40,000 Feet And One Decade Later
10 years ago today I found the body of one of my closest friends and allies – Susan. Another casualty of a mental health system ill equipped to support voice hearers overwhelmed by past traumas, Susan died before she fully found her wings. Under the circumstances it seems strangely poignant that I’m writing this whilst […]
Conference: Giving Psychosis A Voice 2
On Thursday 8th March, I was lucky enough to be speaking at a really interesting conference hosted by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Giving Psychosis A Voice 2 brought together a line up of speakers that I would pay to see, so to be asked to present alongside some of the great and the good […]
Challenging Stigma on the Jeremy Vine Show
Whilst I really appreciated the chance to challenge popular stereotypes about people diagnosed with ‘schizophrenia’ in The Sun, I felt a little disappointed that I did not have the opportunity to show that the difficulties labelled at ‘psychotic’ make sense in the context of someone’s life experiences. So, when Jeremy Vine’s producer contacted me through […]
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