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Did you find transformative meaning in your experience diagnosed as psychosis? Opportunity to take part in research
Have you ever had an extreme experience which had led to you being officially diagnosed with ‘psychosis’ by a medical professional?
You may be interested in taking part in research which seeks to explore Transformative Meaning in our ‘Madness’ – are experiences diagnosed as psychosis meaningful rather than just pathological?
The purpose of this study is to explore how some people find and harness transformative meaning in their experiences conceptualised as psychosis by clinical psychiatry in order to better understand and support them. Continue reading
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Tagged #psychiatry, #Psychology, #psychosis, #schizophrenia, #spirituality, #transformation, mental-health
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We talk to Anna about her emergence journey from ‘mental patient’ to Author
You may remember one of our original proud #Emergees, Anna Lipska from Poland, from the #Emerging Proud film. Here I talk to Anna about her journey ‘from Space to Earth’, and how she ended up transforming from having the identity … Continue reading
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Tagged #astronomy, #bipolar, #book, #emergence, #emergingproud, #mentalhealth, #Psychology, #psychosis, #recovery, #schizophrenia, #space, #transformation
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Paris Williams set to #Emerge Proud this week in an interview on Rethinking Madness
The #EmergingProud campaign is enormously grateful to Paris Williams, PHD for giving us permission to use the title of his infamous book ‘Rethinking Madness’ for the Open Space topic for our HUGE launch event on the 12th May; set to … Continue reading
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Tagged #consciousness, #emergingproud, #madness, #ParisWilliams, #psychologist, #psychosis, #recovery, #rethinking, #schizophrenia
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When words don’t cut it; the consequence of destructive labelling
We met Tee Clare when he bravely shared his story by video earlier in the campaign. Here Tee shares some of his amazingly expressive artwork, which speaks loudly of the destructive effect psychiatry’s reductionist labelling can have on a person … Continue reading
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Tagged #art, #compliance, #crazy, #emergingproud, #expression, #health, #labelling, #personalitydisorder, #psychiatry, #recovery, #reductionist, #schizophrenia
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Reframing Mental distress as a potential catalyst for positive change 