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Mapping Our Madness

Original PDF file of this zine

This is a pure text version of the PDF "Mapping Our Madness" by "Momo" on The Icarus Project (fireweed collective). You can find the original on the link above and the Crisis Toolkit on the link below. The original is beautiful but doesn't work well if you have a disability or if you don't like PDFs.

The Icarus Project - Crisis Toolkit

A workbook for navigating crisis, extreme states, or just foul moods.

Intro

I know this format doesn't work for everyone and realize that maybe notall of the pages in here are relevant to you. I encourage anyone who uses this to alter it in any way that makes sense to them, or in the very least, I hope it inspires them to make something else great for themselves.

It’s important to challenge the idea that these differing experiences are “wrong” and that we are “sick” or “broken” for having them. That we are something that needs correcting and must undergo treatment in order to be “fixed” Rather, these experiences can be seen as gifts. Like superpowers to be held close to our hearts, to understand and to know their limits so that we may use them as tools to liberate ourselves and to build better worlds.

This is an effort in hopes of imagining a world where the different ways our minds and bodies may function are recognized and supported as valid experiences. Where we have the time and the space to look into ourselves and uncover our identities without fear of being dismissed or denied for what we come up with. This is an effort in hopes of supporting a radical re-envisioning of mutual support within our communities.

You're stronger than they can ever imagine, ❤️ Momo

Some suggestions

You know yourself best, but I have few suggestions for filling this out. You can take them or leave them:

The questions

On the original PDF, all those questions had blank lines to fill them (one quesiton per page). I recommend you writing down those questions and answer them one by one.

Resources

The Icarus Project

Hella resources (zine, forums, etc.) here: “The Icarus Project is a radical mental health support network, online community, and alternative media project by and for people struggling with extreme emotional distress that often gets labeled as mental illness.”

Learning to love you more

“Assignment“ or activities to keep you busy and loving yourself.

Superbetter

Created by game designers to build personal resillence (the ability to stay strong, optimistic, and curious in the face of difficult challenges) by harnessing the power of positive emotion and social connection.

Warmline

A warmline is an alternative to a crisis line, peer-run by people in recovery themselves.

Hearing Voices Networks

The Hearing Voices Networks offers resources (information and forums) for folks who experience voice hearing, visions, tactile sensations and other sensory experiences. HVN does not approach these experiences from a medical or pathological framework.

Mad in America

A journalistic website “designed to Serve as a resource and a community for those interested in rethinking psychiatric care in the United States and abroad,” They have good resources for those seeking alternative mental health practitioners or for information and studies on psychopharmaceuticals.

Envelope

On the final page of the zine there's a rectangle with the following text on it: