• Mental Illness and Medication
    Oct 26 2023

    Yes it's a filler episode because I am behind on my editing :P


    Today Yvette and Hazel discuss the relitively contriversal topic of medication

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    36 mins
  • Bipolar and the Edinburgh Fringe
    Oct 12 2023

    Today we are privilaged to be speaking to Natasha whoch has just finished preforming her one woman show (Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda), where she depicts aspects of her experiences with Bipolar, at the Edinburgh Fringe.


    You can find upcoming dates for her show here - https://www.meandbipolarbrenda.com/general-6



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    48 mins
  • Hypersexuality in mania - "let's talk about sex"
    Sep 28 2023

    welcome to what may well be our most embarassing episode...


    In this episode Hazel and Yvette talk about they way sex is veiwed in society, wonder about any differences between the experiences of different genders, and speak of some of their own past experiences with hypersexuality.


    It's embarassing but as a relitively common aspect of manic episodes it's a topic that we feel needs to be discussed more

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    32 mins
  • New Format!!!
    Sep 14 2023

    WE'RE BACK!!!


    Hi, guys, Reality Tourists is back with a whole new format, now there's 2 of us. Today we are doing a very quicj intro to us and the new format, and then usual service should resume.


    As always do get in touch if you have a topic to suggest, request, or if you want to be a guest.


    https://realitytourists.wordpress.com/

    www.twitter.com/RealityTourists

    RealityTouristsPodcast@gmail.com


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    15 mins
  • Series 3 ad
    Sep 13 2023

    We are back (or we will be VERY soon) and we are here to talk about the areas of mental illness that are often left out of the conversation. Get in touch with your suggestions and requests for topics, or if you are interested in being a guest


    www.twitter.com/RealityTourists

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    1 min
  • Online screening tests
    Apr 6 2023

    In todays episode I will be taking several online screening tests for psychosis related conditions, just to see what's involved and out of curiosity to see how accurate they are. Ok, yes, it is a filler episode... I hope you still find it interesting though

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    28 mins
  • "Schizophrenia is multiple personalities" - psychosis Vs dissociation
    Mar 23 2023

    There is a common misconception that "schizophrenia is multiple personalities" so in todays guest myself and my guest will discuss our experiences of psychosis and dissociation to try to figure out where we are the same and where we differ and work out why people often confuse the experiences.

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    36 mins
  • Schizophrenia, dissociation, stigma, and media portrayal
    Mar 9 2023

    Today we have a return guest as Tiffany is back from episode 2 "growing up with schizophrenia" 


    This episode was meant  to be about the misconception that "schizophrenia is multiple  personalities" but we went off topic and realised that we don't have the  knowledge to do this topic justice 😅 so we ended up discussing stigma,  media portrayal and a bit about our own experiences of dissociation,  voice hearing and general misconceptions around schizophrenia.

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    44 mins