Category: Mental Box

• The fire burns on

  I have been going to psychotherapy regularly for many years. It is one of those measures that helps me to cope better with my mental illness. At the very beginning, I was very skeptical. I didn’t think I would feel comfortable going to therapy. Then a relapse into psychosis made me try it. That was […]

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  4 Apr 2021

  Mental Box

  change, mental health, mental illness, psyche, psychosis, psychotherapy, therapy

• The boat that I cannot get off

  It’s been eight months since I went on a boat excursion in the Philippines. It was the second one within a week. The boat was a fishing boat with one of those damn loud motors. Dolphin watching and the visit to a small island was the plan. The weather was bright, and I was accompanied […]

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  30 May 2020

  Mental Box

  dizziness, life, Mal de Debarquement Syndrom, MdDs, medical, Philippines, trip

• Yes or No? (Or the ever-changing story of ambivalence)

  A couple of weeks ago, a closely related man in his seventies asked me once more how many cigarettes I smoke per day by now. I muttered something like: ”Oh, nothing has changed really.” Meaning that I’ve been smoking over two decades, and for the most of it, have been a heavy smoker. For a […]

  тнe77ѕɴĸ

  6 Sep 2015

  Mental Box

  addiction, ambivalence, cigarettes, give up, insecurity, mental illness, quitting, smoking, tobacco

• Yesterday a monster-today a shrink

  If you have a mental illness or you have experienced other heavy problems that affected your mental health, you’ve probably met a psychiatrist. But what the heck is a psychiatrist? They were a kind of monster to me before I first met one in person, meaning that I was scared. Why? Perhaps because he/she would notice something […]

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  11 Mar 2015

  Mental Box

  all, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychotherapy, relationship, shrink, treatment

• Different Approaches

  Currently, I’m looking for some new answers in my view about mental illness. It’s not just a current thing but rather a topic that keeps coming up again and again. This search is especially nourished by the psychotic experiences that I first had at the age of 21. At the core is a pathological, in […]

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  22 Jan 2015

  Mental Box

  all, mental illness, recovery, spirituality

• Bullying harms both the victim and the perpetrator

  Being a victim of bullying as a child increases the risk of psychosis in adulthood. This applies not only to the victim but also to the perpetrators, as a study found. Bullying is something terrible and goes straight to the core. When I was about 13 years old, I went through a hard and intense […]

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  2 Jun 2014

  Mental Box

  all, bullying, childhood, psychosis, social, suicidal thoughts, video

• Medication? It’s helpful to me. How about you?

  It’s early morning at 5.15 a.m. The birds are singing, and finally, it’s warm. A mental illness labeled as schizoaffective disorder is the reason that I’m on a Recovery Journey. It’s a grave disorder, one that even can become life-threatening. The suicide rate among those affected is higher than in the average population. Besides, it […]

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  22 May 2014

  Mental Box

  all, berne, come off pills, medication, mental illness, psychosis, recovery, rufusmay, schizoaffective, soteria, therapeutic, troubledmind

• Speak out against stigma!

  From my personal experience, I really know that stigma is a hindrance. Yet I never had to make such harsh experiences as some of the people in the video at the end of this text. Stigma can make me feel shy when I get in touch with people who aren’t affected by any mental illness or do […]

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  18 May 2014

  Mental Box

  all, anti-stigma, mental illness, stigma, video