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Saturday, 19, April, 2025

Is there any point?

A lot of us pose this question in our lives, but when it is applied to recovery from a psychosis, is there any point? ...

Opinion: Stephen Fry says psychiatry saved him, but what about listening to those it...

As a voice-hearer of 30 years – and 27 years as a user/survivor of psychiatry - I could say, like Stephen Fry did this...

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...

“First, do no harm.” I tried to complain. “Policy,” they said.

The tale contained in this piece took place amidst an entire summer of mayhem. I was later told it was a ‘dysphoric mania’. As...

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...