Mental Health Treatment Rights
The Mental Health Act (1983) explained
This article briefly walks through the most commonly encountered parts of the mental health act and what they mean for an individual.
Mental Health
medication
Neuroqueer: Depathologising psychiatric "conditions"
A consideration on how neuroqueer theory can be used to depathologise the field of psychiatry and psychiatric conditions.
Addiction
Addiction doesn't strip us of our humanity
Why are addicts stripped of their humanity by society at large? What can we do about it? Are cultural attitudes towards addicts understandable? This article attempts to answer these in brief.
Trauma
Autistic people and the burnout-psychosis cycle
Trigger Warning: This article discusses burnout and psychosis While it is evident to myself and my colleagues that Autistic people have a predisposition towards psychotic phenomenon, it seems to be a relatively new discovery to many of the mental health professionals I have talked to. Research that is non pathological
Psychosis
Back to the corner: Psychoactive drug use, my Autistic experience
Some 4(ish) years ago, my debut blog post on this website was Standing on the corner: Where autism and addiction meet shortly covered by Recovery services as an Autistic adult. Back then My writing was merely an attempt to scream into the void, offloading my frustrations. Little did i
Mental Health
Where psychosis and autism meet: The bitter pill to swallow
I am Autistic. I also have a psychotic condition. One might wonder why these two things are even related, and yet they share an intimate relationship. As an Autistic person, I have a monotropic bodymind. I hyperfocus into a subject, and find it very difficult to switch tracks, even when
Trauma
Autistic Substance Use Survey 2022
Below is a survey on Autistic people and substance use. The aim is to collate data anonymously on the use of drugs and alcohol in the Autistic community, and use that data to write a report that will be published on this website. The hope is that these insights may
Neurodiversity
Creating Autistic Suffering: Clustered injustice compounds minority stress in Autistic experiences
This article was co-authored between David Gray-Hammond and Tanya Adkin Trigger Warning: Injustice, mental health, systemic oppression, minority stress, fabricated and induced illness, stigma. "The state creates the rules and dictates the processes to be followed: processes that fragment, silo, and compartmentalise, and in doing so, generate the complexity
Neurodiversity
Mental health and the neurodiversity paradigm
When considering the landscape of mental health, we also have to consider the normalisation of stigma and the dehumanisation of those who are struggling. Since the advent of psychiatric medicine, mental health concerns have been described in pathological language. What if we used the language of the neurodiversity paradigm? How
Addiction
How the shame cycle barricades us from recovery
They say in life that nothing is certain, but if anything is, then it's the fact that shame will deny us entry into recovery. I'm going to consider this from the perspective of addiction recovery, although it applies to recovery from any psychological trauma. I merely
Trauma
The weight of recovery
As many of you know if you have followed this website for a period of time, I am in recovery from addiction and psychosis. I have spoken extensively of my experiences from when these things were in an active state for me, but today I want to zoom in on
Healthcare
Guide to starting new psychiatric medication for Autistic people
This article is not intended as medical advice, please speak to your prescriber for any medical questions pertaining to medication. This article is something of a survival guide based on my own experiences, other's experiences may differ. Recently I started a new medication on the advice of my