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posted 05/25/2009, comments (11)

Question of the Week: Symptoms

This week I pose the question: how does the schizophrenia play out in your life? What kinds of symptoms do you have or did you have? Could you give us some coping skills? If you hear voices, when do they come on and what are your techniques for dealing with them? I ask this question in the spirit of constructive feedback... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/09/2009, comments (2)

The good, the bad, the better

Auguste Rodin wrote"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." During one of my high anxiety events, it was hard to see or even think of how to get out of it. I couldn't see past the anxiety. My mind was racing, I had all these terrible thoughts. I felt despair, and fear. I couldn't think logically. It crippled... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/30/2008, comments (0)

Coping with Schizophrenia: The Importance of a Sense of Humor

When you live with schizophrenia every day, you develop some coping tactics, most notably a sense of humor. That, and since I have mini-meltdowns on the subway, car service is often the only option. I'm on a first-name basis with various drivers throughout Brooklyn. Tommy drives me to the gym after work so I can get there in time for... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/29/2008, comments (3)

Conscious Living

Conscious living as a recovery manifesto has guided me through and made the difference between reacting to what happens to me, and beating the schizophrenia at its own game. As a daily devotion, conscious living is the act of thinking things through instead of responding on autopilot. It can take the form of small changes,... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/04/2008, comment (1)

Singing My Own Song: Using Music as Therapy

Music has always been a passion second only to writing for me. As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I listened to the AM radio, and later on, rock-n-roll. In college, I was a disc jockey at WSIA, 88.9 FM. My favorite bands were Sonic Youth, the Replacements, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. As the schizophrenia slowly took over my brain, I... Read more Chevron

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