Working with a Mental Health diagnosis/disorder
Dictate what you want to do in life
Human Rights Violations in Brazil: The Case of Vavá
Vavá is a young man with the mental disorder Schizophrenia
Different Perspective On Schizophrenic Delusion
I chose a Path of immersion and recovery
An Effort To Explain “Psychosis”
In society, “reality” is a cultural construct defined by the majority of that culture
My life as an Artist with Psychosis
My time playing was plagued by paranoia and hallucinations in the meantime.
Exercising the Right to Speak Out
Clinicians must respect our rights
Effects Of “Broken Brain Syndrome”
I was led to believe I would be forever “sick” no matter how successful my recovery or how creative my writing production.
INDEPENDENCE FOR ALL
We need to discuss Independence
University on Watch: Audiobook Launch
Mental health memoirs seem to vary a bit
The Value of Good Complex Case Management for Comorbid Psychiatric Issues
However, my efforts were not always enough, and on two occasions, I was given rental violations due to my disorganized apartment.
Breaking The Rules Saved A Man’s Life
I told him he “looked like shit” and asked if he had slept or eaten.
Melancholy
Sufferers from ‘depression’ have fearful difficulties in trying to come off antidepressants because they revert to their involutional melancholia.
When Creativity Calls, When Your Alibi is Art
Around the same time I registered for class I walked into a shrink’s office
My journey in mental health housing and recommendations for change and reform
Those of us with mental illness know full well that there are many challenges required of us. Acquiring and maintaining stable housing is one of the biggest challenges of them all. With a complicated condition, the healing journey can be difficult and even more dangerous without stable housing. […]
Relics, Memories & Fleeting Moments: How I’m Coping with my Dad’s Dementia.
“Max, you have to come downstairs…”
T50 Project: The Mental Health Affairs Euthanasia Program
Sign me out right now!
Plan B: Relapse and reconstitution
Like most thoughts surrounding fear, paranoia, and anxious thinking, they all snowball
Lived experience as a self-diagnostic tool
I would like to explore my own lived experience with first-onset psychosis
Eleven years and no progress
I would later find out that cases like Minerva exist everywhere, and she is no more unique than her biography is to other people with a mental health disorder who share their story.
Reflections on Mental Health treatment: Recommendations for reform
My overreactions were to behaviors I considered as threatening
Reflections on ‘Peerness’, Social Work and Supported Housing
I love this work
Addressing Anger at its Source
It seems to me that many of these tragic events have originated from outbursts of uncontrolled or misunderstood rage
Lack of caring can create unthinkable tragedy
I find it problematic to count all the regrets I have had throughout my life.
What is considered ‘normal’ behavior for a teenager in High School?
Some students fall into a social “no-fly zone”
BOOK REVIEW: The Craig Lewis Guide to Surviving the Impossible
A guide to get from traumatized to surviving.
Mental Health Affairs 
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