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We believe people can and do recover from "mental illness" - because we are living it. We believe in the power of supporting each other: learning from and with each other. You are welcome to join us..

Drunk on Too Much Life (Movie)

Posted on September 14, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Today, September 14th, is World Hearing Voices Day. All kinds of people all round the world hear all kinds of voices that only they hear. Three-in-four of us will have at least one period in our life where we do … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Cafe: Toronto | Mon 12.September.2022

Posted on September 12, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

All kinds of people all over the world hear all kinds of voices, and see all kinds of things, think all kinds of things that others don’t. In this culture we’ve come to believe an orthodoxy that whatever you hear … Continue reading →

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Total Utter Bollox

Posted on July 21, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Q: What is the evidentiary basis of the oft repeated story that “mental illness”is caused by “chemical imbalance” in a person’s brain ? A: TOTAL UTTER BOLLOX. If you didn’t know already, and plenty do, you do now. All over … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Cafe: Toronto | Mon 8.August.2022

Posted on July 18, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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Workshop: UN_ESCALATE – September 2022

Posted on July 14, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Why “UN_ESCALATE” ? As if it were not abundantly so before, the last two years has made crystal clear the extent to which just how stressed beyond limits are our systems and individuals who work in them and those they … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices : Workshop #1 | Accepting Voices – SEP 2022

Posted on July 14, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

What if everything you think you know about hearing voices is wrong? Or if not wrong, then it at least limits your ability to: • understanding a person’s struggle with experiences like difficult-to-hear voices and others that get called “psychosis” … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Cafe – July 2022

Posted on June 25, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Hearing Voices Cafe TorontoMon 11th July 20224pm to 6pm Coffee & All That Jazz72 Howard Park AveTronno. Many human experiences like hearing voices have, in this culture, been mystified and made taboo and yet are remarkably common. This renders such … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Cafe – June 2022

Posted on May 11, 2022 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Hearing Voices Cafe TorontoTue 7th June 20224pm to 6pm Coffee & All That Jazz72 Howard Park AveTronno. Many human experiences like hearing voices have, in this culture, been mystified and made taboo and yet are remarkably common. This renders such … Continue reading →