Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Netflix’s newest horror series, begs the question — do you really want to marry this guy, or do you just feel like you have to?

In this spoiler-free episode, I explore bridal anxiety and the curse of heteronormative expectations.

I talk about:

• How weddings are psychologically supercharged events
• Pressures placed on fulfilling heteronormative traditions
• How Rachel's nightmares and unconscious are expressed
• Korea's 4B movement
• How the 9 of swords tarot card highlights what happens when we ignore our gut

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

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen on Netflix

Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay

All sound effects and music via pixabay

Lestat and Louis have one of the most complicated, twisted relationships in literature and film. And it brings up the topic of energy vampires – what do you do when you’re in a relationship with someone who is just draining you?

In this episode, I explore Interview With The Vampire (1994) and the psychology of energy vampires.

I talk about:

• What is an energy vampire?
• How shame and dissociation present within energy vampires
• What happens when you choose to be in a relationship with an energy vampire?
• How the tarot cards the king of pentacles and five of swords represent the relationship between Lestat and Louis

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

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Get up to 20% Cozy Earth with promo code HORRIFYING. If you get a survey post-purchase, be sure to let them know Candis sent you!

90s nostalgia is everywhere right now, and it's not a random coincidence.

In this episode, I explore the documentary In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 (2026) and explore the psychology of nostalgia.

I talk about:

• How we define nostalgia
• The mental health benefits of nostalgia
• How nostalgia is particularly beneficial for those suffering with dementia or cognitive decline
• Why we cling to nostalgia in times of change or uncertainty
• When we need to be careful about over-indulging in nostalgia
• The three of cups and how this tarot card evokes nostalgic feelings for me

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

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Show Notes:

Want to work together? I offer 1:1 virtual psychotherapy for Ontario residents, along with tarot, horror, and dreamwork services (anywhere my bat signal reaches), both individually and through my group program, the Final Girls Club.

Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint

Get up to 20% Cozy Earth with promo code HORRIFYING. If you get a survey post-purchase, be sure to let them know Candis sent you!

Get 20% off In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 with promo code HORRORFRIENDS26.

Woods B, O'Philbin L, Farrell EM, Spector AE, Orrell M. Reminiscence therapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Mar 1;3(3):CD001120. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001120.pub3. PMID: 29493789; PMCID: PMC6494367.

Ismail S, Christopher G, Dodd E, Wildschut T, Sedikides C, Ingram TA, Jones RW, Noonan KA, Tingley D, Cheston R. Psychological and Mnemonic Benefits of Nostalgia for People with Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;65(4):1327-1344. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180075. PMID: 30149444.