CRAZYWISE: Rethinking Madness — A Documentary Film

2014-05-22T10:47:52.303Z

Published on May 21, 2014
http://crazywisefilm.com by Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/829396017/crazywise-rethinking-madness-a-documentary-film

CRAZYWISE, directed by Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson, is a feature documentary exploring alternative treatments for mental illness.

CRAZYWISE centers around Adam, 29, a former wakeboard champion who struggles with his sanity following a psychotic break. Desperate and feeling shame from being labeled with a potential lifelong disease, Adam embraces meditation. Later, after revealing his mental diagnosis, Adam is turned away from future meditation retreats. He becomes homeless, alienated from his family and is living alone out of a friend's car.

A 20-year fascination with shamanism leads photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges to question how Western culture defines and treats severe mental disorders. While documenting Adam's story, Phil becomes increasingly aware of the severity of the mental health crisis in America. He discovers an emerging, survivor-led movement supported by a passionate group of renowned mental health professionals, activists and scholars who are advocating for alternatives to the biomedical based standards by which most mental illness is currently defined and treated.

Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head - A GREAT TED TALK!

2013-08-11T20:51:20.111Z

This is a TED Talk video of Eleanor Longden, where she talks about her recovery from schizophrenia and her role in the Hearing Voices movement. With a Masters in Psychology, Eleanor now defines herself as a 'Voice Hearer'. Very inspirational!
Sean Blackwell
http://www.bipolarORwakingUP.com

From the TED.com site:
To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world.

That was until the voices in her head started talking.

Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her.

Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive.

Eleanor Longden overcame her diagnosis of schizophrenia to earn a master's in psychology and demonstrate that the voices in her head were "a sane reaction to insane circumstances."

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CRAZYWISE: Rethinking Madness — A Documentary Film

Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head - A GREAT TED TALK!