mouth may seem like just another sharksploitation movie, but this is a therapy shark! And this shark wants you to face that wonky friendship in your life.  In this episode, I explore The Devil's Mouth (2026) and its portrayal…

  • Sharknado — The psychology of catastrophic thinking, but with sharks

    July 31, 2026 · 29 min

    Do you struggle with catastrophic thinking? Well, if sharks getting swept up in a tornado and falling from the sky isn't a catastrophe, I don't know what is. In this episode, I explore Sharknado (2013) and its portrayal of catastrophic…

  • Sleepaway Camp — Trauma un-informed summer camp

    July 17, 2026 · 28 min

    It’s officially summer, and now that school’s out, what better way to spend the summer than by going to camp? And how are we going to get to summer camp? Let’s take the hot mess express to Camp Arawak, aka Sleepaway Camp, where no one has…

  • Forbidden Fruits — The divine therapy of pink horror

    July 3, 2026 · 35 min

    I am so very grateful that Forbidden Fruits exists, and that pink horror is becoming more popular, because pink horror is such a glorious, safe space to explore the horrors or womanhood, while also reclaiming the wounded parts of our…

  • Obsession — I’m afraid of intimacy, so I’ll just wish on this patriarchy stick

    June 19, 2026 · 33 min

    Obsession has really struck a chord in a world where we are increasingly unsure how to be in relationship with each other, and where true intimacy feels like a horrifying threat.  In this episode, I explore Obsession (2025), and its…