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  HEY GUYS, HERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM MY UPCOMING BOOK!!! “THE SPECIAL GIFTS I HAVE MUST ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OTHERS – THE WHOLE GAMUT OF USERS AND SURVIVORS. O SIR, O MADAM, IF ONLY YOU WERE TO LET ME TALK OF WHAT REALLY HELPED TO OVERCOME MY PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITY!!!” SAID I. The user survivor movement across the world was rapidly growing and flourishing. The excitement was in the air even as users and survivors of psychiatry joined hands to oust psychiatric domination and the methods involved in forced psychiatric treatment. Who were the user-survivors? What did being a user-survivor entail? These were the people who psychiatry had treated sometime or the other for what was called ‘mental illness’. The users found Psychiatry helpful in addressing their problems but still had issues with some unhelpful bits in Psychiatry that they wanted to change. The survivors were people who found Psychiatry unhelpful [as they had been treated quite insensitively by Psychiatry] and wan...

When I, DR.LAVANYA SESHASAYEE was aged 21, my psychiatrist consented to confine me within my parents’ residence. There was no hope for me in that medical chamber reeking of forced psychiatry. I had just been labelled ‘Schizophrenic’. My illness was a by-product of gender discrimination. My mathematical faculties were systematically pumped off my mind-brain. But my brain was remarkably resilient! It refused to accept defeat. I was a motley, maddening montage and medley of thoughts milling the mind in a mindless fashion! I had to find a way to defy the gravity of the black-hole [my patriarchal mother’s authority] from which there seemed to be no escape. I converted her into my strongest ally. I knew education and the power of literary expression would go a long way in catalyzing my recovery and empowerment. I was much more than just a label. I finally did my PhD in Women’s Mental Health wherein I linked-up feminism with mental health sciences. I contested male defined ideas [of what it m...

Dear guys, I wish you a very beautiful morning. I just want to know from you what your concerns and questions pertaining to Mental Health and Schizophrenia are!! Is there something specific you'd like to ask me regarding these above-mentioned topics? Would you like me to answer any special questions on these topics?? Open up!!! Shoot!!! Time to brainstorm!!! Please type your queries and concerns i n the comment box right below!!! Thank you, take care, and stay safe!!! This is Dr. Lavanya Seshasayee for you!!! #AskMe   #AskQuestions   #KnowSchizophrenia   #KnowMentalHealth   #MentalHeathQuestions   #SchizphreniaQuestions   #ItsOkayToTalk   #MentalHealthIssues   #MentalHealthAwareness   #Schizophrenia   #MentalHealth   #Knowmore   #MentalHealthMatters