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Psychosis is…
Pathways from surviving adverse experiences to being deemed “psychotic”
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Category Archives: mental skillness
If you hear a voice inside your head…
If you hear a voice inside your head telling you not to paint, go ahead and paint. The voice will go away. Vincent Van Gogh man, could that guy paint…. Related articles Hearing Voices – Religion or Madness? (recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com) “60 Minutes” Overtime: … Continue reading
Posted in mental diversity, mental skillness, recovery perspectives, The Mad Ones
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Expert by Experience – Clarissa Silva
TEDx Maastricht 2012 [The Netherlands] by Clarissa Silva Clarissa tells of her own experience working one day as a caregiver administering psychiatric medications to people she cared for – the next day receiving those same blue pills from another, former … Continue reading
Posted in human potential, Learning, mental skillness, my story, peer support
Tagged Health, Maastricht, mental health, Peer support, recovery, skillin
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Pat Deegan – recovery is like spring
Found this a couple of weeks a go and showed it to folks in a final session of a WRAP group. they loved it… Pat Deegan – recovery is like spring….. “Recovery is characterized by a much slower process: it … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, human potential, Ideas, mental skillness, recovery perspectives
Tagged Health, mental health, pat deegan;, recovery, Sick role, spring
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John Forbes Nash – A Brilliant Madness
You may be more familiar with the Hollywierd movie “A Beautiful Mind” which inevitably romanticizes some parts of John Nash’s story – notably the usefulness of “anti-psychotics” in his recovery. This documentary for PBS includes Nash’s own words. It tells … Continue reading
Skillin’ an Stylin’
We’ve featured my friend and toronto based mentalskillness.com before. Now mentalskillness has stylin’ buttons to share so that you can show off your own willin’ to be skillin’ -ness… all you need do is go to mentalskillness.com to get one before they … Continue reading
Clara Hughes on Q
An excellent interview with Gian Gromeshi on CBC’s Q The single best wat to improve the way we think about mental health is simply for more of us to talk about mental health …and if we can all learn to talk about it … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, depression, Emancipate yourself..., mental skillness, my story
Tagged Clara Hughes, Health, mental health
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come laugh your head off!
Come Laugh Your Head Off! The Mood Disorders Association of Ontario Presents: LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY Comedy Showcase Featuring stand-up comedy performances by graduates of the first ever Young Adult Program! (ages 19 to 32) Writing comedy about experiences of the … Continue reading
She let go
This one is for Earla. cartoon by Hugh Mcleod @gapingvoid.com She Let Go After this cartoon went out earlier this year, we received a number of emails from people asking for female version. Here it is! I think the Buddhist … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, mental skillness, resilience
Tagged Hugh Mcleod
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My [Mental] Skillness
Believing she is more than her illness this Toronto based bloger prefers to adopt mental skillness in recognition that the what she experiences diagnosed as OCD brings stuff she’d really prefer not to have in her live , like tormented … Continue reading
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There is a Fault in Reality
Excellent 30min movie about people who hear voices. Features Jaqui Dillon, Peter Bullimore and John Swift link… [snagfilm id=”f2511e70-c2b0-11e0-bf7a-0026bb61d036″] Now available on You Tube… -thanks Jacqui Dillon
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