Miscellaneous
This week, you’ll meet the amazing advocate Bethany Yeiser. Writer, speaker and activist in the movement to demystify schizophrenia. Bethany grew up an academic child in a middle-class household, a scholarship winner and a top violinist who loved learning, travelling and music. Yet she still developed the condition; a medical reality that was hidden from her consciousness. It led to years of homelessness, institutionalisation and prison. Bethany was told she was permanently and totally disabled, until finding the right medication. She was able to re-connect with her family, access effective treatment and build a new normal. She has not relapsed since. Bethany is living proof that this misunderstood condition is not a life sentence and is not always triggered by experimenting with mind-altering drugs. Bethany tells us about what happened to her, the reality of life on the streets, how she managed to rebuild her life and the myths around this condition that we should all know more about.