Posts Tagged ‘paranoid schizophrenia’
I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep5) The Gift of Change
I wonder, how often do we set expectations of others, of experiences, of ourselves? How many times do we romanticize scenarios, places, people, our histories? How many times do we suffer because we’re wishing that things were different? We’re not accepting what is, especially when there’s nothing that you can do to change what is.…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep4) Death of A Sibling: An Unexpected “It”
My baby sister, her life was pretty much a struggle since birth. She was hospitalized with pneumonia at the age of two. She was pretty much learning disabled, although we really didn’t know it though. In those days, it wasn’t like an official label. She was just ‘slow.’ She was bullied all throughout school and…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep3) New Year’s Revelations: Losing & Finding Your Way
New Year’s seems to always be about “resolutions”: This episode of “I’m with Crazy: A Love Story” shares some revelations instead. It’s about a year of realigning my internal compass, and no longer pointing it outward. Rather it’s redirected to within. I tell the story of my Papà – my human GPS – losing his…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep2) Christmas and Crazy
My direct connection with paranoid schizophrenia is no longer. My mother died a decade ago and my little sister died just a few years ago. Every Christmas, however, I can’t help but think of the irony. After all, both schizophrenia and the holidays involve retreat into a world of bizarre delusions. Santa Claus, flying reindeer,…
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