Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011



Epilepsy by Chris Buzelli for the cover of The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association:
The word epilepsy originates from the Greek word epilambanein, meaning someting that jumps upon you from the outside or a sudden attack. The sudden violent siezures historically has led to explanations of magic or religion. Some cultures saw epilepsy as a sacred illness (a gift or a punishment from the gods). Only 2,000 years after Aritotle understood that epilepsy was a brain disease, it is no longer surrounded by superstition. People living with epilepsy are still living with the unpredictable.
Chris has various prints and originals on sale here.

*Previously: Headache by Byron Eggenschwiler.

Epilepsy by Chris Buzelli

Friday, April 22, 2011

1. Really nice series of diagrams and video showing why zone defense doesn't work against the Mavericks.

2. Retired NFL players are going to announce second round daft picks. Can't wait to see who kept in shape.

3. Minimalist posters illustrating mental disorders. Some people might find these somewhat disrespectful, so, look at your own discretion.

Link roundup

Friday, September 24, 2010

1. Katy Hargrove's sketchbook is 148 pages for $15.

2. Russia is building floating nuclear power stations to assist in its planned conquest of the Arctic. Via.

3. ESPN blowhard Woody Paige talks about the time he nearly committed suicide.

*Learn how to cope with mental illness with these books at Amazon.

Link roundup

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Stuffed animals with mental problems:




The patient’s inner conflict must be interpreted as a sign of an ambivalent relationships towards its own body. Combined with the fascination of an apparently much more potent-seeming substitute rattle, we suspect the manifestation of a deeply rooted rattle complex. Of course, the enclosed substitute rattle should not be in use on a permanent basis and should only serve as a transitional object.



The patient has been trying to solve a wooden jigsaw puzzle for the past few months without success. He is so absorbed in this repetitive activity that he is unaware of his surroundings most of the time. Ever since his disorder has begun, the patient hasn't talked to anyone. A connection between the inability to speak and the compulsive urge to solve jigsaw puzzles seems likely.



The patient's hypersensitive hallucinatory perception is a symptom of a paranoid psychosis. The signs are a mental block and a Gestaltzerfall (disintegration of structure) of the habitual field of experience. The consequence is a compensational reactivation of archaic reaction patterns.






The patient seems to temporarily suffer from the delusion that she is a wolf despite the fact that she is without a doubt a sheep. The unexpectedly strong exhibition of the repressed identity completely overstrains her. Hysterical, psychotic defence reactions underline the fundamental threat which points at negative experiences and resulting fragmentation processes. In this state, the patient is unable to accept herself as a plush animal.



Being an animal more accustomed to a relaxed pace, life in the fast lane has caught up with our patient, sending him into a deep depression. Can you help him to come out of his shell once more and enjoy life on the outside? Help Dub to rediscover life - slowly this time!

Via these sites.

UPDATE: Meaghan points out that the animals are from a game.

Stuffed animals with mental problems

Sunday, January 17, 2010



Photo of identical twins Ivan and Malvin Albright painting before and after Portraits of Dorian Gray. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Complicated goings on in the Bioshock 2 ARG.

2. The world's mental illnesses are becoming Americanized.

3. Mickey Mouse turning into Venom. Via.

*Previously: The Wonder Twins vs the subprime mortgage crisis.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Twins painting Portraits of Dorian Gray (link roundup)



Photo of identical twins Ivan and Malvin Albright painting before and after Portraits of Dorian Gray. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Complicated goings on in the Bioshock 2 ARG.

2. The world's mental illnesses are becoming Americanized.

3. Mickey Mouse turning into Venom. Via.

*Previously: The Wonder Twins vs the subprime mortgage crisis.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Twins painting Portraits of Dorian Gray (link roundup)

Thursday, November 5, 2009



I'm not sure if the class is learning much math, but a fun multimedia presentation by Matthew Weathers. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Aspberger's may be eliminated as a diagnosis from the 2012 edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual. Via.

2. A time traveler visits the Revolutionary War in a first person shooter.

3. Wild Things on the subway. Via.

*Previously: A vintage speech by Bill Gates as a commando in Doom.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Entertaining math class (link roundup)