MIA – tranquillised
So, I caved and upped my dose of amisulpride to 600 mg. I reflected on how bad the previous psychosis was, and how I have had three of them in the past months. I reflected [...]
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02, 2026
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06, 2025
bedroom visions in the night – 0 )
Oh wow!! Hehe, , , I just listened to an audio recording that I made in the middle of the night. . . It was so funny to hear. It is so funny how we [...]
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12, 2024
an interesting and familiar experience in a chess game
It was such an interesting experience to find myself in a losing position in my chess game with my Dad tonight. I was assessing my options, and all I could see, through all the different [...]
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08, 2024
My personal (timely) cure to psychosis
I realised something quite profound today. I was talking to my Mum about our experiences of reading books and watching movies, or the theatre. She was saying that she likes reading books because it takes [...]
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09, 2023
Momento mori – when life gets real
The other thing that I have been thinking of in terms of psychology lately, is the idea of memento mori. I have heard a few great thinkers say that it is important to ponder on [...]
31
07, 2023
What is risk aversion in psychology?
One thing that I am noticing about the way I operate in the world when I am suffering from psychosis is that I become extremely RISK AVERSE. If the average person's desire to avoid losses [...]
5
07, 2023
How to best do mental health support work?
Something about my NDIS support shift this afternoon made me think about how I can engage in professional development in my mental health support work. I want to have a real impact on my client's [...]
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06, 2023
Cognitive training for schizophrenia-induced cognitive deficits
Sometimes it feels like I am stuck in a bit of a cognitive cage. The idea of putting thoughts into words for a blog article feels like some kind of Herculean effort. Nonetheless, I want [...]
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03, 2021
The harsh reality of mirtazapine withdrawal symptoms
The worst part about anti-depressant withdrawal (in this case withdrawal from mirtazapine), is the fact that it can feel like we need to put our lives on hold for months, sometimes years, before we are [...]
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12, 2020
Planning for addiction recovery
So, it seems that my challenge NOW is another process from recovery of ADDICTION. Do you have any behaviours which you consider addictive, but which don't serve you well? We all have those sorts of [...]