Wales High High School: First Diagnosis
A front-row view of High School in the early 2000s
LADY MACBETH AND OCD
she is obsessively washing her hands while sleepwalking due to guilt.
Undiagnosed (Part Two): Schizophrenia or Wicked Healing (East Coast Slang)
That is why I took all the pills; to make me better.
Selfies Rule In the Psycho World
Here we have the emotionally disturbed person in all his narcissistic glory scheming for attention.
Your typical ‘crazy’ person or ‘nutbag’
I seem to remember a day when different was both a good thing and a bad thing.
THANKSGIVING MEAL AND FUN, FOR SOME?
Just another day I’ll probably want to forget.
Fall Sports 2020, Not Like it Used To Be
In 2020, sports is not like it used to be
The Woman By the Train
I finished watching season 7 of Blacklist, a psychological crazybot about a criminal who has the FBI on a platter, and turned to the next episode of original Star Trek reruns.
Goodbye Party at the Office
I haven’t worked in many formal or professional settings. When I first landed at a “”real”” job, it wasn’t the paycheck, status, or new schedule that got me excited to go to work. It was the parties!
Expressly, goodbye parties.
Mcdaggot Surrenders at Life
“I need help,” Mcdaggot admitted.
REMEMBER MOON VISIT BY NOT RETURNING SOON
Fifty one years ago we walked the moon
Mcdaggot’s Demise
Mcdaggot moved from receptionist job to secretarial positions but never seemed to make it past an assistant to someone more capable and better suited for the stronger and more lofty position.
EDITOR-in-Chief DAN FREY AND CITY VOICES
A good friend of mine, a licensed social worker and peer advocate, said to me once last year: “Max, you certainly love writing about your lived experience, have you ever considered contacting CITY VOICES?” I had no idea what City Voices was when she first suggested I contact their […]
The Great Stingie War
In the end, it was the sheer size and strength of the stingies that overtook the sheer volume and numbers we had behind us.
Lexington and Fifth
“I’m on Lexington and Fifth, darling”
County Speak: Air Date April 2006; Episode: Crossing Guard Jimmy
Cynthia’s Final Farewell
Actually, Cynthia, I’m on a cruise ship in Puerto Rico
T.K.O Kim
That’s Kim, I thought. Shameless to the end. Revisonless.
Reflections on Neesa’s Blog article: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others
So, I was just reading an article by Neesa Suncheuri called: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others In this article, the author likens the side effects (no pun intended) of not working and responding to the impact of paralyzing mental health symptoms as a strength. This […]
Wales High High School: First Diagnosis (A First Look🤓)
Introduction Sometimes a school crisis erupts on a high school campus unexpectedly. Other times, there a slow build up of tension before the crescendo, and that crescendo can be hate speech, or any number of incidents. Twenty years ago, in Wales Academy, I was a student in crisis. […]
Behind the Mind with Kevin Meiselman
On episode 7 of Behind the Mind, Max Guttman joins the show to share his experiences with schizophrenia and details the adversity he overcame to live a happy, healthy and productive life. He also shines light on the common misconceptions about schizophrenia and the manner in which the disorder can be treated. This was one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard, and I can’t thank Max enough for his bravery and willingness to help me reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.
The J Peters Reality Tour🤷♂️
ve been getting a lot of questions, and I mean a lot, about the status of the J Peters reality tour. Let’s talk about it here and put to rest any outstanding rumors surrounding this historic event.
The Revisionist✍️: Rise of the Prosumer (Chapters 1&2)
Preface The Revisionist describes events I experienced beginning in 2008, the year that I graduated from college at New England University. However, the actual writing began shortly after the completion of Small Fingernails Even Less Love, which chronicles the impact of my mental health condition on events leading […]
A Fond Farewell to Mary✌️
The pictures posted are from a secretly videotaped meeting with my care manager and his director at a non-profit agency in Westchester NY. For three months, I have been calling and trying to reach my care manager. I left message after message for weeks for this person. It’s […]
The Revisionist: rise of the prosumer, axioms, and future directions in Mental Health Affairs
When I first began writing about mental health, and topics concerning my own experience with schizophrenia, I was a bit naive. I thought since I lived through “this”, meaning, the various incidents, challenges, and pitfalls of my disorder people who struggled with similar hazards in their life could […]
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