Putting the pieces back together: Working through being pathologised and silenced
I was a busy, full-time working mother in my late twenties when I experienced a life crisis. I went to my GP, supported by...
“Mostly it’s the overmedicating that steals lives, not the distress of the mental health”
Elaine Browne, peer support worker
Perspective peer support and wellbeing centre opened officially in October 2019. Before then it had been a developing peer practice...
When HVN Ireland meets HVN Athens
Recently I as Chairperson of Hearing Voices Network Ireland (HVNI) got to spend some time with Hearing Voices Network Athens(HVNA), in Athens. I received...
Existential issues are part of the human condition
There are a lot of assumed biological aetiologies and many cytotoxic pharma treatments coerced and forced onto people due to the discrimination from people...
Tips for sleeping well: stress and trauma can have a huge negative impact on...
Since my previous and first piece written for Mad In Ireland last year, I bit the bullet and resigned from 12+ years working as...