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 portrayal of the fear of intimacy.

I talk about:

• Why Obsession has broken box office records
• The fast foodification of intimacy
• Coercive control
• Nikki as the manic pixie dream girl archetype, and why this kind of idealization is so damaging for true intimacy
• Our capacity to really talk about mental health
• How the 2 of swords tarot card helps us understand Bear's weaponized insecurity

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada.

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Show Notes:

Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay

All sound effects and music via pixabay

Obsession (2025)

Obsession Filmmaker Curry Barker on the Inspiration Behind the Film's Horrifying Twist

‘Obsession’ Has Made 330 Times Its Budget And Breaks A Box Office Record

Coercive control as a form of family violence

Gather 'round sisters, as we leave lavender but our garden gates and bury our abusive exes under the rose bush!

In this episode, I explore Practical Magic (1998), its portrayal of intimate partner violence, and the balm of sisterhood.

I will be discussing intimate partner violence in this episode, so please take special care when listening.

I talk about:

• How intimate partner violence is defined
• The complex reasons that make it hard to "just leave" a violent relationship
• The mental health impacts of intimate partner violence
• How Gillian is able to access the internal and external resources required to leave
• How sisterhood aids Gillian in attachment repair and healing
• How the magician and 9 of swords tarot cards demonstrate the difficulty in leaving abusive situations, even if you have a lot of resources

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.
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Show Notes:

Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay

All sound effects and music via pixabay

Practical Magic (1998)

Government of Canada Fact Sheet: Intimate Partner Violence

Homicide leading cause of death for pregnant women in U.S. - Harvard School of Public Health

Support someone I know who is being abused - Refuge

I say this with my full chest — Undertone was not lying when it said that it is "the scariest movie you'll ever hear." And I cannot un-hear it!

In this spoiler-free episode, I explore Undertone (2025) and the psychology of sound.

I talk about:

• How sound can help us form secure attachments
• The psychology behind "therapist voice"
• How sound helps regulate our nervous systems
• Why we are naturally drawn to live music as a primal act
• How silence can help grow your brain
• How the 8 of wands tarot card helps us explore our relationship to silence and the unknown

Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy.

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Show Notes:

Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join the waitlist for this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists)

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay

Thunder by Music by John Britton from Pixabay

All sound effects and music via pixabay

Undertone (2025)

Bady SL. The voice as a curative factor in psychotherapy. Psychoanal Rev. 1985 Fall;72(3):479-90. PMID: 3931132.

Soma CS, Knox D, Greer T, Gunnerson K, Young A, Narayanan S. It's not what you said, it's how you said it: An analysis of therapist vocal features during psychotherapy. Couns Psychother Res. 2023 Mar;23(1):258-269. doi: 10.1002/capr.12489. Epub 2021 Nov 18. PMID: 36873916; PMCID: PMC9979575.

Sawamura, Yasuaki, Why We Overstimulate Ourselves: How Sensory Overload Blocks Memory and Weakens Learning (March 31, 2025).

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Moonlight Cottage ASMR