psychosis – Page 2 – NUTS ABOUT MELONS

Surrendering to Psychosis with an Advance Directive

Published on August 10, 2016 under bipolar

In my last post, I wrote about my first episode of psychosis. It wasn't what I was intending to write about. I started with post with the following: Bipolar psychosis. It could be the scariest…

An episode of psychosis. Number one of four.

Published on August 8, 2016 under bipolar

Bipolar psychosis. It could be the scariest sh*t out there. Or I should say, in here. Psychosis is nowhere and everywhere. When it's there, it's here, it's everything. It's scarier than being faced with a…

Dr. Daniel Fisher talks about community dialogues and psychosis

Published on July 9, 2016 under extreme states of consciouness

I just discovered Dr. Daniel Fisher and dude knows what he is talking about. His article on "A New Understanding of Psychosis" is a must read. This guy is a doc and he was diagnosed…

Laughing at myself…what I thought in mania and psychosis

Published on June 20, 2016 under bipolar

I still have me original stack of 500 plus sheets of paper that I "created" when I was in my first episode of mania and psychosis. I was looking through it quickly and I found…

An ode to psychosis…the inward experience, the suffering

Published on June 18, 2016 under bipolar

Just because I want to help with something or be involved, doesn't mean that I should. I don't like this as the manic part of me would rather be busy saving the world. I can't save…

The value of a psychotic experience – Alan Watts

Published on May 28, 2016 under bipolar

In November, I went to a weekend workshop at Esalen Institute in California titled "Revisioning Madness - a compassionate approach to being with extreme states". It was led by Dr. Michael Cornwall and Dr. David…

Words as noise…bipolar as a prison of noise

Published on May 23, 2016 under bipolar

I came across this quote in the book "The Way of the Human - Developing Mulitdimensional Awareness" by Stephen Wolinsky, Ph.D. It comes from the 10th century Siva Sutra and says "All bondage is caused…

Metaphors of psychosis and PTSD…relanguaging what I tell myself as bipolar

Published on May 19, 2016 under bipolar

I “like” to make metaphors of my experiences of psychosis, or the general impression it leaves on me. This often happens when I am reading or listening to some kind of distantly related material. In…

Noticing what I notice…

Published on January 20, 2016 under Beauty

I wonder why I notice what I notice. What do I take note of and make note of? I noticed this morning how my eyes noticed a notice of advertising pastedon the titles of the…

Alan Watts Clip on Madness

Published on January 11, 2016 under bipolar disorder

Alan Watts is tied as my favorite philosopher. He has an amazing way with words. This clip resonated with my experience of psychosis in that I hope that one day I will be able to…