What It’s Like To Live With A Severe Mental Health Diagnosis
Remission in symptoms can be life-changing.
Crisis Intervention: A Guide To Emergency Response
Crisis Intervention workers need a comprehensive guide to emergency response for mental health consumers. This blog provides a strengths-based, clinical approach to crisis intervention. The blog will cover various topics, including psychiatric emergencies, suicide, and violence prevention; assessment and diagnostics; law enforcement and the criminal justice system; crisis […]
Recovery Is A Journey: How To Use Your Lived Experience To Help You Heal
You are the expert on your lived experience
How The Fear Of Self-Disclosure Can Impact Your Mental Health
Share, feel free to disclose all aspects of your lived experience and mental health history.
NARCISSISM, RECOVERY, AND MY STORY
I am a survivor
MOBILIZING LIVED EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RECOVERY
Know the value and worth of your story
From CONSENTING TO INFECTION: HEP C AND THE PANDEMIC
Oh my God, I thought to myself.
MY STORY: MENTAL RELAPSE
I must admit how difficult it has been for me to stay mentally sane.
I’m sixty-four, and I’m alive.
My birthday just passed.
GOOD SUPPORT IS VITAL FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
People battling extreme conditions need support in their lives
FINDING THE COURAGE TO BREAK FREE
I don’t see a lot of people of color in the world of peer support
MY BATTLE CRY
You want the motion, you gotta move
The problem with measuring progress in treatment
Therapists monitor the progress of their patients.
When Person-Centered Care takes a WRONG turn
I’ve been in treatment for severe mental illness my entire adult life.
How to Self-Manage Our Frustration
Suppose you cannot maintain safety with yourself or with others.
How to Define Recovery A Radical Idea
Here’s the thing: having a normal life shouldn’t be the barometer of how well a person is doing in recovery.
Different Perspective On Schizophrenic Delusion
I chose a Path of immersion and recovery
Calmigo Reviewed: AromaScam?
Initially, it seemed like an exciting purchase
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.
Feed Your Head (says Grace Slick)
For the mental Health consumer, switching off environments can be helpful in avoiding panic attacks, angst, and other symptoms.
Breaking The Rules Saved A Man’s Life
I told him he “looked like shit” and asked if he had slept or eaten.
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. […]
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