Adventures in Schizophrenia and Alcoholism Click the book cover above to read a preview. The number one new release, I Don't Got This is a moving, insightful account of life with a schizophrenic mom and the author's recovery from alcoholism. Emily is an only child from Phoenix who has no family besides her mother. That is until she turns nine, when she finds out her mom has a sister, an ex-husband, and four other children she left behind in Columbus, Ohio. Through dozens of moves- … [Read more...]
People with schizophrenia
I did some research to find a list of famous people with schizophrenia. I could hardly believe what I found: the same inaccurate list being recycled in blog post after blog post; including one on the Web MD website. Half the list is made up of early twentieth century female film stars who may not have been schizophrenic at all. It's not all that long ago that women were placed in mental institutions for behaving in ways that patriarchal society did not agree with. Women have a long history of … [Read more...]
Is mental illness an invisible disability?
Yes, mental illness is an invisible disability. An invisible disability is any physical, mental, or emotional impairment that generally goes unrecognized or unnoticed by others. They're not always obvious to the onlooker. Some examples include thinking impairment and brain injury; the autism spectrum; most if not all mental illnesses, chronic illnesses like multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia, deaf or hard of hearing, blindness or low vision, addictions, and many … [Read more...]