Experience Of Embodiment & Thought Insertion
Schizophrenia often involves an altered sense of embodiment, an experience In describe here. My experience with altered embodiment in Schizophrenia has been heavily focused on the brain and skull, whi...
30 Sep 20228min
Maturing Through Psychotherpy: A Cross-Diagnostic Look
I've always been interested in the ways different diagnoses relate, and was fasdcinated at how similar the description of developmental remediation was in a book I have been reading for Borderline pat...
17 Aug 20229min
Self-Alienation, Trauma, & Psychosis
We've talked about social alienation & Social Defeat, but what does that do to your relationship to yourself in the context of a Psychotic condition? Feeling alienated from yourself & others is normal...
24 Maj 202211min
Living With Psychogenic Polydipsia
Polydispia is a rarely-discussed symptom of Schizophrenia, but it is incredibly intrsuive to live with. Polydipsia is the experience of excessive thirst and craving for water, even to the point of phy...
28 Mars 20228min
Pets & Schizophrenia
I used to not be an animal person, but since I got my Parakeets (Budgies, Birdies) last Fall I've found myself falling in love with these little happy fluffballs. My Budgies came to me sick and underd...
12 Mars 202210min
My Early Schizotypy; How Parents Went Wrong (& Right!)
I thought it might be useful for me to talk about some of my early childhood experiences. Early onset Schizophrenia/Schizotypy is considered rare, but in my experience working with the Psychosis Commu...
14 Feb 202214min
Functional Neurological Disorder: A First-Person Look
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), formerly Conversion Disorder, is a Somatic Symptom Disorder that causes psychogenic symptoms that would typically be caused by conditions labeled Neurological. ...
2 Jan 202214min
