New Format!!!

Yes it's a filler episode because I am behind on my editing :P Today Yvette and Hazel discuss the relitively contriversal topic of medication

Today we are privilaged to be speaking to Natasha whoch has just finished preforming her one woman show (Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda), where she depicts aspects of her experiences with Bipolar, at the Edinburgh Fringe. You can find upcoming dates for her show here - https://www.meandbipolarbrenda.com/general-6

welcome to what may well be our most embarassing episode... In this episode Hazel and Yvette talk about they way sex is veiwed in society, wonder about any differences between the experiences of different genders, and speak of some of their own past experiences with hypersexuality. It's embarassing but as a relitively common aspect of manic episodes it's a topic that we feel needs to be discussed more

WE'RE BACK!!! Hi, guys, Reality Tourists is back with a whole new format, now there's 2 of us. Today we are doing a very quicj intro to us and the new format, and then usual service should resume. As always do get in touch if you have a topic to suggest, request, or if you want to be a guest. https://realitytourists.wordpress.com/ www.twitter.com/RealityTourists [email protected]

We are back (or we will be VERY soon) and we are here to talk about the areas of mental illness that are often left out of the conversation. Get in touch with your suggestions and requests for topics, or if you are interested in being a guest www.twitter.com/RealityTourists

In todays episode I will be taking several online screening tests for psychosis related conditions, just to see what's involved and out of curiosity to see how accurate they are. Ok, yes, it is a filler episode... I hope you still find it interesting though

There is a common misconception that "schizophrenia is multiple personalities" so in todays guest myself and my guest will discuss our experiences of psychosis and dissociation to try to figure out where we are the same and where we differ and work out why people often confuse the experiences.

Today we have a return guest as Tiffany is back from episode 2 "growing up with schizophrenia"  This episode was meant  to be about the misconception that "schizophrenia is multiple  personalities" but we went off topic and realised that we don't have the  knowledge to do this topic justice 😅 so we ended up discussing stigma,  media portrayal and a bit about our own experiences of dissociation,  voice hearing and general misconceptions around schizophrenia.

In this (late) Valentines Day Speical epsidoe I am speaking to Pat about both his book and his experiences of being married to someone who experienced psychosis. We talk about the stigma, we talk about the feeling of helplessness and panic, but more importantly we talk about how a strong relationship with open and honest communication can survive these sorts of illnesses.  Pat can be found on twitter @PatrickDylanFL1 and his book "Safe, Wanted, and Loved" can be found in most book stores. 

Today I am chatting with Mel ( @BipolarNerdGirl ) about her experiences of both bipolar and OCD along with why she started blogging and the difficutlies she's had in gaining support while being deemed as "high functioning" Mel can be found on twitter here - https://twitter.com/bipolarnerdgirl and her website with her blogs is here - https://bipolarnerdgirl.ghost.io/ ________________ We are always on the look out for guests to come onto our podcast, if you would like to come on and have a chat about your experiences, or if you would like to come talk to me about a specific area of your life and how mental illness has effectedd it please ger in touch, the easiest way to find me is via my twitter @AnLasair or through the podcasts email [email protected] (though twitter DMs are likely to get a faster reply)