Art Exhibition: Story, Word, Sound, Sway
In visiting an art gallery as a novice, the inner workings of an amateur critic abounds as his or her own interpretations show through. In terms of coping with mental illness, art gallery criticism, viewing, or contribution represents one of the best outlets for mental acuities. The University of Michigan Penny Stamps art Gallery exhibition […]
The Will Smith – Chris Rock Slap was Necessary
Chris Rock’s comments on black women’s hair has carried enough negativity. The gravitas of his collective definition of black hair resounds as redundant and tarried. About his cumulative research and endearment to the topic should accompany some tact or subtlety. Moreover, his Oscar comments on Jada Pinkett-Smith prove that he did not “understand the assignment.” […]
Pete Davidson, Self-Proclaimed: Diamond in The Trash
Those with mental health issues must flock together in times of trouble when support seems slim. Though this may sound simple in approach, the actual execution remains in the court of the afflicted. With so many parties conflicting and barraging personas and personalities, the question remains how can common ground even appear possible by the […]
Elyse Fox, A Pioneer In The New Age Of Digital Mental Health
Upon the epoch of this new generation. A monumental undulation took siege over the course of our most recent encounters with pop culture. The “Sad Boys” enthralled and captivated the majority of youth culture. Suddenly, with an indistinguishable amount of young celebrities committing suicide or pleading for refuge in rehab against the ills of addiction […]
Creativity and Afrikan Town 313 Film Festival 3/13/22
Amidst the muddle of my plain and mundane roused the opportunity of attending a new, budding short film festival. “The Afrikan Town 313 Detroit Indie Short Film Festival ” (Here) courted the fervors of my better natured critical toils. Moreover, the mental contemplations and creativity of young filmmakers soon converted into my mental interpretations of their […]
An Exploration of The Term Non-Binary and Generational Change
Gender Dysphoria represents an issue that arouses an array of concerns and opinions. None of which discredit, with finality, the questioning of gender as a somehow intrinsically inept concept. In this article, one attempts to grasp the notion of gender fluidity as a paradigm shifting on a day to day basis. Thus implying the necessity […]
What it Felt Like to Relapse After a Year of Progress
Progress thrives as inspiring, healthy, and well – progressive. Simply put, any forward movement in the figurative sense of life results in boundless forms of improvement in the literal and physical sense. Unfortunately the same remains true for regression while this sometimes abounds in many forms of the literal, for schizoids we often refer to […]
Last Inpatient, I Claimed My Religion as “A Tribe Called Quest “
We say a lot of wild and outlandish things on the path of psychosis. Let me just tell you the networking of black pop culture remains one of the most prevalent in my own experience. As too have the memories of my hospital “family” extended mainly over a network of the more melanin abundant beings. […]
My First Episode of Psychosis and Why It Happened
In exploring why the first episode of psychosis occurs we accomplish a few things. First we highlight the environment which facilitated such an outcome and prevent similar results in relevant cases. Second the exploration allows for a sort of self reflection. This reflection may spotlight the key flaws in one’s identity or situational response that […]
The Psych Ward, is Finally, Just a Memory
If I could tell my past self one thing, it would be that, like the Trump presidency, one day the psych ward will be just a memory. Hopefully, I am not being premature in proclaiming this statement. Seeing as I have only been out of the hospital for about a year. Regardless, this is the […]
Self-Harm in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Few things can be discerned by examining the external properties of one person. Though self harm proved through scars demonstrates a disturbing pattern of behavior, Degrassi:The Next Generation confirms that the pain behind this behavior penetrates more than just the external. Each character attributed with the habit of self harm harbors the distress of a […]
Eating Disorders of Degrassi: The Next Generation
As simple and seamless as the process of eating may seem, Degrassi: The Next Generation makes mincemeat of this very notion. Indeed, social pressures complicate the concept of sound health, especially in the years of youth. Aside from the pressures of drugs comes the necessity to achieve the ideal figure. For Degrassi students no other […]
Bipolar Disorder of Degrassi: The Next Generation
In waking up, Degrassi: The Next Generation characters and most people in fact, can find themselves in one of two positions, the proverbial wrong side of the bed or the proverbial right side of the bed. However for the show’s bipolar sufferers, one’s life exists in a similar duality. Yet these dispositions encompass their whole […]
Depression of Degrassi: The Next Generation
Degrassi: The Next Generation and depression do not exactly coalesce or manifest in any semblance of an accurate representation of the modern exhibition of the disease. Although the trend of depression displays an increasing correlation with the income of time and technology, Degrassi’s depiction falls many yards short of the concurrent uprights. In the process […]
Treatment or Time, My Cure for Psychosis?
My most recent visit to the psych ward, occurred in May of 2020. I however, am not completely positive that the source of this stasis lies within my medical regiment. In short, I will relay the progress of my medical treatment as it relates to the past year or so. Although, this progress coincided with […]
Reimagining of Degrassi: The Next Generation Through a Mental Health Lens
Somewhere amongst the memories of adolescence in the 21st century arises an image of a not so personal, yet prominent stitch in the millennial mindset. This keystone teen drama piece known to most as Degrassi: The Next Generation, highlighted many of the mental health troubles endured by what I like to call the schizoids. However, […]