How to believe.

Now I See A Person Institute on Collaborative Dialogical Practices: Finding strength in severe symptomatic challenges. We are inspired by our colleagues and the people we are in conversations with. We share thoughts about different understandings of depression, psychosis, anxiety and other symptoms traditionally viewed in mental illness narratives. This episode for us reflects the courageous journey of someone who experienced severe trauma and concurrent symptoms but because they were not labeled with a diagnosis they were able to protect their personhood and ability to make decisions on them being a person rather than a diagnosis. More and more symptoms are being seen as created from trauma and that they served a positive purpose in someone's journey to 'wellness'.