
Shrinking Reality
Join us for a new Love Island Podcast. Two Consultant Forensic Psychiatrists focussing on the mental health and giving a psychological understanding of the thoughts feelings and behaviours around Love Island
Episodes
9 episodes
Love Island - Results and reunion - boy that was awkward
Join Dr Trevor and Dr Jo on their final session on the psychiatrists couch as they analyse the season as a whole, the outcome of the results, and the reunion episode.Dr Trevor and Dr Jo explore:- Who were the winners and why- Why th...
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34:36

Love Island Week 7 - tension rising
It’s the penultimate week of Love Island and Dr Jo and Dr Trevor look back over the week and look ahead to the final week. In this weeks episode:- Snog Marry Pie gets personal - Understanding the hostility?- Islanders make plan...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:17

Love Island Week 6 - There’s no place like home
Join Dr Trevor and Dr Jo whilst they are on Holiday, still watching Love Island, still being psychiatrists. In this episode we discuss:- Love in all its forms- The power and importance of putting yourself first- Declaration...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:44

Love Island Week 5 - Casa Amor Fallout - What is the ‘Test’
Dr Jo and Dr Trevor discuss the fallout from Casa Amor from a mental health perspective. In this weeks episode:- All the fallout from Casa Amor discussed and analysed- Do relationships need a ‘test’ and who defines what counts as having...
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35:24

Love Island - Week 4 - Sexy Dance Challenge - why a raised heart rate does not equal attraction
This week with Dr Trevor and Dr JoWe look at this week of love island as only 2 psychiatrists could. We discuss:- Rejections and second chances - Davide and EkinSu, Danica, Antigone- Jay’s scramble for survival- T...
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37:43

Love Island Week 3 - Honesty, vulnerability, bad objects
Back on the psychiatrists sofa with Dr Trevor and Dr Jo to recap on week 3 of Love Island. This week we look at:- Jaques making himself vulnerable- The benefits and risks of honesty in relationships on the Island-...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:47

Love Island Week 2 - Anyone for Orange Juice?
On the psychiatrists sofa with Dr Trevor and Dr Jo to recap on the second week of Love Island. This week we look at:- The currency of relationships - from Orange Juice, to Smoothies, to Kisses- Ideas and expectations ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:50

Love Island Week 1 - Meet and greets - threat, anxiety, pressure.
Join Dr Trevor and Dr Jo again to recap on the first week of Love Island. In this episode we give a psychiatric understanding of the first week including:- The first impressions of all the contestants- What we can learn from the VTs...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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44:27

Why Love Island - the islanders, the public, 2 psychiatrists
Welcome. An introduction to Dr Trevor and Dr Jo, who we are, what we do, and our love for Love Island.In this episode Dr Trevor and Dr Jo talk about their love of reality TV and in particular Love Island. Sitting on their sofa, they have ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:15
