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Category Archives: mania & depression
Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia – Rossa Forbes
Here’s an excellent article by Rossa Forbes on MadInAmerica telling of her experience after her son began to struggle and was diagnosed. Rossa tells of her frustrations with the institutionalised limitations of support provided by healthcare system, the kind of well-meaning care that, at best, typically turns people … Continue reading
Living With Voices – T M Lurmann
Here’s a very well written article published in American Scholar magazine, written by TM Lurhmann [thankyou M ] about a “new” way to live with voices. In North America it’s called “new”:. Compared with the “New World”, which to some of … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, mania & depression, mental diversity, psychosis
Tagged community, Healing, hearing voices, mental health
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A little insight
Here’s a short animated information film made by young people about the experience of hearing voices. The movie is the result of a project by Voice Collective in London and is a creative and simple way of presenting different experiences insights … Continue reading
haunted by voices
Article today 23 Aug 2012 in The West Australian From Western Australia, a nice snippet on the Hearing Voices approach and how its working out in Australia. Lest you think that if a person hears voices then they must be ill, then … Continue reading
“bipolar” – or waking up?
Many people who have been diagnosed with mental illness find a spiritual dimension in the experience, especially when they have worked their way through and, looking backwards, can connect the dots between what they’ve learned and make some sense from the struggle. “I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in depression, mania & depression, peer support, psychosis, recovery perspectives
Tagged mental health
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Jungle Prescription – encore
Here’s a welcome repeat showing by CBC of Jungle Medicine – the episode of The Nature Of Things With David Suzuki about Dr Gabor Mate and Ayahuasca. Thursday June 28th at 8pm Thursday July 5th at 8pm …set your recorders. or … Continue reading
Posted in addictive behaviours, Healing, mania & depression, psychosis, recovery perspectives
Tagged ayahuasca, Gabor Mate, Healing, mental health
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Mental illness: Medication alone isn’t the answer
A sometimes hard to read article in Toronto Star telling the story of Kit Skelly and the impact on him and the whole family of what all too often happens when people look to the healthcare system for help. A life … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, mania & depression, my story, psychosis, what's going on?, youth
Tagged hearing voices, Psychiatric medication, schizophrenia, SSRI
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The Doctor Who Hears Voices – Rufus May [subtitulado]
Full version of this remarkable movie now on YouTube – with subtitles in Spanish. Related articles Rufus May (madinamerica.com) the life scientific – Robin Murray (recoverynetwork:Toronto) Brain Gym – Rufus May (recoverynetwork:Toronto) The Doctor Who Hears Voices – Rufus May … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, mania & depression, mental skillness, psychosis
Tagged hearing voices, Rufus May, schizophrenia
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manic depression – Jimi Hendrix
Ever tried listening to Jimi Hendrix here and substituting the words “bipolar mood disorder”? – it just doesn’t have a soul. Manic depression is touching my soul I know what I want but I just don’t know How to, go … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., mania & depression, music, The Mad Ones
Tagged Jimi Hendrix, manic depression
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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
Posted in depression, mania & depression, The Mad Ones
Tagged ' inner voice, depression, mania, mental health, Mood, Stephen Fry
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