Category Archives: making sense of “mental illlness”

got a diagnsis? trying to make sense of what it means?
A diagnosis can be a good place to start understanding – it might even be enough for you.

For most of us it is not the end but the start of making our own sense of what is happening in our life and what we can do about it.

The Schizo Stereotype

Posted on July 12, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jim Van Os and his gert list of “schizo” stereotypes “Schizophrenia” is not a thing its an idea. Its not a thing we can catch or contract , become infected with or born with. Its an idea, a story. And if … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, psychosis | Tagged Franz Fanon, non-human, Schizo, stereotype | 3 Comments

Fight the Power – Public Enemy

Posted on July 10, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power Lemme hear you say Fight the power 1989 the number another summer (get down) Sound of the funky drummer … Continue reading →

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The brain is a social organ – Dan Siegel

Posted on July 7, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Dr Daniel Siegel talking about how he started out as a scientist, trained as a clinician, became a teacher – always excited to learn as much as he could about the mind. … of how as a scientist he came … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, Ideas, making sense of "mental illlness", neuroplasticity, recovery perspectives, spirit | Tagged attachment, Brain, connection, Daniel Siegel, meaning, social organ, spirituality | Comments Off

A long, complex and stubborn history with trauma

Posted on June 28, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Bessel van der Kolk at bigthink.org offers a potted history of psychiatry and society’s difficult relationship with trauma. Psychiatry started as study of what were then deemed bizarre behaviours, but discovered they were understandable when considered in context with extraordinary … Continue reading →

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Stolen Opportunities…

Posted on June 24, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Brexit – this Shit is f#cked Continue reading →

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when we change the way we look at things…

Posted on June 23, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

When we change the way we look at things what we look at changes -Max Plank There is no such thing as “objective reality” that can be observed by wholly objective observer. The very act of observing changes what is … Continue reading →

Posted in Crazy World, Difference and Diversity, Emancipate yourself..., hearing voices, human diversity, Ideas, Learning, Listening, making sense of "mental illlness" | Tagged David Bohm, Max Planck, quantum phicics, What if | 2 Comments

F#ck that! meditation

Posted on June 20, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Greet the world and everything in it with a new, beautiful breath of… Continue reading →

Posted in Crazy World, shit is f#cked, Zero F*cks | Tagged F#ck that, meditation | 4 Comments

Going Underground – The Jam

Posted on June 19, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

We talk and we talk until my head explodes
The Jam Continue reading →

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Dicks on the subway

Posted on May 30, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jessica Valenti on her experiences growing up in New York City, especially experiences of dicks on subways, of the very real and lasting effects it can have and the compromises that women and even young girls have to make in … Continue reading →