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How Letting Go Healed Me
One of my main focal points in my recovery has been increasing my mental clarity and functionality. In order to do this I had to delve into a lot of dark memories and find solutions to problems that...
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This is My Story of How I Was Bullied. And How I Overcame It.
Growing up I had a cognitive impairment which I got made fun of for a lot. When I talked, I had difficulty formulating language and during middle school pretty much everyone I knew picked on me for...
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Isolation is the Silent, Deadly Enemy of the Man who Cares
Growing up I always considered myself a team player. I’d make any sacrifice and go to any lengths to be liked by my peers. As I got into college I looked back and realized that my friends from earlier...
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How Character Helped Me to Overcome Being Bullied
During middle school I had been picked on to the point of nearly committing suicide. While being picked on I always used to blame myself for the things others were doing to me. For years this hampered...
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How to Get the Most From Your Therapy
During the recovery process from schizoaffective disorder there have been a number of things I’ve learned that have helped facilitate and streamline my recovery. It was a long process but knowing some...
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How Accepting Human Nature Transformed My Mental Health
In therapy I have found that going back into trauma and finding alleviation from it has been the best form of medicine. This process has helped me to regain my functionality, independence, and has...
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Mental Health and the Crucial Importance of Relationships
From ages 19-25 I was incapacitated by schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and I struggled with friendships. For several years after I still struggled with socialization and interpersonal relationships....
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An Empty Nest
Jack and Adrienne were at the bar after a work day at the hospital. The lights had just been dimmed and there was a quiet after dinner hours buzz from the patrons. “I feel like I have everything I...
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Mental Health and the Media: A Call to Action
Having a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder has been difficult because of the symptoms but also because of the stigma I’ve had to face. There have been many misconceptions about mental illness...
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Tools that have Helped Me to Face the Uncertainty of Mental Illness
Having uncertainty has been one of the most difficult and fearful parts of having schizoaffective disorder. There have been many times where I wasn’t certain how my life would turn out or whether I...
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Minimizing the Effects of Social Traumas
In recent years there have been some social traumas I’ve been working through from years of being bullied. I have several groups of friends I hang out with but I’ve realized I struggle to connect with...
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The Importance of Support Systems
When I first left the hospital after my second episode of schizoaffective disorder I didn’t have much of a support system other than my family. It takes time to develop supports and once I had them, I...
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Morality with Schizoaffective Disorder: A Cause & Effect System
After two episodes of schizoaffective disorder and six years of living with the disorder, I was deeply concerned with morality and its connection to my experiences. I knew I was a good person who had...
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Agreeability, Socialization, and Mental Health
During middle school, I had a lot of trouble with being bullied. In these years I did everything I could to try avoiding being picked on, made fun of, told to kill myself, and I was in survival mode. I...
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Treating Mania as an Addiction
Having schizoaffective disorder bipolar type means having schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One of the most difficult parts of having this disorder was the fact that I overlooked the bipolar facet of...
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Social Skills and Psychosis: A Spectrum
During my first episode I was an English major and I read twenty books per semester for two years while developing psychosis. This led to a lot of the experiential side of schizoaffective disorder...
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Linguistics in Talking About Psychosis
Using human experience language has been an essential part of getting healthier. It shapes the way I look at myself and the way I interact with others as a peer and in my life away from my mental...
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Self-Discipline and Positive Self-Talk
During middle school, I received a lot of emotional abuse which I also saw as a harsh means of discipline. Whenever I said anything wrong or did anything differently there were people there to make...
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Weight Loss with Mental Health Struggles – A Holistic Approach
After two episodes of schizoaffective disorder, I was fairly depressed and exhausted. I was taking psychiatric medications which sapped my energy and I also had some trauma from having nearly starved...
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The Will to Truth – Existentialism and Psychosis
Over the years it took me time to not view myself from a stigmatic vantage point. I had learned many false notions from popular culture, conversations throughout my life, and from medical staff as...
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