Tag Archives: Rufus May

Compassion for Voices

Posted on November 19, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Hearing Voices is a common human experience.
It can often be linked to something difficult or painful that’s happened in the past -or happening right now.

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Understanding our Sensitivity – a workshop

Posted on April 28, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A Workshop with Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer
Toronto, Tue 17 June 2014
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Posted in Adversity, Event, Ideas | Tagged Elisabeth Svanholmer, hearing voices, Highly Sensitive, Highly Sensitive People, Rufus May, sensitivity | 3 Comments

escaping the asylum mentality – Rufus May

Posted on March 21, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

In an article in Occupied Times Rufus May announces his plans to leave the NHS [National Health Service] in UK where he attempted, for eighteen years working as a clinical psychologist to bring change to services from the inside – … Continue reading →

Posted in Crazy World, Emancipate yourself..., Healing, human diversity, The Mad Ones | Tagged asylum, mentality, Occupied Times, Psychosis2.0, Psychosis2pt0, Rufus May | 4 Comments

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

World Hearing Voices Day – Toronto Friday 13th Sep 2013 – update !!!

Posted on September 9, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If you missed out last year here’s your chance to meet them. Since last year’s event TopDog started a blog- the world’s first by a voice, Flo took up walking and photography and Rufus wrote something on his forehead for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., hearing voices | Tagged Eleanor Longden, Flo BEllamey, hearing voices, living with voices, Rufus May, TopDog | Comments Off

Mad Pride – The Great Escape 2005 – Bradford to Manchester

Posted on July 8, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The Great Escape Bedpush 2005: Bradford to Manchester Mad Pride is international – here’s an event a few years ago in England, trekking 40miles across the Pennines: from Bradford to Madchester and featuring, amonst others: a giant syringe, a porter’s trolley, Rufus … Continue reading →

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From psychiatric patient to human being: My journey in a nutshell.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A wonderfully open and frank piece by Flo Bellamy about her struggles and her encounter with psychiatric services that could only medicate her: so making her even more ill. Then how she and her family discovered the movie “The Doctor Who hears Voices” … Continue reading →

Posted in hearing voices, medication madness, psychosis | Tagged Flo Bellamy, Healing, hearing voices, Psychology, recovery, Rufus May | 2 Comments

The Doctor Who Hears Voices – Rufus May [subtitulado]

Posted on May 29, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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 | 3 Comments

The Life Scientific: Robin Murray

Posted on February 14, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Psychiatrist Robin Murray tells why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia. The Life Scientific is a 1/2 hour show on BBC Radio four that aims at getting inside the minds of scientists. This episode seeks to get inside … Continue reading →

Posted in hearing voices, Ideas, psychosis | Tagged Delusion, Healing, hearing voices, mental health, Peter Chadwick, psychosis, Robin Murray, Rufus May, schizophrenia | Comments Off

Rufus May – brain gym

Posted on January 12, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Another of the presenters at the November conference in Toronto. Rufus May takes us through a series of simple exercises we can use to strengthen mind body connection, give ourselves some care and to help ourselves feel more relaxed – and more … Continue reading →