There are many misunderstandings that surround psychosis, and it does not help that the media often perpetuates many of these. One, for instance, is that people who have psychosis are dangerous, and that they need to be locked away. We’re going to debunk some of these myths, but first, let’s look at some basic facts about psychosis.

Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined the term limerence in the 1970s. It describes the state of when we have powerful romantic feelings for someone we hope will feel the same way. Limerence is about wanting to be loved back even if it's not mutual, like a crush that occupies our thoughts while love means caring for others.

We are living in the age of the internet meme revolution. There are memes for everything and every situation… Including mental health. But what else can they do for us besides offering comic relief?

Do you love travelling? Are you always in a rush, trying to capture every restaurant you visit, cafe hopping, trying to see as many places in a day?

But do you realise that by doing that, you aren’t immersing yourself in the joy of being in the present?

At times, we need to slow down to let ourselves cherish the moment we’re in.

Self-care: you hear it everywhere, from conversations with friends, advice from your therapist, and even more stealthily in Instagram ads that aim to sell you a facial at their spa. It’s often packaged, unwrapped, and re-packaged over and over again in various attempts to define what it truly means. Meditation. Going for a jog. Staying up late and then constantly hitting snooze because “sleep is always beneficial”. Buying that one expensive skincare item. Using said skincare item. It’s all self-care, am I right?

In collaboration, our volunteers Yuri and Ibrahim explore the idea of how we can frame our identity around and beyond our mental health conditions through the book Strangers to Ourselves and Ibrahim’s own lived experience.