Don't miss this paid opportunity: #ACreativeTransformation #livedexperience art workshops (14/05 Bucks, 28/05 Yorkshire) now open to anyone who considers their brain/cognitive function to impact their health condition and vice versa e.g. #TBI #psychosis #PTSD . Sign up ASAP-msg me

This book may be of interest to Mad Studies/ Phenomenological Psychopathology/mental health scholars/practitioners Anthony David Alastair Morgan Paul Lodge Prof Lisa Bortolotti The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) Wouter Kusters Dr LJ Spencer and others.

Head's up- I have written a provocative, creative chapter ('Mad Art Makes Sense') in this seminal work, the 'Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health'. Released in September. Very proud to be included in it. Watch out! #madstudies routledge.com/Mad-Studies-Re…

Relaxing in dog sandwich ❤️after v. challenging film marathon. Day #4 cut short by heavy rain. Highlight: watching footage of me age 17 as a jockey, racing. I don't remember this because of the brain injury. But nothing came back; I am still a stranger. Uncomfortable.
REST NOW!

'Reliving the 'schizo' 'being and nothingness' of my research and my illness was tough. But I am better now. I am proud.'

Thank you Lorna Collins for all you're doing to raise awareness through your lived experience.

The pathway from #mentalillness to #mentalhealth 🕊️

Film shoot day 3 began at 04:45am. 49 scenes and 11 hours of shooting later was the wrap for today. It was both energetic and pensive, with movement and reflection on #creativity and #recovery . One more day to go. Now I am giving a Zoom lecture to a mental health group in the US.

Film shoot day 2, #showjumping , went very well! Today we are shooting my #triathlon training — at dawn, in the rain. I will report back…

Today we are shooting the documentary film with a completely different scene -- me riding my beloved horse Junior in a show-jumping competition. This is my comfort zone, but the stakes (and jumps) are high!

The shoot in Cambridge was challenging but affirmative. We held the interview in my supervisor's rooms at the exquisite Queens' College, it was just the same. Reliving the 'schizo' 'being and nothingness' of my research and my illness was tough. But I am better now. I am proud.

Today I am in Cambridge, shooting the documentary film. I retrace the best and the worst parts of my life: my liberal, ground-breaking PhD, my near-fatal illness and horrifying incarceration. I walk in these odd, ill-fitting shoes today. What will I find now, 12 years later?

'la philosophie a ses raisons que le philosophe ne connaît pas'

Beautifully written and thought provoking. IMO auditory-verbal hallucinations require the belief that it is possible to have AVHs! The phenomenal quality of AVHs evolves from initially, external and voice-like to something different (a thought? eves-dropping a conversation?)

At 11am today we are running a Zoom info session for the #ACreativeTransformation #livedexperience art workshops. Join me and the team (and the therapy dogs will make an appearance) to hear about the workshops and ask any questions. It's not too late to sign up - send me a DM.

In contrast to expectations, our results suggest substantial variability within the T-AN group... and an overall trend of improvement.' Insights from challenge the 'terminal' label in #AnorexiaNervosa . 🌟

Journal club 📚 🧵

'Terminal Anorexia Nervosa (T-AN) may not be terminal,' reveals a new empirical study, challenging assumptions and offering hope.
Data over opinions! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Morgan Robison
@FSUPsychology #AnorexiaRecovery

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Today is important-it is the anniversary of my breaking/becoming. 24 years ago I fell off a horse and into a coma. That day changed everything. I don't regret and am continuously astonished by what has happened. Nothing is easy but I have hardly even begun. #braininjury #recovery

This is a key finding. People improve over time. We need to have more longitudinal studies, and maintain hope for our patients.

And this time, there will be more space than on the usual conf for nonverbal, more artylike expressions and contributions via other media than the usual 'talking head presentation', check the URL or mail us for more info

For any questions and to find out more about the #ACreativeTransformation lived experience art workshops, join the Zoom Info session on 19 April, 11am:
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Please spread the word around your online/offline networks.
#braininjury #psychosis #trauma #creativity

This is an example of why I live. I was lucky. I had good treatment in the end. Now I have fulfilment, passions, fun; I can do inconceivable things. Life: not peaceful but extraordinary.