About
About This Work & Boundaries
This work—across writing, video, audio, and research—is interpretive and finite. It aims to clarify how language, meaning, and experience interact in psychosis (particularly schizophrenia), without offering instruction, advice, or individual guidance.
Much of what is presented here is intended to make difficult experiences legible rather than solvable. The focus is on description, analysis, and ethical listening: how experiences are spoken about, how meaning is organised, and where interpretation becomes fragile or contested.
These limits are not refusals of care or interest. They are what make it possible to speak carefully and responsibly in a sensitive domain.
What this work does not do
- It does not offer diagnosis, treatment advice, or clinical recommendations.
- It does not interpret individual experiences, beliefs, or symptoms.
- It does not provide crisis support or replace professional care.
- It does not validate or invalidate the factual truth of personal interpretations.
These limits are part of the ethical structure of the work. They allow the writing and analysis to remain careful, shared, and non-coercive.
On lived experience
People with lived experience of psychosis or related conditions are central to this work. First-person accounts are treated as meaningful and informative, but not as data that can be interpreted safely in isolation or outside context.
I cannot engage in private discussion of individual experiences, beliefs, or treatment decisions. When people are in distress or uncertainty, appropriate clinical, community, or personal supports are essential.
If you are seeking help
If you are currently distressed, unsafe, or in need of support, this site is not the right place to seek help. Reaching out to healthcare professionals, trusted people in your life, or local support services is important.
I recognise that this can feel disappointing or abrupt. The intention here is not distance, but responsibility.
Contact
Messages about the work itself—questions of interpretation, citation, research context, or use in teaching—are welcome where contact details are provided.
Messages seeking personal guidance, validation of beliefs, or advice cannot be responded to.
This boundary is part of the work, not separate from it. Clear limits are what allow meaning to remain careful, shared, and non-coercive.