Goodbye, Michelle
A few years back, my ex-flatmate committed suicide. She was the first friend I made in Prague and a remarkable
We need to talk about schizophrenia
When I experienced my first psychosis, I behaved awkwardly. It made people around me feel very uncomfortable. No one knew
Coming off antipsychotics
It’s been five years since I started taking Olanzapine. I’ve been lucky because the doctors found a drug that worked
Into the abyss
A while back, I watched Jordan Peterson’s psychology lectures series, which touched on many interesting topics. Peterson is someone who’s
The photocopier effect
Harvard social scientist Ellen Langer conducted a series of experiments into the idea that if you’re trying to persuade someone
Where is everybody?
During a lunch break in 1950, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, famous for creating our first nuclear reactor, asked a casual
I know this much is true
Thomas Birdsey has schizophrenia. It’s gritty and ugly. While sitting in the public library, he pulls out a knife and
Immortality
The experience of snapping into psychosis is easy to confuse with an awakening. In my case, that’s how it first
The Milgram experiment – A study in obedience
In July 1961, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram set up an experiment that has since inspired others and become very famous.
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Dollhouse hell
A lot of delusions come straight from the movies to you. To be fair, you need to borrow ideas from