Mental Illness Outsiders - @andrarchy and @churdtzu (podcast/video)
When you see a homeless mentally ill person doing something unusual on the street, you might do as most people do, and ignore them. Have you ever thought about why they're on a street corner barking? Maybe they weren't always like that, but over the years, their desperate attempts to get anything resembling affection - attention, acknowledgement - lead them to stranger and stranger behaviours.
If you've ever had an experience with mental illness, you might have noticed that your thoughts can quickly carry you away, getting you to places full of anxiety, dread, hopelessness and even delusion. There are mental tools that we can use to help us gain control of our minds and our lives. Meditation is one of them, and so is logic. Being able to look at our thoughts and analyse them a little more objectively can help ground us.
In this episode, Andrew "Andrarchy" Levine interviews Kurt about mental illness among homeless people, and about the role of reason in stabilising your own mind.
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As a former nurse and mental health counselor I always notice these people and actually miss working with them. It was the most interesting job I ever had. Some of them have more sane ideas about life than people who are job slaves.
You guys are really good and I really enjoyed the info. You're tired, you need anti-depressant. Jeez those drug pusher are insane.
I'm definately following you guys! I'm actually homeless right now and a proper nutcase, just starting to get a somewhat grip on my situation, weeell that's a stretch, but I'm taking the first step towards letting someone help. I have been to places few have gone before, into the deep and dark realms of one's own psyche. This is right up my alley. The voice of "reason" in my experiance must be questioned alot to determine if it's friend or foe ;)
Maybe the voice that questions is the voice of reason. Good luck
Thanks @churdtzu that just might be the case :)
Poignant