A friend asked me, “Who are you thanking?” (ie. in the title of this blog). My response was that I was thanking society, for labelling me as mentally ill. I thank society for the psychiatric diagnosis. That nebulous, intangible beast we call “society” is responsible for my psychosis. So, thank you society.
It’s also a bit [...]

As someone who has been given a few different options in terms of a suitable label for my ‘condition’, having seen a number of different psychiatrists over the years, it concerns me how inexact a science psychiatry is. Just as with anything in life and especially in today’s society where practically anything and everything is [...]