the stigma, perhaps, , , is that it?
I spoke to a psychologist friend of mine today. Two things came out of the conversation. The first is that it is hard on my soul to be 'friends with a psychologist', despite the fact [...]
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12, 2024
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10, 2024
the shitty outcome
It has been a harder landing than usual, coming out of this latest psychosis. It has left me with a lot of sadness this time. I am grieving the person I was in person when [...]
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10, 2024
need something better
Is there something else that can be used to treat my psychotic disorder?! Because THIS is CRAP!! As far as mental environments go, I am not sure I have ever felt quite so bad. Maybe [...]
5
10, 2024
reflection on that other world
Climb back into my shell I suppose. My mum misses the way I would call all the time, I miss reaching out to my dad, to my brother, to my friends. If my financial infrastructure [...]
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10, 2024
the real world is lonely
Landing hard tonight. And notice that I am emotionally isolated from the people in my world again. I don't know what is worse - feeling distant from people and the world, or the chaos, the [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]