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Experiencing a Psychotic Break Doesn’t Mean You’re Broken
Too often, people experiencing psychosis are told that their life will never be the same. This narrative is not only exaggerated, but it’s also inaccurate.
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Responding to Bipolar Psychotic Symptoms
As you learn how to manage your own illness, you might start noticing your symptoms. It can be scary to realize that you are headed for a psychotic episode, but it is possible to do things that lessen the severity of, or even avert, psychosis. -
What Kept Me Going After My Episode
"I get up every morning to finish my new degree because I hope I can help people who are in crisis with words, not tasers. I help people with mental illness because I hope I can be that voice of educated experience that I never had after my first manic episode." -
Psychosis: Responding to a Loved One in the Face of Uncertainty
Family members of someone experiencing psychosis often struggle to communicate with their loved one. However, learning effective communication strategies for this situation can be helpful. Here are the strategies that worked for Kim and her family. -
Postpartum Psychosis: Something I Didn’t Learn About in Birthing Class
"How does a 30-year-old mom of two, with no previous history of mental illness get admitted to the psych ward? I’ll tell you how: with the very unexpected onset of postpartum psychosis." -
Improving Our Understanding and Education About Psychosis
In our communitites, we need to make an effort through education and trainings to learn more about how to help someone who is experiencing psychosis. -
My Reality During A Psychotic Episode
"As the medications began to take effect. I very sadly started to realize that I was not a prophet. I was just a very sick person. I remain convinced to this day that I became psychotic trying make sense of our world." -
My Journey with Schizophrenia
"Because of the love, support and compassion of my family, my treatment team and the people at my church, I am able to say I have come a long way." -
Finding My Purpose After Psychosis
"Mental illness doesn’t have to be the one definition of who we are. Though mental illness is a devastating diagnosis, I firmly believe we can overcome our limitations to live a life of satisfaction." -
Living Extraordinary Alones
"Ten years and nine hospitalizations later, I found that there is not just one kind of “alone.” There are scary alones, lonely alones, secret alones, alones in solace and alones that are empowering. As people with mental illness, we often travel through these different alones."