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Tim Dreby

Tim Dreby

Learn How I Upgraded My Schizophrenia to Bipolar, And What That Means — Working through Psychosis

“So, you have bipolar,” said the well-meaning psychiatrist, “So what’s the big deal?”

Sep 2, 2019

Learn How I Upgraded My Schizophrenia to Bipolar, And What That Means — Working through Psychosis

Sep 2, 2019

Tim Dreby

Growing Up with Complex Trauma in an Era of Misinformation:

I grew up in the mental health system when Prozac was the new craze. Prozac was the second drug I took and within three years there was…

Mar 23, 2019

Growing Up with Complex Trauma in an Era of Misinformation:

Mar 23, 2019

Tim Dreby
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Invisible Illness

A Glimpse Behind the Iron Curtain of the Mental Health System

Twenty years ago, I experienced what might be termed a break from reality while I was working as a mental health worker. I worked in a…

Jan 12, 2019

Jan 12, 2019

Tim Dreby

Surviving Complex Trauma over the Holidays

In these happier days, I am extremely thankful to have my wife and my dog with me. This Thanksgiving we have escaped the urban backward…

Dec 17, 2018

Surviving Complex Trauma over the Holidays

Dec 17, 2018

Tim Dreby
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Invisible Illness

Using “Schizophrenia” to Find A Soul Mate:

Finding a relationship when you struggle with mental health challenges can be hard for a host of different reasons. Depression, anxiety…

Dec 8, 2018

Using “Schizophrenia” to Find A Soul Mate:

Dec 8, 2018

Tim Dreby

I Wash My Hands in the Muddy Waters of the Mental Health System

What was emerging now was different than anything I had experienced prior.

Oct 13, 2018

I Wash My Hands in the Muddy Waters of the Mental Health System

Oct 13, 2018

Tim Dreby

Beneath the Suds and Psychiatric Labels

Warning: Graphic Content

Sep 2, 2018

Beneath the Suds and Psychiatric Labels

Sep 2, 2018

Tim Dreby

My Story of Mental Health Warehousing

I was a skinny and reluctant social worker when I first started out. I was working through an eating disorder. Initially, I didn’t really…

Aug 11, 2018

My Story of Mental Health Warehousing

Aug 11, 2018

Tim Dreby

Understanding and Respecting Black-Market America As a Social Work Practitioner

I have not found that book learning and on-the-job-training gave me the tools I needed to understand and help people. Instead I have had…

Jul 29, 2018

Understanding and Respecting Black-Market America As a Social Work Practitioner

Jul 29, 2018

Tim Dreby

Tim Dreby

I am a licensed psychotherapist and author of an award winning memoir. I write to change the way the public meets and greets psychosis . . .www.timdreby.com

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