Category Archives: mental illness? or…

What is “psychosis”?

Posted on October 17, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Look it up and you’ll find all kinds of nonsense  up/downloaded as answer to that question, most commonly: “Loss of contact with reality.” What does that even mean? For sure, whoever says that to you most assuredly has.   Truth … Continue reading →

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Moone Boy

Posted on October 5, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Martin Kenny Dalgleish Moone is the kind of young boy who’d care for an injured chaffinch – or even a dead chaffinch believing its injured- and who has a constant companion, imaginary friend, in the shape of Chris O’Dowd. Many … Continue reading →

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I can’t stand up for falling down – Elvis Costello

Posted on August 28, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I can’t stand up for falling down I can’t stand up for falling down   “I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down” I’m the living result I’m a man who’s been hurt a little too much And I’ve tasted the … Continue reading →

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I am amazed by the strength of the human spirit and never give up hope

Posted on August 18, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Lucy Johnstone walks us through a day in her life working as clinical psychologist on a community mental health team in an area of great social depravation. She explains how, rather than simply hand them a list of symptom to check … Continue reading →

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Tenor Madness – Sonny Rollins & John Coltrane

Posted on August 7, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The only recording of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane playing together,  May 1956.

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A person given a diagnosis of “psychosis” is 15 times more likely to …

Posted on July 25, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Wonder how the “voice inside your head”  finished off that sentence… Some straight talking… Here’s some data: A person who has been given a diagnosis of psychosis is three times more likely to have been abused as a child than … Continue reading →

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Samuel Beckett and unceasing inner speech

Posted on May 27, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

We are all born mad. Some remain so. Samuel Beckett Continue reading →

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Increase in use of electroshock is alarming – Quebec

Posted on May 9, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Friends in Quebec stage a protest in Montreal,  Friday to bring attention to he alarming rise in use of  electroshock in Quebec,  highlighting the risks, and also just how little is known about it’s effects. They also spotlight  other, non-violent … Continue reading →

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“Schizophrenia” does not exist

Posted on April 18, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jim Van Os and his big list of schitzo stereoptypes “Schizophrenia” does not exist. That some people struggle and suffer and become isolated by that is not in doubt, especially here. That they suffer because they have a “thing” and … Continue reading →

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Ontario human rights chief calls for end to prison solitary confinement

Posted on March 3, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Isolation warps minds. If you’re one of the hundreds who saw the post on Total Isolation, about  the BBC Horizon episode reproducing an experiment into the effects of solitary confinement, then you’ll understand. If you haven’t seen it yet, you … Continue reading →

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