Sleep and psychosis
By Rachel Melinek I watch on terrified. I can see a woman in white in the doorway holding a baby. The figure stands there looking at me, I’m so scared I run back to bed and put my head underneath the covers. Seeing the vision makes my ability to sleep worse as I wonder about […]
Talking in Dreams
By Nutan Modha There are cold facts about ‘suffering’ with mental illness in this age. It’s a cruel and silent isolator. However, here we are in 2020, with Corvonavirus and the external world is on the brink of a shrinking populous, and mass isolation. News sources from MSM to independents coming from two camps, claiming […]
Heather
By Erica Crompton A very strange time for the whole of the world Testing times ahead! An ill-fated holiday yesterday evening And we could finally return to our beds But today has been quite wonderful Compared with recent times A bright spring day with fresh new growth On the trees and hedges and flowerbeds Our […]
Do people with mental illness make better artists?
Many papers cover creativity and mental illness. Here, Hopezine Editor Erica Crompton delves into the discussion… Abstract Many papers have written about creativity and mental illness, and whether mental illnesses can improve creativity (Waddell, 1998). This report aims to address this conundrum. Furthermore, according to Waddell, there are limited scientific papers that evidence an association […]
Educating María
Child of the world, María Llewellyn, suffered sleepless nights and self-doubt until losing a loved one to suicide prompted her to see a therapist and learn to love herself.
The Bevelled-Edge Mirror
By Hopezine’s Editor, Erica Crompton “Ever since I was a child, I’ve had an appreciation of antiques. I grew up with parents who loved car boot sales, charity shops and all things vintage (before it became cool). More recently, I’d brought myself a tiny, white cottage in a little village in Staffordshire, to be closer […]
It’s a wonderful life
Author Graham Morgan tells of his life and small wonders that help keep him sane and breathe much love into his life… Graham Morgan is the Author of START – a memoir of love and compulsory treatment for mental illness, Twitter: @GrahamM23694298; Facebook: Graham Morgan – Author. Image: The boat by Divya Modha
Finding Love Over Wealth, Liam Phelan EP Review
By Divya Modha The fluid undertones of the first few bars had me captivated. It’s make or break, I know then if I should listen or skip to the next tune. An impressive intro makes me believe, and feel like a hip-hop head produced and wrote this EP with friends in distress on his mind. […]
A musical note ♫ ♬
Music speaks to Corin Liall Douieb AKA The Last Skeptik. In Issue 2 of Hopezine, the rapper relays how different genres of song have helped with his anxiety, self-harm and depression.… Making and listening to music has helped me in so many different ways during my life. From the big sledgehammer traumas to the underlying […]
I sleep around 12 hours a day – but don’t get down about it anymore!
When I started CFT (Compassion Focussed Therapy) I had been referred for my ‘low-mood’ which I had felt was like a separate depression to my schizoaffective disorder. One of the side effects of taking a high dose of anti-psychotics is that I get very tired. Imagine for a minute, if you’re not on any medication, […]