In this episode, we chat with our guest who describes how it feels to experience psychosis. We talk about what they found helpful and not so helpful while being in that state and what life after psychosis has looked like in their life. We touch on the different ways phenomena like psychosis can transform people and how we can better care for people going through psychosis.
How can we respond to distress with greater compassion and humanity?
Sometimes as humans, we have experiences that aren’t shared or understood by others. Often these experiences can feel extreme, scary, unreal or even euphoric. Experiences like psychosis, depression, grief and addiction.
Here is a little taster of highlights from some of the conversations Lucy and Rachel have had so far with incredible humans who vulnerably share their different perspectives on these ideas.
We speak with Jamie, a social worker in the mental health world about being “a person first and a professional when it’s required”.
In this episode, we chat about what Extremely Human is all about.
Justin talks about how connection can take the edge off substance use.
Cassie reflects on the power of sharing lived experience as a clinician.
Chris has found some things to work through the grips of anxiety.
What do the words ‘isolation’ and ‘connection’ mean to you? discovery convos has gathered some different perspectives and shares them with you.
Self-care is more than a trend or buzz word. That’s why discovery convos spent some time speaking with people from all walks of life about what self-care means to them.
We are an initiative of Alfred Health and work in partnership with headspace to coproduce courses for and with young people, professionals, and the community.
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