Seen: Living With The Schizophrenias

Meet the guests:

- Esmé Weijun Wang, a writer, speaker and the author of "The Collected Schizophrenias," talks about navigating medical stigma and the ways that writing and performance have contributed to her understanding of schizophrenia

- Christopher Grant, an artist and animator based in Canada, talks about how he uses drawing to process his moments of psychosis and what it's been like to share his story on TikTok and Instagram

- Ashley Smith, an author and writer who runs the blog "Overcoming Schizophrenia," talks about being a parent with schizophrenia, and what conversations about mental health look like with her 11-year-old son

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Show Extras:

A sampling of Esmé's essays:

- “Perdition Days” - https://the-toast.net/2014/06/25/perdition-days-experiencing-psychosis/

- “On the Ward” - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/esmewwang/psychiatric-hospital-inpatient-collected-schizophrenias

Ashley’s books:

- https://overcomingschizophrenia.blogspot.com/p/book.html