Monthly Archives: May 2012

secret life of the manic depressive – Stephen Fry


An excellent two part BBC documentary with Stephen Fry: an exploration of what it means to live with mania and depression – manic depresion as he calls it, or “bipolar disorder” as the [M]admen would have us call it… Fry tells … Continue reading

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uppy-downy mood-swingy kind of guy – Stephen Fry


Stephen Fry at bigthink.com Talking about his live with ups and downs of living with mania and depression and how he sometmes stuggles but is also thankful. “It’s who I am – I’m an uppy downy mood swingy kind of … Continue reading

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dreams from endangered cultures – Wade Davis


Great  talk from  TED 2003 by explorer Wade Davis talking about some of the many human cultures that are fast disappearing – and with them their infinite variety of ways of being and knowing and wisdom… “one of the intense pleasures of being … Continue reading

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Lithium


…. Lithium lyrics Songwriters: Cobain, Kurt; Novoselic, Krist; Grohl, David; I’m so happy ’cause today I found my friends They’re in my head I’m so ugly, that’s okay ‘Cause so are you Broke our mirrors Sunday morning is everyday For all … Continue reading

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My Inner Gollum – Brian Moore


Brian Moore on Desert Island Discs – a long running BBC Radio show – a a frank and personal interview on an imaginary desert island:  the interviewee gets to take six tunes to their island, to play each on the show … Continue reading

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the drugs don’t work


two versions – you choose All this talk of getting old It’s getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I’m comin’ down And I hope you’re thinking of me As you … Continue reading

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I had voices in my head but bullies didn’t try to understand


Great Feature article from The Scottish SUN telling the story of Gemma Pattison who began to hear voices as a teen and found that those around her used it to bully and taunt her – making the experience even more … Continue reading

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Battling with inner voices on game day


Robert Murphy is a renowned Aussie Rules Footballer so he’s pretty tough and a great athlete – he plays for the Western Bulldogs and was recently honoured by his sport by being  named to the All Australian squad. He also … Continue reading

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A New Vision of Recovery – Daniel Fisher


Daniel Fisher recovered from schizophrenia, became a psychiatrist and heads the  National Empowerment Centre in  US. Here in an article published by the Empowerment Centre Daniel Fisher talks of two models of recovery based on different paradigms and looking very different … Continue reading

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Holistic Mental Health Conference


June Thur 21st -Fri 22nd Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine 1255 Sheppard Avenue East Sheppard/Leslie TTC -Leslie Subway station Kevin Healey, coordinator of recoverynetwork:toronto will be leading a workshop as part of the Holistic Mental Health Conference … Hearing Voices: a normal human … Continue reading

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