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.

inner city blues – Gil Scott Heron


Baltimore 2015: Freddie Gray death is ruled by court as as a “depraved heart homicide” – police officer charged. Oh, make you wanna holler sometimes….     Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have-nots Money, we make it Fore … Continue reading

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Thought creates reality then it says…


Thought creates reality and then it says, I didn’t do it; it’s there by itself, and I must correct it.
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Everyone is capable of “hallucinating”


Everyone is capable of “hallucinating”. Continue reading

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Living With My Voices – Kevin Healey


Brief film interview with Kevin Healey, about his a personal journey of learning to live with and interpret the voices only he hears; then learning to using that to offer training for people who work those who might struggle with voices they hear. @The Trauma and Mental Health Report.
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Le Monde en face : Harcèlement à l’école


Bullying Sucks – if we know it’s not acceptable in an adult world how come we accept it as the norm in schools?
Research shows that having been bullied is a predictor of the kind of experience and struggle that gets labelled and diagnosed as “mental illness”. Continue reading

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Psychosis 2.0 – Toronto, Friday 13th June 2014


Mark Your Calendars Announcing… Friday 13th June 2014 Toronto Hart House, U of T Psychosis 2.0 shares evolving perspectives on recovery from extreme mental states and follows on from the ground breaking Nov 2011 conference: Challenging our Understanding of Psychosis … Continue reading

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the bullying experiment – fouseyTUBE


fouseyTUBE‘s bullying experiment… Q. how do people respond when they witness one person  bullying another? “So I feel like the big issue with today’s generation is bullying: why does bullying continue and why doesn’t anybody put a stop to it? … Continue reading

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when peers mess you up – Dieter Wolke


Dieter Wolke and his team research  bullying in all its forms and its impact on our soul and how we turn out in later life. He’s also working on his stand-up routine and has some good jokes – and, since … Continue reading

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Hoppipolla – Sigur Rós


spinning in circles holding hands the world is a blur except when you’re standing . dripping wet completley soaked no rubberboots running inside of us wants to burst out of the shell [Hopelandic – translated from original Icelandic]   Hoppipolla … Continue reading

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Babylon’s Burning – The Ruts


Babylon is burning You’re burning the street You’re burning your houses With an-xi-ety! Babylon is burning You’re burning the street You’re burning your houses With anxiety With anxiety Babylon is burning Babylon is burning With anxiety Babylon is burning Babylon … Continue reading

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