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The ‘not so clinical psychologists’ offer fresh perspective on mental health difficulties

TikTok/Instagram accounts offer a different way to look at emotions, therapy and mental health difficulties We have long felt a certain discomfort with our titles...

Notes on being labelled ‘paranoid schizophrenic’

On hearing voices, dissociation & being labelled  - ugh! - ‘paranoid schizophrenic’. I may go about my life, like most other people, maintaining my place...

Making sense of ‘word salad’ and hearing voices

The easiest way to shut voices up is reconciliation, like if a voice is screaming at you try and trace back what you did...

What does the social model of disability have to do with emotional and mental...

Language and Framing: talking about what we mean when we talk about “disability” The language we use is influenced by what we know (or think...

A glossary of ‘mad’ terms in Gaelic -an ancient empowering language

Gaelic or Irish was taught to most of us here in Ireland in a repressive & sometimes violent way. I know people who were...