We must be careful not to let one case define psychosis in general, as each case of psychosis can be as unique and varied as fingerprints. Psychosis can draw from and play... Read more »
Stigma against dating people with serious mental illness (SMI) is abundant. There is no shortage of discrimination against people who are difficult to understand, whether it be in the workplace or the... Read more »
This morning, I woke up at 6 a.m. and willingly went to an imaging center to allow them to shove my body into a metal tube and take pictures of all of... Read more »
In my last post, Diet Soda and the Brain, I described how artificial sweeteners like sucralose may affect hunger, memory, and gut-brain signaling. That raised an obvious question: If diet soda isn’t... Read more »
Imagine being told there may be something seriously wrong with you or your child, only to learn that you must wait weeks or months for answers. Within healthcare systems, waiting is often... Read more »
I’m sitting beside a brown, bald Santa Claus. Sort of. But instead of asking me what I want for Christmas, he’s asking me, “Who are you?” It’s taken a long time, a... Read more »
A few years ago, a loved one received a diagnosis that changed everything. It wasn’t just the medical jargon or the looming physical challenges that kept us up at night; it was... Read more »
After five years of recovery, getting more adept at managing my anxiety and bipolar disorder, I had a nice, tidy job as a receptionist at a small graphic design company. But over... Read more »
Living with chronic illness often means living in a body that hurts. The pain can be searing or dull; intermittent or constant; affecting the body as a whole or specific body parts.... Read more »
Just as every country is protected by a tightly sealed border, so too is the brain. Breaches in the brain’s border wall cause many neurological dysfunctions, but a leaky brain border can... Read more »