Psychosis caused by teenage stress

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12/18/21 • 59 min

Tess was a popular girl at school and at 17 years old, had experienced a stress induced, near fatal psychosis that saw her hospitalised twice. Once in her final year of high school and the second and last time, a year later. Tess considers herself lucky that it never developed into a more serious illness like Schizophrenia. Her self esteem was shattered, hopes and dreams lost and social support gone. With little to no professional support or understanding available at the time, Tess and her family turned to natural therapies such as Yoga and healthy eating.
It was many years later, when Tess was studying psychology that a lecturer began to talk about psychosis and its symptoms. This is when the penny dropped. Tess was able to understand what had happened to her all those years ago and was able to begin her healing process by talking about it.
In her blog, Tess explains, "With the help of therapy, I learnt there were different types of psychosis for example, many women experience it after child birth, and it is actually very common. And is a common symptom for those with Bipolar. But the problem is – nobody talks about it. Because there is also still so much stigma around the term “psychosis” and it is still very much attached to the term “psycho” or “loony” from the old days when there were mental asylums. Which is just not what It’s like at all."
Learn more from Tess here: https://wellcreativeminds.com/
Program discussed by Tess: https://raise.org.au/

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https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/psychosocial/foundations/Pages/types-psychosis.aspx
https://www.sane.org/information-stories/facts-and-guides/psychosis
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/bipolar-disorder/

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Midsumma Festival with Karen Bryant

Lisa and Marnie interview Karen Bryant, Chief Executive for Midsumma Festival.
When we think of festivals, we think of summer, music and large crowds. However, the Midsumma Festival is like the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory of festivals! It is a colourful world that embraces diversification and disability across the LGBTQIA+ community. Not only is there music, this festival is a smorgasbord of pleasure including visual arts, film, sporting events, workshops, there’s some sexy stuff, public speaking, food and fun stalls, education and it even has events for families and kids.

Since 1988, Midsumma has become a globally-relevant cultural influencer that keeps learning and diversity at their heart. The Australian queer arts and cultural festival returns to Victoria in 2022 running between the 23rd of January and 13th of February with Midsumma Pride March occurring as part of the celebrations on Sunday the 6th February.

When we started looking into this significantly incredible festival, we discovered that Midsumma doesn’t just run over a few weeks. This is an all year round organisation that provides artists, social-changers, and culture-makers with support and tools to create, present and promote their work. The most significant of these programs are called: Midsumma Futures and Midsumma Pathways, which provide mentorship, networking and development opportunities for early-career artists and culture-makers.

It is no wonder that Midsumma has matured to become one of Australia’s most significant queer arts organisations that has supported generations of LGBTQIA+ cultural voices, emerging artists and has been a platform for conversations that have helped shape queer art and culture forever.
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Who is Nigel Parsons?

Nigel Parsons is public figure across rural Victoria whose voice has been heard across radio, tv, on stage and now on this podcast. Nigel is joining Lisa by becoming a guest host and sharing his love of music, story telling and community.
He has worked with Southern Cross, WIN tv, Prime and has his own media company, Square One digital media.
He is a singer, guitarist and song writer whose voice can be heard in many commercials across regional Victoria including the latest Sungold ad.
Nigel also has passion projects including his work on The Shed Show with radio and commercial personality, Craig 'Whiskers' Veysey.
He has worked with some incredibly remarkable musicians over the past 30 years in bands such as Dr Watt, Crying Out Loud and is currently the frontman for Current Stand. Current Stand was named after the hit song by Australian New Romantics 80s band, Kids in the Kitchen and Nigel's drummer is none other than Bruce Curnow from Kids in the Kitchen who runs a legendary music shop in Shepparton.
After 30 years of performing on stage, Nigel has released his own music on Spotify. Listen to his two original songs: Unite and Love, Liberty and Happiness here.
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