Demystifying Psychosis: What It Is and How To Treat It

Demystifing Psychosis: What it is and How to Treat It by @jhermankleiger #psychosis #mentalhealth #psychology

When Nick Lotz began college, he felt increasingly awkward and out of place. He tried to make friends; and when they stopped returning his texts, he became consumed by anxiety and gripped by paralyzing self-consciousness which he just knew by their glances, everyone could see. So he withdrew, stopped attending classes, drank heavily, snorted Focalin…

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Watchmen: This Is How Racism And Trauma Translate To Real Life

Watchmen: This Is How Racism And Trauma Translate To Real Life by @JHermanKleiger #Watchmen #psychology #life

  My internal editor asks, “Why write a blog about Watchmen? My silent editor points out that I’m no expert on the subject matter. I didn’t grow up reading graphic novels and didn’t discover Alan Moore’s Watchmen until I watched the 2009 movie. Further, there have been many literary reviews and insightful articles written about…

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Can The Creative Be Mad And The Mad Be Creative?

Can The Creative Be Mad And The Mad Be Creative? by @JHermanKleiger #creativity #madness #MentalHealth

Apart from the fact that I find this a damned interesting question, my curiosity about madness and creativity stems from a decades-long interest in psychosis, particularly understanding how disorganized and illogical thinking can be identified on psychological tests like the Rorschach. In each of the books I’ve written about psychosis, disordered thinking, and the Rorschach…

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