Category: Mental Box
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Schizo revealed!
Currently, I’m attending a seminar somewhere in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. In English, it’s called “Coming out Proud” – It’s all about stigma, understanding it, and holding against it – with empowerment. However, I really don’t want to go through the material of that seminar with you. But I’d like to point out two…
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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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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…
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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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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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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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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…
Born under the Sign of the Snake 