Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?
In late 2016 my psych asked me if I wanted to help her have a Skype conversations with psychiatry students and other health-care workers about my psychotic condition, Asperger syndrome, bipolarity; experiences in life and my perspective on this topic. I said yes because I thought it could be very interesting and meaningful to everyone involved, including myself. So I wrote a long list in my notebook to bring with me on the conversations, thinking deep about the themes and what I wanted to say.
When I was there my vision was really blurry but I could speak just fine, not especially nervous about the topics. My psych told me she heard some things about my history and conditions that she wasn’t aware of, I think it was important that I prepared well for the talk. I wanted to get my message clear and to maybe open some eyes to how schizo-bipolar-obsessive-Asperger etc (that’s a long phrase) experiences feel from inside perspective.
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