Category Archives: mental illness? or…

Psychosis 2.0 – Toronto, Friday 13th June 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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 →

Posted in Adversity, Crazy World, life, making sense of "mental illlness", mania & depression, obssessve thoughts, psychosis | Tagged Eleanor Longden, John Read, Keris Myrick, Michael Cornwall, psychosis, Psychosis 2.0, Rufus May, Toronto, Will Hall | 13 Comments

do anything you wanna do – Eddie and The Hot Rods

Posted on February 2, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I’m gonna break out of the city Leave the people here behind Searching for adventure It’s the kind of life to find Tired of doing day jobs With no thanks for what I do I know I must be someone … Continue reading →

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Hoppipolla – Sigur Rós

Posted on December 21, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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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hierarchy as destructive force within the human psyche

Posted on November 21, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Maybe baboon society and human society ain’t that different – both have a similar hierarchy that operates by dominance by aggressive few at the top who get to dump their stress onto those below. “Every male knows where he stands … Continue reading →

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The perils of categorical thinking

Posted on November 18, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Dr Robert Sapolsky in the introductory lecture in his series – Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology. He spends the hour outlining and giving examples of the perils of categorical thinking. Most phenomena we might study exist on a continuum. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, mental illness? or..., perception, The Mad Ones | Tagged Bucket, categorical thinking, Robert Sapolsky, There's a Hole in My Bucket | 4 Comments

Beyond madness: a modern approach to hearing voices

Posted on November 5, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Not sure why the authors feel the need to label it “modern” since hearing voices its mostly about about really, really, really old stuff like listening, which is as old as the hills, but this is a nice piece by … Continue reading →

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some days…

Posted on October 30, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Thanks to a friend in Spain for this one, and dedicated to another friend who this week started in a new job….

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scorchio !!! – info on dealing with the heat

Posted on July 17, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Ireland is ejoying a heatwave – balmy highs of 22C degrees! phew! as it says “WARM [for Ireland]” meanwhile here in Toronto, last night’s low was 26C. Today’s high is forcast for 34C with a feels like of 45C and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Mad Ones, too f*ckin' hot, Uncategorized | Tagged Heat illness, Ireland, Public health, Temperature, Toronto | Comments Off

mind games – Kwame McKenzie

Posted on July 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Wonderful article by Kwame McKenzie in Walrus Magazine, March 2013. In Mind Games, Kwame McKenzie takes us on a brief tour through the history of attempts to regularize and standardize diagnosis in psychiatry, encoded in three major systems of diagnosis – … Continue reading →

Posted in stress, The Mad Ones, work | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, DSM-5, Kwame McKenzie, Mad Pride, mental health, Psychiatry, Rosenhan experiment | 3 Comments

Mars Project – at Mad Pride Toronto

Posted on June 28, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Mars Project “A decade ago rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but he has rejected the label and is pursuing a spiritual path. For half of his life, Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart has fought a spiritual war … Continue reading →