OCD and Hearing Voices
While I think we’ve come a long way in terms of the stigma attached to brain disorders, we still have so far to go. Case in point: How many of…
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia’s Voice
I would perhaps start with explaining that everything that I say is honest and true, the reason being that some of it may be unbelievable, but then I find many…
Living with Schizoaffective Disorder
Being schizoaffective is like having manic depression and schizophrenia at the same time. It has a quality all its own though which is harder to pin down. Manic depression is…
Grief and Mourning in Schizophrenia: A Safety Plan
The diagnosis of schizophrenia has countless implications for an individual’s life. Being diagnosed with schizophrenia can mean many things to a person, including the loss of identity and sense of…
Sleep and Mental Health Disorders
Sleep is essential to the maintenance of mental health. Sleep helps to regulate mood and process emotional information and experiences into memory. Insufficient sleep is associated with increased emotional reactivity…
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Schizophrenia
Getting a new diagnosis is rarely good news — most people have a fair amount of anxiety and trepidation in learning they’ve got some sort of condition. Nowhere is this…
Managing Schizophrenia: 9 Things Every Caregiver Should Know
The symptoms of schizophrenia manifest in each person differently. Some people with schizophrenia are capable of managing their symptoms and care while others may require the help of family members…
7 Things that Help in Managing Schizophrenia
People living with schizophrenia often go from periods of psychosis to periods of relative stability. There are many tricks and tools that long-term suffers have learned in order to have…
When Someone Has Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder — one the most chronic and disabling types of mental illness. The first signs of schizophrenia, which typically emerge in young people in their…
Understanding & Giving Support to Someone with Schizophrenia
What comes to mind when the word schizophrenia is spoken? Likely images of a bedraggled man or woman, with wild hair and tattered clothing, chatting away with someone that you…
