September 2026 Month in Review - Ep373September 2026 Month in Review - Ep373
Through a Therapist's Eyes Podcast
A therapist-led panel revisits episodes on cannabis risks, postpartum psychosis and immigration anxiety, questioning myths, responsibility and fear. The conversation blends clinical experience with candid discussion to highlight how these issues touch everyday mental health and family life.
1:11:13•29 Sept 2026
Weed, Psychosis and Deportation Fears: A Therapist Panel Breaks It Down
Episode Overview
- Cannabis can create dependency and serious physical issues such as Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, even when users believe it is harmless.
- Legalisation and higher potency have shifted public attitudes faster than research has clarified the long-term risks of regular weed use.
- Severe mental illness, including postpartum psychosis, complicates how society should think about responsibility, but does not remove the need for accountability.
- Anxiety around deportation can be rational when immigration status is uncertain, yet constant hyper‑vigilance can seriously damage mental health and family life.
- Children often pick up and internalise adult fears about law enforcement and immigration, so parents are urged to watch how these issues are discussed at home.
“Are you using marijuana because you enjoy it or because you’ve reached a point where you feel like, wait, something would be off?”
They start with “Let’s Talk About Weed”, asking blunt questions many people quietly worry about: “Is marijuana actually safer than alcohol or have we simply started treating it that way?” and “Are you using marijuana because you enjoy it or because you’ve reached a point where you feel like, wait, something would be off?” The panel break down myths about safety, talk about rising potency and highlight the little-known Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, where chronic cannabis users can face severe nausea and pain that sends them to A&E.
Curious about how others manage their mental health around controversial issues like cannabis, crime and immigration? This month-in-review chat on Through a Therapist’s Eyes pulls together three big conversations and adds a fresh panel perspective. Host and therapist Chris Gazdik sits down with regular contributors Kyle King and Neil Robinson to look back at recent episodes.
Things then turn to the Lindsay Clancy case and postpartum psychosis, where the team wrestle with the messy overlap between severe mental illness, responsibility and public fear. They openly admit there’s no neat test or simple answer, and push hard on the idea that accountability and compassion both matter when lives have been lost.
Finally, the conversation shifts to immigration and deportation anxiety – not just for adults worried about ICE, but for children absorbing fear from tense family conversations they barely understand. The therapists focus on how anxiety works when the feared event genuinely could happen, and how constant hyper‑vigilance can quietly erode mental health over time. Style-wise, it’s informal, sometimes funny (there’s even a rabbit hole about boxing robots and video games), but always grounded in clinical experience.
If you’re interested in addiction, anxiety or recovery, and want to hear therapists think out loud about real-world dilemmas, this round‑up might prompt you to reflect on your own relationship with substances, safety and stress. What questions would you ask yourself after hearing these conversations?
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