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This playlist brings together candid conversations about mental health, experience and the realities of life with psychosis, anxiety and lived experience. These videos are personal reflections grounded in honesty and vulnerability, shared in a calm, supportive space. They’re not advice, but they may help you see familiar experiences in a new light.

What does psychosis feel like from the inside? What does care look like when you are frightened, medicated, restrained—and trying to make sense of a world that no longer behaves as expected? And what happens when the same person later returns as a member of staff, and then as a researcher? Androids DO Dream is a first-person account of psychosis and mental health care told from three intersecting perspectives: patient, healthcare assistant, and academic researcher.

In this playlist, lived experience takes centre stage. These conversations and stories highlight different perspectives on psychosis, recovery and the human side of psychiatric narratives. The aim is not to generalise, but to show the rich diversity of experience and insight beyond clinical labels.

Here you’ll find reflections from my academic path — the challenges, doubts, discoveries and rhythms of PhD life. These videos are about what the process feels like, what it teaches beyond the research, and how knowledge and persistence shape us. They speak to anyone curious about long-term learning, uncertainty, and the academic experience.

A shorter curated set of videos that connect mental health with ideas, culture and reading. Here we look at how books, narrative and thoughtful discussion can illuminate inner life, representation and the human condition.