February 27, 2023
Traditionally, psychiatry has taken the position that “getting out of your mind” is a bad thing: they have made “normality” in thinking the standard for health, […]
February 8, 2022
When mental health professionals encounter someone who seems to have “persecutory delusions,” they routinely assume there must be something wrong with the person’s brain, something that […]
July 17, 2021
When we go into severe mental health crisis, it can feel like a civil war inside, with various voices, demons, or other entities engaged in battle […]
February 20, 2021
When people talk about finding something of value in “mad” or “psychotic” or “extreme” experiences, they are usually accused by those in mainstream psychiatry of “romanticizing […]
January 24, 2021
What are the relationships between the experiences caused by psychedelic drugs, and those we call “psychosis?” And what are the relationships between both those types of […]
April 18, 2020
While the experience of psychosis can be highly distressing, many who recover report that the treatment was often worse than the psychosis itself. What is it […]
February 27, 2020
When people are told they have “psychosis,” it’s usually because they are experiencing one or both of the following: “hallucinations,” defined as sensations that don’t seem […]
January 31, 2020
According to fact sheets published by the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) psychosis is caused either by a “mental illness” or by the current […]
October 15, 2019
When a young person or the family of a young person just diagnosed with psychosis is considering whether or not to try antipsychotic drugs, it makes […]