Category Archives: Ideas

Why do we dream?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

More on sleep and how we are beginning to understand what it’s about. This time dreams . From the BBC popular science show Horizon. There are many links with and references to mental wellness:  fear, anxiety, depression, trauma, talk therapy, creativity, problem solving, and the … Continue reading →

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Learning from the voices in my head – Eleanor Longdon

Posted on July 10, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Eleanor Longdon at TEDx London in 2012 telling her story of going to university, eagerly entering the student life fine times, but underneath deeply unhappy but skilled at hiding it.  Then she began hearing a voice – ” my strange commentator” – and mistake … Continue reading →

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mars project – Jonathan Balazs and Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart

Posted on July 9, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Help support  an important  local movie project about mental health, labelling people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and the right to choose  own explanations of our experiences. ‘A decade ago rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Mental Illness – from the inside – Elyn Saks

Posted on July 5, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

ceci ce n’est pas “un schizophrenic “ . . . Elyn Saks delivers a powerful and courageous TED talk. “So I’m a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I’ve spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending … Continue reading →

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The gift of a free-spirited daughter

Posted on July 4, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

      The gift of a free-spirited daughter MARY D’EON The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, May. 24 2012, 1:24 PM EDT When people ask me what my 20-year-old daughter is currently doing, I tread carefully, weighing how much I … Continue reading →

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ceci ce n’est pas un pipe

Posted on July 3, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

So what is it? Of course it’s not a “pipe” but a painting of a pipe. [Or not even that but an image on a screen of a painting of a pipe]. “Well you can’t fill it with tobacco and smoke … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices: a normal human experience

Posted on June 25, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This pamphlet accompanies the talk I gave in the workshop at the… Holistic Mental Health Conference Toronto, 21 June 2012. pamphlet available here as  pdf:   hearing voices- a normal human experience [25Jun2012] Related articles Holistic Mental Health Conference (recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com) Disturbed … Continue reading →

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Be yourself – everyone else is already taken

Posted on June 17, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde knew a thing or two about what can happen to those who might seem a little different to  those who think it’s their job to decide how we should … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry talks about his depression – and voices

Posted on June 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This one’s for a friend having a tough time right now…. In this clip from the excellent BBC documentary “Secret Life of a Manic Depressive” Stephen Fry, in midst of a black cloud, talks about how he experiences depression – a wall … Continue reading →

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secrets of the sleeping brain – Matt Walker

Posted on June 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Sleep, blessed sleep I think everybody I meet has some kind of trouble sleeping at least sometimes: be it quantity, quality or both. Yesterday I went to take a nap thinking it would be the normal  half hour thing that works … Continue reading →

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