Dr James McClure talks about his lived experience of #schizophrenia

This interview is now available on the Brainwaves web site - I recommend you check it out and let us know what you think of it:

This week we speak with Dr James McLure, peer support worker with Pathways Mental Health and Wellbeing Services and author of Eight Stones: My Journey Through Schizophrenia and Depression.

James, a former AFL footballer with a PHD in clinical pharmacology, discusses everyfrom from his lived experience with mental illness to his role with the with the support group GROW, as well as his stance on mental health and football.

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His book and more information about the speaker is available below:

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Is it in Imhro…!!!

Not sure what you mean. It’s an Australian radio program.

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Oh…now i get it…!!! thanks for sharing…!!!

This one is in Australia:

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I listened in. Good joke about telling his 10 year old nephew he was being trained as a wizard.

why is everything you say in exclamation points?

just wondering.

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Cuz i am bad at english…!!!

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I like it!!! I add exclamation points a lot to my posts now cuz of you!!! I tend to mimic people though I hear it’s a symptom of sz!!

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What language do they speak in Nepal?!?!?! :wink:

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Nepali is our national language…!!!
We speak Nepali…!!!

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That’s what I figured actually. Is it similar to Hindi at all??

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It’s slightly similar to Hindi…!!! but it’s different…!!!

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@chew Have u met any Nepali guys in U.S …!!

Ahaha! Because of the exclamation points I always read your posts as if you’re shouting with enthusiasm!!! :smile:

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That’s cool moonbeam…!!!

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Not sure. I’ve met many Indians. None out here in Washington, but back on the east coast there were tonsss of Indians Maybe some of them were Nepali and I had them confused, but no one had ever told me “I’m Nepali”.

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On the west coast we have American Indians, on the east coast, Indians from India are very successful with their budinessss of owning tobacco, liquor, coffee, pharmacies and other stores. All my “legal drugs” I bought from Indian shops. !!! The liquor store owner was one of the coolest people I’ve met in my life! He was Indian.

Tell me more about Nepali culture @far_cry0

How’s the food? Do you guys eat beef. I know it borders India so may be making assumptions in that your cultures are very similar? But I’ve never had Nepali food. I love Indian food though.

Our nation food is Rice…!!!
we have cultural diversity…there are may culture but we live harmony…!!
it’s shame to say we have caste system … some people here belongs to upper caste and lower caste…!!!

Our national animals is cow … cow slaughtering is punishable act in our country…we worship cow as a goddess…!! Nepal consists of 88% of hindu population…!!! Our country might be poor but the people are rich Here…!!! I live in a capital city which is heavily crowded… we have to face a lot of traffic jam…!!! Our ancestor The great Gorkhali fought in 1st and second world war…Even Hitler praised the great gorkhali…!!! our second biggest festival has come …its called Tihar the festivals of colours…!!! That’s it @chew…!!!

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