The Shacket Chronicles: Mental Health, 5-HTP, and Cold Trees

The Shacket Chronicles: Mental Health, 5-HTP, and Cold Trees

From Carl Vs Reality by Carl Guyton

January 11, 2026 · 10 min · Season 1 · Episode 10

About this episode

Carl Guyton discusses mental health and personal reflections while exploring the wilderness.

Reality is a construct, but this cold I’ve had? That was very, very real. I’ve finally emerged from the duvet fortress, armed with some herbal supplements and my trusty Tascam, to go for a bit of a ramble. And by ramble, I mean both the physical act of walking through the mud and the mental act of talking absolute nonsense into a microphone. I’m currently perched in a tree—don’t ask, it felt right at the time—somewhere about a mile and a half from civilisation. It’s freezing, I’m wearing a shacket (it’s a shirt, it’s a jacket, it’s a revolution), and I’m pondering the big questions. Like, why am I becoming less of a hermit as I get older? Why are there still unexploded bombs from the 40s lurking under Great Yarmouth? And would the Pearly Kings really be that offended if they just used a hot glue gun instead of sewing all those buttons? It’s a bit of a look at mental health, the peace of the Norfolk/Suffolk wilderness, and the strange things you think about when you see a bloke with a metal detector. Come join me for a freezing cold natter in the woods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Carl Guyton

Topics covered

  • mental health
  • herbal supplements
  • nature
  • improv comedy
  • personal reflection

Keywords

  • mental health
  • 5-HTP
  • shacket
  • Norfolk
  • Suffolk
  • improv
  • comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: 5-HTP

Books & works: The Shacket Chronicles

Places: Norfolk, Suffolk, Great Yarmouth

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