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Our Family Was Forged In Fire: Living Through Postnatal Psychosis

Our Family Was Forged In Fire: Living Through Postnatal Psychosis

Today, Thea Mae – my little warrior child – is three years old. I can barely believe how much time has passed since I first held in her my arms. Yet, it also feels like she’s been with us forever. These past three years have been eventful, to say the least. In addition to the […]

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Tags: Healing, Miscarriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Psychosis, Trauma

My Baby, Psychosis & Me: A lesson in how not to make a documentary about mental health

My Baby, Psychosis & Me: A lesson in how not to make a documentary about mental health

Earlier this year, after my own miscarriage, I settled down on the sofa to watch ‘My Baby, Psychosis & Me’ – a BBC documentary on the journey of two women through a Specialist Mother & Baby Unit. Watching it so recently after my own loss was always going to be painful – yet the issue […]

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Tags: Critical Perspectives, Documentary, Motherhood, Psychosis

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Hi. My name’s Rai. I hear voices, see visions and have a whole host of unusual experiences that have, at times, overwhelmed me. Once labelled as ‘severely & enduringly mentally ill’, I am now an independent trainer specialising in innovative ways of supporting people who struggle with extreme states (including ‘psychosis’, ‘dissociation’ and post traumatic reactions).

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