Preventing, Predicting, & Dismantling Problems Ahead
Asking yourself: "What issues seem to pop up consistently?"
Asking yourself: "What issues seem to pop up consistently?"
hen the worker finds him or herself front and center in the life of the client. Becoming the object of their desire and madness, emotions and even feelings of safety become subsumed into the client's…
“I was just following orders.” The Nuremberg defense, just following orders, Due Obedience, or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl (“an order is an order”). This plea justified Nazi crimes against humanity. ‘Just following orders’ implies that the…
I want to pose a question: is a mental health disorder a disability?
There is an unspoken, covert, and arbitrary standard for working in the mental health community.
Our evolution is not a gift bestowed by good fortune
Share, feel free to disclose all aspects of your lived experience and mental health history.
As 2020 fast approaches, I can’t help but think its necessary to reflect on what was the most ambitious, self-directed, and awe-inspiring ten years of my life. There wasn’t a moment I would re-live, so…
When my illness first struck in 2003 and then again in 2008 I was extremely bitter and angry.
Planning for the future means knowing what went wrong and why,?
The next step in Contesting Admission seemed rather obvious to me. Pummel the English Department into submission. In the words of President George W. Bush, this will be “shock and awe”. The plan was simple.…
My perception was shifting everyday. At first the shift was gradual, eventually dramatically altered. The community appeared different. People seemed to behave differently and have different motives. All I wanted was to connect with the…
There is nothing more profound than healing and recovery from extreme perilous circumstances and returning to a more normal life.
Far too many stories and firsthand accounts of recovery are terminal and end with a cure or picturesque life for the consumer of services or “sick” person. This recovery narrative is different. This is a…
The time is upon us! I need to address the ongoing rumors circulating around my writing. Ever since I have announced a second novella, Small Fingernails, Even Less Love 💕 , there has been undeniable…
I have been accused of several crimes, socially unacceptable behaviors, and a litany of outrageous transgressions during my mental illness.
I am a rhetoric scholar and a person with lived experience with schizophrenia.
Hope is never truly lost until you stop believing in recovery
When you carry a mental health diagnosis, you are in almost constant fear of relapsing