Brick by Brick
Platform for exploring mental health research, one paper at a time. This is a space where we learn and grow together, critically analysing research in a clear, digestible way. The goal is to help people better recognise, understand, and support mental health through evidence-based knowledge, while building a thoughtful community equipped to navigate emotional experiences with more clarity and care.
Episodes
15 episodes
Work-Life-Balance
Picture a rooftop water tank with two pipes running into it. One says "work," one says "life." Most of us have spent years assuming those two pipes are competing for the same water, and that balance means splitting the flow evenly. But neither ...
Menopause: Behind the Scenes
Part two of our menopause series. Last episode we established that the forecast of universal storms is wrong, most people's weather during menopause is genuinely fine. So today we're asking the follow-up question: if the forecast is wrong for m...
Menopause Transitions
Imagine everyone tells you that there's going to be a storm for your whole trip. So you pack for it, cancel your outdoor plans, brace yourself. And then you get there and the weather is... fine. Maybe a few grey days. Not the storm you were pro...
Borderline Personality Disorder
You tell someone what's happening to you. And somewhere in that process, the way you're telling it becomes the problem.This episode is about borderline personality disorder. Not the neuroscience side of things, we're doing something diff...
Anxiety: Behind the Scenes
Anxiety doesn’t always look the same. This episode is a direct follow-up to our last anxiety episode. The paper is from Ohi, Fujikane, Takai, Kuramitsu, Muto, Sugiyama, and Shioiri, Clinical Features and Genetic Mechanisms of Anxiet...
Anxiety
Your heart starts racing before anything has actually happened. No fire. No threat. But your body is already responding like something is.This episode is about anxiety disorders, the most common category of mental illness in the world. W...
ADHD: Behind the Scenes
Most people hear the word ADHD and picture one thing. A kid who can't sit still. That picture is true, bu it's also about a tenth of what this condition actually is.This episode goes into the neurobiology, what's actually happening in th...
Brick by Brick: Creators Journey
I'm not a clinician. I'm someone who believes good research deserves a wider audience. Here's my story. New episode out now!!!Link in bio.
ADHD: Adulthood
Most conversations about ADHD start and end with children. But for a significant number of people, ADHD doesn't stop at eighteen. It follows them into adulthood, quietly reshaping relationships, careers, and the story they tell about who they a...
Masking
Most people do some version of masking. Most people call it "Reading the room."But for many people, particularly those with autism, masking isn't a social skill. It's a survival strategy that starts in childhood, runs on autopilo...
Maladaptive Daydreaming: Interview
Last episode, we covered the research on maladaptive daydreaming, the cycle, and the mechanics. This week, we bring in someone who has been living it for 32 years.Our interviewee has a background in psychology and a lived experience of m...
Maladaptive Daydreaming: The Current
Have you ever spent hours somewhere that doesn't exist, with people who aren't real, feeling things that are completely genuine? And then come back, and had no idea how to explain any of it to anyone?This episode is about maladaptive day...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Engine Room
In this episode, we go deeper than behavior and deeper than brain structure. We're heading into the engine room, the cellular and chemical systems that researchers believe are central to understanding why the brain in autism develops and functi...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behind the Scenes
In this episode, we go inside the brain itself, using a building as our guide.We talk about what early altered brain development actually means at the cellular level, and why the blueprint gets drawn differently before anyone notices.&nb...