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Self alienation, trauma and psychosis
Feeling alienated from yourself & others is normal for Traumatized people, but how does this manifest in someone with Schizophrenia? Read more -
Living with Psychogenic Polydipsia
Polydipsia is the experience of excessive thirst and craving for water, even to the point of physical injury. Read more -
Pets and Schizophrenia
My Buddies help me manage Negative Symptoms like Avolition and Anhedonia, in addition to helping with my loneliness and withdrawal. Read more -
My Early Schizotypy – How Parents Went Wrong and Right!
Early onset Schizophrenia/Schizotypy is considered rare, but in my experience working I believe it is actually underdiagnosed. Read more -
Functional Neurological Disorder – A First Person Look
Having FND severely stigmatized me and added an excruciating layer on to my already misunderstood Schizophrenia. Read more -
Infertility and Antipsychotic Medication
In this podcast, I discuss my experience with Antipsychotic-indiced infertility, as well as the social atmosphere around Schizophrenia. Read more -
Trauma, Sense of Self and Schizophrenia
In this episode, I share my experience with chronic trauma/PTSD and Schizophrenia. A new episode by Rose Parker. Read more -
Dissociative Identity Disorder – Reflections Three Years Later
I recovered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) over three years ago now--what are my thoughts? With Rose Parker. Read more -
Delusions As Events – Defining The Undefinable
I've spent much talking about delusions, but I have not made enough that defines/explains them for those who have not experienced them. Read more -
How I Lost The Ability To Read And Got It Back
Here, I explain. my journey with the most severe cognitive symptom I have experienced and how I recovered from it. Read more -
Bullying and the Development of Schizophrenia
Like any trauma, bullying shapes the brain in its own image. Listen to a new podcast of Rose Parker on PsychosisNet. Read more -
Accepting my Schizophrenic Body
Here, I describe my thought process in how I made peace with my Schizophrenic body. With Rose Parker on Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
An Interview with Cecilia McGough
Join us, as Cecilia shares her journey and we banter about the work of Psychosis Advocacy. With Rose Parker. Read more -
Time-Space Delusions and Illusions
Sense of time and space can easily be distorted in Schizophrenia, either directly by delusion or by other aspects of the neurodivergence. Read more -
Boundary Experiences and Psychosis
These experiences put you on the edge of life, and I hypothesize might play a role in the mechanism for Psychosis. Read more -
Schizophrenia, Princeton and Park Ave – An interview with author Michael O’Grady
His story shows that a person can have chronic Schizophrenia and still live a successful and fulfilling life. Read more -
A Look into Cotard’s Syndrome
I experienced Cotard's symptoms fof various kinds for about a decade, and I explore these delusions and their meaning in this episode. Read more -
Schizophrenia and the Idea of Recovery
I found treatment most helpful when it worked with my brain rather than trying to make the Schizophrenia go away. Read more -
Color Blob and Light Hallucinations
The colors and light are such a major part of my everyday experience, but they are so far from the ordinary. Read more -
Psychosis Oppression and White Privilege: Reflections
This podcast is my call to white Psychotic people to learn more and take a stand for Psychotic People of Color Read more -
Productivity, Impostor Syndrome and Psychosis
Productivity and Imposter Syndrome are popular topics on the Web these days, especially in mental health circles. Read more -
Stereotype Threat and Psychosis
You can ease the stereotype burden on Psychotic people by taking simple steps to educate yourself and those around you. Read more -
Impact of Technology on Psychosis
Here, I discuss what the increased tech use has done to my symptom expression and ways I have found to cope. Read more -
Applying to Graduate School with Psychosis
There are many hurdles that must be overcome to successfully gain admitance to grad school. A new episode of Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
Body and Tactile Hallucinations
I discuss the many bizarre body hallucinations I have experienced, especially those tied to my many years of disordered eating. Read more -
Religious experiences and Schizophrenia
Here I discuss stigma surrounding Psychotic people and spirituality, as well as my own relationship with Psychosis and religion. Read more -
Hearing Voices : A Lifelong Adventure
Hearing voices built my resilience, affected my personality, and even changed the structure of my thoughts. Read more -
Art Therapy With Schizophrenia And Dissociative Identity Disorder
In this episode I explore how art therapy worked to improve my Schizophrenia symptoms and better my insight. Read more -
Online Mental Health Stigma
Stigma can be on the individual level, such as tone and language policing or the promotion of harmful stereotypes. It can also be systemic. Read more -
Schizophrenia and the Social World – a Complex Interaction
Figuring out how to relate and empathize with other people was confusing, as I had to figure out how to connect with people. Read more -
Insight and Psychosis
Psychotic people who do lack insight and need inpatient treatment deserve respect and decency and to have their rights respected. Read more -
My Delusions
This episode is all about delusions and ways I and the people around me have responded to them. By Rose Parker. Read more -
Finding Purpose in my Schizophrenia
I’ve made peace with my illness, but it hasn’t always been this way. Finding the meaning for my Schizophrenia has been a long journey. Read more -
My Severe Antipsychotic Side Effects
I recount my experiences with my worst side effects here. Remember that having side effects is not a reflection on you as a person. Read more -
Psychotic Fatigue
Here I explain what psychotic fatigue has felt like to me and ways I have thought to cope. A new episode of Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
Medical Neglect and Psychosis
We need change in how medical professionals are educated about psychiatric conditions. Listen to a new episode of Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
Police Brutality, Mental Illness and Race
Why should police respond to what is at its core a medical emergency? Listen to this new episode of Rose Parker's podcast. Read more -
A Look Into Paranoia
Paranoia is a chilling and confusing experience. Life can go from sensible to turbulent very quickly without anything actually having changed. Read more -
Family Relationships and Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia stresses many aspects of ones life, and family is no different. Listen to Rose Parker's podcast on PsychosisNet! Read more -
Person-First versus Identity-First Language
Here, I discuss my reasoning behind my preferences. A new episode of Rose Parker's podcast Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
Psychosis and Friendship
What does growing up with Schizophrenia do to your perception of yourself socially? Listen to Rose Parker's new episode! Read more -
My Involuntary Psychiatric Hold
I hope this podcast can shed a light on what can happen behind the closed doors of a mental hospital. A new episode of Psychosis Psositivity. Read more -
Recovering from Psychotic Voices
How I learned to deal with hearing voices, from my first attempts in adolescence to what I learned in therapy. Read more -
Religious Psychosis
What are religious delusions like? What does hearing blasphemous voices do to a person? A new episode of Rose Parker. Read more -
Manic Psychosis
My manic psychosis has ranged from fantastic and almost fun to nearly deadly. Here i discuss mania and psychosis. Read more -
Eating disorders and Psychosis
My psychosis interacted with my eating disorders in interesting ways, primarily through paranoia and somatic hallucinations. Read more -
Dissociation and DID and Psychosis
Here I recall my experiences with extreme dissociation and dissociative identity disorder with regards to my psychosis. Read more -
Dealing with psychosis and self esteem issues
In this episode I discuss how to deal with self esteem issues stemming from a psychotic disorder. Read more -
Coping with psychotic anxiety and paranoia
In this episode I talk about how I deal with panic attacks, PTSD symptoms, and paranoia within the context of a psychotic disorder. Read more -
How to tell people about your psychosis
Here I discuss my guidelines and some tips for telling people about your psychotic disorder. Read more -
Self care and psychosis
In this episode I discuss my various psychosis-related struggles with self care over the years and how I have overcome them in the present day. Read more -
Getting a correct psychosic diagnosis
In this episode I discuss the arduous process of getting my schizoaffective disorder diagnosis, my original schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis. Read more -
Trauma and psychosis from psychosis
In this episode I discuss the relationship of my psychosis to traumatic experiences I have had, as well as the many ways my schizophrenia has led to me developing trauma. Read more -
Cognitive and intellectual symptoms
Here I discuss my struggles with cognitive and intellectual symptoms, and overview of how they have changed throughout my life. Read more -
My experiences on psych wards
Here I describe my hellish experiences on mental wards. Trigger warnings for suicidal ideation and medical abuse. Read more -
Getting dumped by a counselor
In this episode I describe my experiences getting “dumped” by two counselors, one a positive experience one negative. Read more -
Tips for going to university with psychosis
Here I discuss some tips from my experience going to university with psychosis. Read more -
Social life, stigma and schizophrenia
Here I describe my adult struggles with schizophrenia and socializing. Feelings of being an outsider. Read more -
Pediatric schizophrenia
Here I share my experience growing up with schizophrenia and how I went undiagnosed for so many years. Read more -
What it’s like going to university after having a psychotic break
Here I recall my time at university after my psychotic break, what it was like immediately following the incident and how things have changed since recovery. Read more -
Antipsychotics and lithium
Here I discuss my experience on antipsychotics and lithium. I describe side effects I have had with the drugs Read more -
What it’s like to have a psychotic break
Here I share my experience of my my schizophrenic break in October of 2016 when I was a Sophomore in college. Read more
