🎧📚 Media Recommendations Library

Curated by the SurvivingSZA community, this is a growing list of podcasts, articles, apps, creators, and communities that reflect our lived experience, provide practical tools, or simply make us feel seen. These are not generic wellness links—they're resources we've found personally useful.

🎙️ Podcasts

🧠 Inside Schizophrenia

Created by Mental Health America, this podcast covers schizophrenia from both clinical and peer perspectives. It includes discussions on treatment, stigma, housing, and recovery—featuring guests with lived experience.

💬 Unapologetically Black Unicorns

Hosted by Keris Myrick, a prominent advocate who lives with schizoaffective disorder. This podcast blends personal insight, activism, and the intersections of mental health and race.

🌊 It’s All In Your Head (Mind UK)

Produced by the UK charity Mind, this series includes honest conversations with people living with psychosis, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses.

👁️ The Voices in My Head (by Elyn Saks)

Not a full podcast, but her talk is essential viewing. Elyn Saks, a legal scholar with schizophrenia, discusses living with hallucinations and the value of autonomy and support.

📱 Mental Health Apps

Apps that help with grounding, tracking, mood regulation, or daily structure.

  • I Am – Positive affirmations delivered daily

  • Daylio – Mood & habit tracker (great for spotting patterns)

  • Shine – BIPOC-centered wellness app

  • DBT Coach – Practical skills for distress tolerance

  • Notion – Customizable planner (great for routines)

💬 Discord Servers

Online communities where people with psychosis-spectrum disorders connect.

  • SZA Peer Chat – Our own moderated Discord (invite-only or request access)

  • Psychosis Spectrum – Public community with grounding and recovery tools

  • Mental Health Discord – Large server with channels for SZA, bipolar, BPD, and peer support

  • The Haven – Small, safe server focused on self-compassion and support

(Always vet new communities for safety and moderation before diving in.)

🎨 Artists & Creators

People who use creativity to express, process, or educate around mental illness.

  • @Schizophrenic.NYC (Instagram) – Art and clothing with anti-stigma messaging

  • @soularttherapist – Expressive art therapy reels

  • Holly Herndon – Experimental musician who explores consciousness, voice, and AI

  • Niko's Story – Contributor to SurvivingSZA (link to blog/art)

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