Category Archives: Learning

beating me with that strop taught me something… Charles Bukowski

Posted on July 30, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Hitting me with that strop taught me something…
how to type.
-Charles Bukowski Continue reading →

Posted in Crazy World, Ideas, Learning, power, shit is f#cked | Tagged beatings, Bukowski | 4 Comments

…sometimes it even turns out to have been a good choice

Posted on July 3, 2015 by dave umbongo

I believe we all have the same right to behave like a complete assh*le
sometimes it even turns out t0 have been a good choice. Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Learning, Mad Pride, manamana, sh!t is f#cked, Umbongoism | Comments Off

Drug sales reps skip the side effects – D’oh!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

An article in Globe and Mail, Wed 10 Apr, reporting the results of a survey of Doctors in three countries including Canada that reveals just how much drug company reps skip out information about side effects when telling your doctor about … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, medication madness | Tagged David Healy, drug rep, medication, mental health, Psychiatric medication, side effects | 2 Comments

Grief and anxiety are not mental illnesses

Posted on January 21, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Are we, as a society, already scared of our own emotions? and more especially the emotions of others? It often seems that there are signs everywhere that this is so: and that it really ain’t working out too well for us, and less … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, Learning, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on? | Tagged Anxiety, Brain That Changes Itself, grief, mental health | 7 Comments

born to learn – adolescence is not a mental disorder

Posted on January 18, 2013 by dave umbongo

How did we come to see adolescence as a problem? Worse yet, how did we come to accept some dodgy doctor’s treament of adolescence as some kind of diagnosable mental illness? and one that is best dealt with by administering … Continue reading →

Posted in human potential, Learning, what's going on? | Tagged Adolescence, Albert Einstein, Education, evolution, Learning, Mental disorder, mental health | 1 Comment

battling bad science – ben goldacre

Posted on January 10, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Ben Goldacre on the tricks and trickery employed by those peddling their “cures” on us – from fake credentials that your cat have for $60; to elaborate and multimillion dollar schemes pharmaceutical companies deply to run trials to get exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, medication madness | Tagged Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, medication, TED | Comments Off

World Hearing Voices Day Fri 14 Sep 2012 -Toronto [Update]

Posted on September 1, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A few days only to your chance to be part of Toronto’s first participation in the global celebration of World Hearing Voices Community. “I believe hearing voices approach is emancipatory – not only for voice hearers but also for families and carers, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, Learning, making sense of "mental illlness", mental diversity, obssessve thoughts, psychosis, resilience | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, human potential, Ideas, Learning, psychosis, recovery perspectives, resilience, The Mad Ones, what's going on? | Tagged Diagnosis of schizophrenia, Hearing Voices Movement, mental health, schizophrenia | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in depression, Healing, hearing voices, Ideas, Learning, my story, recovery perspectives | Tagged deprression, hearing voices, mental health, Stephen Fry | 2 Comments

Sleep: brain rule #7

Posted on June 13, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

John Medina’s Brain Rules is one of my favourite books. Except tis not just a book but a full-on audiovisual multimedia project that’s designed using the “rules” it seeks to share with you. 12 principles for thriving and surviving at work, … Continue reading →