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I have spent several years of my life in various psychiatric institutions and have come to be seen as a chronic patient whose chances of recovery have not been considered very high. However, the predictions made at that time have turned out to be wrong. In this article, I will concretely list the things that have supported my recovery and those that have made it difficult.
How can we live a life that has more 'meaning' and 'purpose' and how can we become the best version of ourselves? In this theme we will look for answers to these questions. We can only achieve this by getting clearer who we really want to be and by becoming more aware of (and choosing) what is most important to us.
Now if it is the case that we are eating wrong, why doesn't everyone get sick in exactly the same way at the same time? This is how I think: we don't have the same experiences in life. We have not thought the same thoughts, experienced the same emotions/trauma
Provide human support and know what you are doing. With knowledge from researcher Anders Sørensen and experience from survivors, this year's Mad in Norway seminar gave hope to those who want to stop using psychiatric drugs. Here you get a summary and the opportunity to see the features from the seminar.
What could I ask him that had not been asked before or that he had not already written? It was the question I asked myself every time I considered the possibility of dialogue, a question that was formulated based on my admiration for Robert and his work. Finally, under the pretext of the research project “Processes of Deinstitutionalization of Madness”, I decided to propose this interview.