Thank you, Sarah. There are many people, a movement really, who are willing to share their stories. Yes, I hope it changes attitudes, and I know from personal experience that it is therapeutic for the person experiencing the distress.
Thank you for sharing this! I’m in the UK so I haven’t heard of this project, but I really feel that this approach is the right way forward. The more people bravely share their stories, the more we push back against the ignorance and stigma surrounding this condition and I really think that if the public were educated and informed about mental illness and first aid techniques for psychosis, it could really be a game changer and take attitudes out of the dark ages and into the 21st century.
Thank you, Sarah. There are many people, a movement really, who are willing to share their stories. Yes, I hope it changes attitudes, and I know from personal experience that it is therapeutic for the person experiencing the distress.
Happy to let you steal my thunder!! Boy, it took them a long time. Now I get a T-shirt.
Thank you for sharing this! I’m in the UK so I haven’t heard of this project, but I really feel that this approach is the right way forward. The more people bravely share their stories, the more we push back against the ignorance and stigma surrounding this condition and I really think that if the public were educated and informed about mental illness and first aid techniques for psychosis, it could really be a game changer and take attitudes out of the dark ages and into the 21st century.
So glad they finally got your story published on the Deconstructing Stigma website. Not to steal your thunder, but my story can be found on: https://deconstructingstigma.org/stories?mgi_35=3673/irene