Expert mentality is a form of enmeshment and it crosses psychological boundaries.
Navigating Invisibility With Schizophrenia
Hearing negativity towards mental health conditions without repudiating their words feels like I’m sometimes internalizing it and making their pejorative thoughts and emotions towards the conditions a part of my being, thus discriminating against myself.
Hearing negativity towards mental health conditions without repudiating their words feels like I’m sometimes internalizing it and making their pejorative thoughts and emotions towards the conditions a part of my being, thus discriminating against myself.
My Mental Health Elevator Pitch
My psychiatric condition is not imaginable to most people.
My psychiatric condition is not imaginable to most people.
Challenges of Switching Medication
Making medication changes has been one of the hardest parts of continual self-care after having had episodes of psychosis.
Making medication changes has been one of the hardest parts of continual self-care after having had episodes of psychosis.
Finding Work While Having Psychosis
Many times it can be difficult to find work after a mental health episode and a period of having been unemployed.
Many times it can be difficult to find work after a mental health episode and a period of having been unemployed.
Grieving Losses From Mental Illness
Recovering from mental illness has been a very gradual and slow-working process for me so there have been many times where I’ve grieved for the loss of my quality of life along with my quality of cognition and emotional happiness and emotional health as well.
Recovering from mental illness has been a very gradual and slow-working process for me so there have been many times where I’ve grieved for the loss of my quality of life along with my quality of cognition and emotional happiness and emotional health as well.
Language and Interpersonal Dynamics With Psychosis
Learning how to talk about mental health struggles can be a really difficult process, especially if you haven’t gone through them.
Learning how to talk about mental health struggles can be a really difficult process, especially if you haven’t gone through them.
Hearing Voices and Seeing Visions: A Normal Human Experience
It’s a regular occurrence to have voices and visions while still thinking rationally and being in touch with reality.
It’s a regular occurrence to have voices and visions while still thinking rationally and being in touch with reality.
My Mental Health Energy Crisis
Over the years I’ve noticed some drastic differences in my energy levels while living with schizoaffective disorder.
Over the years I’ve noticed some drastic differences in my energy levels while living with schizoaffective disorder.
Power Dynamics in Psychiatric Care
Therapy takes courage, and in our most vulnerable moments, we shouldn’t be afraid of being abused, restrained, overmedicated, and having our lives taken away,
Therapy takes courage, and in our most vulnerable moments, we shouldn’t be afraid of being abused, restrained, overmedicated, and having our lives taken away,
The Stadium
“When should I tell her I have schizophrenia?”
“When should I tell her I have schizophrenia?”
Stigma & Self-Stigma: Barriers to Living a Full Life
It takes so much courage to disclose any mental health disorder.
It takes so much courage to disclose any mental health disorder.
Autonomy and Family Dynamics
A big part of my mental health struggles has been lacking the ability to trust people and connect with them.
A big part of my mental health struggles has been lacking the ability to trust people and connect with them.
The Red Truck
Without mercy, how does a society survive?
Without mercy, how does a society survive?
Double Binds and Friendships
A double bind is typically a situation where you’re only given negative choices with negative consequences but you still feel forced to choose one of them.
A double bind is typically a situation where you’re only given negative choices with negative consequences but you still feel forced to choose one of them.
Stigmatizing Medications – A Societal Problem
“He didn’t take his meds” should not be a punchline.
“He didn’t take his meds” should not be a punchline.