The Georgie Gust Exhibit
What if you had such severe schizophrenia that your life was just one hallucination after another? And what if people kept trying to drag you back out of those hallucinations, to prove that you weren’t living in reality, and that reality was nothing more than a psych hospital? Would you go? Would you make that leap back into reality, leave such a vivid life, for ceramic walls and metal gurneys?
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Episodes
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
From The Novel: Jonathan
Harnisch: An Alibiography, Second Alibi: The Banality of Life, and Sex, Drugs,
and Schizophrenia [Lover in the Nobody]
Chapter 5.
Emptying His Pockets
Georgie is driven
by Ben to an orgy held in a palatial mansion where Georgie completely indulges
his foot fetish with a woman who resembles Claudia but has a mouth scar that
makes her grimace rather than smile. He then crawls around on salt grains—the
pain feels great. Ben asks why he hurt himself. Georgie tells Ben about the
nanny that abused him, to explain his craziness. Georgie tells Ben he is seeing
Claudia. Georgie returns to his house, but there is no message from Claudia and
her house is empty. He stares at her house for days. He runs into Margaret
again, who suggests they get together. He decides he will pretend he’s not home
if she shows up.
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Thursday Dec 04, 2014
Thursday Dec 04, 2014
A Chance Encounter: Reality?Ben encounters Heidi in a convenience store parking lot. She is in town for a psychiatry convention and decided to get her nails done. He gives her a pedicure in her hotel room. They meet and walk in the neighborhoods and along the beach. Heidi encourages him to write. She skips her conference class and has a bath instead. Ben joins her and gives a foot massage. Ben finds his writing block has gone.
Thursday Dec 04, 2014
Thursday Dec 04, 2014
THE HEALING POWER OF CREATIVITY THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION
Notes:
Complimentary
Outlet
In touch w/ feeling and inner thoughts
Ind/couples/family/group
Express myself
Drawing/painting/sculpting/drama/dance/music …
movies/writing
Self-discovery
Find out who I am
Evaluate and w/ therapist
w/o judgment (artists – very judgmental of work)
Breaks the depressive thoughts
Let go
Trust in self . . . therapist and healing process itself…
Not just for artists . . .
Wednesday Nov 26, 2014
Wednesday Nov 26, 2014
How I live with schizophrenia questioning if recovery is
possible through medication therapy and counseling and if there is a conspiracy
of hope but a diagnosis of schizophrenia is not always grounds for despair as
we all have both good and bad days living with schizophrenia.
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Person-centered therapy (PCT) is also known
as person-centered psychotherapy, person-centered counseling, client-centered
therapy and Rogerian psychotherapy. PCT is a form of talk-psychotherapy
developed by psychologist Carl Rogers in the 1940s and 1950s. The goal of PCT
is to provide clients with an opportunity to develop a sense of self where they
can realize how their attitudes, feelings and behavior are being negatively
affected. —Wikipedia
Thursday Nov 06, 2014
Monday Oct 27, 2014
Thursday Oct 23, 2014
Thursday Oct 09, 2014
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014