Western Society’s Toxic Role on Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens have been a controversial recreational drug type that has “plagued” Western nations for decades. However, hallucinogens have shown to have innumer...
Tag: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and Estrogen: An Unexpected Relationship
What is schizophrenia and how does it manifest? Schizophrenia is a form of chronic mental illness that plagues around 20 million people worldwide, often intrudi...
The Voices in My Head: Friends or Foes?
In America, when we think of hearing voices, most people’s immediate reaction is to think well, that’s crazy! And while auditory hallucinations are certainly a ...
Schizophrenia: Reality vs Stigma
Schizophrenia: What is it and how do we treat it? Schizophrenia is one of the most challenging mental illnesses to manage and function with. Symptoms often inte...
Schizophrenia: Misconceptions and a Journey to Diagnosis
Imagine going through your life as a healthy kid, both physically and mentally, and then one day everything changes. You start to hear voices from people who ar...
10 Facts – What Do You Know About Schizophrenia?
First of all, let’s establish that schizophrenia is a mental illness. You probably knew this already, but if I had asked you to name the first three mental illn...
The Disease You Can’t See: Dealing with Mental Illness
What is Mental Illness? Mental illness is a sickness in the brain that affects how a person is thinking, feeling, or how they process information. In many cases...
Schizophrenia Broken Down
Schizophrenia is arguably one of the most difficult neurological diseases to understand if you do not have experience with it. Some of the symptoms are f...
Fighting the Voices in Your Head: Understanding the Reality of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness
Imagine a world in which you live with hearing voices that only you can hear-constantly putting thoughts into your mind that aren’t real. Voices that end up con...
Expectation v. Reality: The Blurred Truth of Schizophrenia
On your walk home today, you witness two feathers floating to the ground. You can imagine the crispness of their hollow shaft and the softness of their feathers...