Introduction to Living Well With Schizophrenia
Welcome to my channel! My name is Lauren and I make videos on schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. This is a channel dedicated to increasing knowledge around schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and mental illness. These videos are intended to be a resource for people with the diagnosis, their loved ones, and for people who just want to…
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My life could be a lot different… (and so could yours)
Finding the medical ketogenic diet and metabolic therapies is changing my life. While I'm ecstatic and grateful, there is a part of me that wonders how my life could have been different had I discovered this treatment sooner, or had it been offered to me from the medical system. Or rather how much suffering and…
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Living Well When You Don’t Feel Well: Overcoming Lyme Disease and Illness | Joe Trunzo | TEDxBryantU
Trunzo highlights a different way of thinking and coping with diseases (and life), specifically Lyme. Dr. Trunzo earned his undergraduate degree in 1993 from Marywood University in Scranton PA and completed his graduate work in 2000 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the University of Vermont and his post-doctoral…
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What Living Well With Schizophrenia Means To Me
Welcome to the channel! Living well is kind of a broad concept, but to us, it means living life as fully and meaningfully as possible. It means taking care of yourself, and engaging with other people and the world around you. We filmed a short video that we want to share with you all about…
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Living Well with Pain – with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Many of us are experiencing physical pain and discomfort these days, whether the intense pains of illness or other pains and feelings that result from changes in our lifestyles during the time of physical distancing. While we should do what we can to alleviate such symptoms, when physical pain is unavoidable we can use it…
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Interacting with Someone in Psychosis | Advice Series
Our latest video in our advice series answers the question: "I was wondering if you have any advice on how one should interact with a loved one who is in the midst of a psychotic episode?" I provide my own experience with this as well as advice I've learned from trying to navigate it myself.…
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My Story | Living with Schizophrenia
I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2016 at the age of 25. This is my story of how I came to be diagnosed, and what my experience of living with schizophrenia has been like. JOIN OUR ONLINE PEER SUPPORT COMMUNITY Join a welcoming community of your peers and find comfort in sharing your experiences.…
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Are Schizophrenia Simulations Accurate?
I live with schizoaffective disorder and in this video, I react to and discuss three different schizophrenia simulations. You can find links to the full videos discussed and shown below. Videos shown: "Schizophrenia Simulation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr8IyNGAqlw "Realistic Schizophrenia Simulation" "Sometimes (I'm schizoaffective)/All Of The Time (I'm human)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3_hny4GFlY When I discuss each video: 00:00 – Introduction…
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Dr. Chris Palmer: Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Huberman Lab Podcast #99
My guest this episode is Chris Palmer, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He explains the important connection between nutrition, metabolism and mental health and his pioneering work using the ketogenic diet to successfully treat patients with various mental illnesses, including depression and schizophrenia. Dr. Palmer explains how…
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