The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
Editor & Founder of Conditional Publications, Vrinda Pendred, discusses key medications typically prescribed to treat Tourette’s Syndrome – and her personal experiences with them. So far in this series on Tourette’s Syndrome, we have discussed: What Tourette’s really is, from an insider perspective. The causes and triggers of Tourette’s. If you missed either of these articles, please […]
Editor & Founder of Conditional Publications, Vrinda Pendred, discusses the theoretical causes, as well as some of the triggers, of the mysterious Tourette’s Syndrome Last time, we discussed what Tourette’s Syndrome really is, from an insider perspective. If you missed that article, please click here to read it. I was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome […]
Editor & Founder of Conditional Publications, Vrinda Pendred, explains what Tourette’s Syndrome really is, as someone diagnosed with the condition herself. This is the first in a series of articles I will be writing about Tourette’s Syndrome. A quick Internet search will provide you with dozens of clinical articles defining and attempting to describe […]
Editor and Founder Vrinda Pendred discusses when we should show patience and understanding – and when enough is enough. Friends and long-time readers will know I’m an advocate of learning and understanding, when it comes to neurological conditions. Those closer to me will also know my strong anti-abuse stance, and I’d like to take a […]
Editor Vrinda Pendred shares the importance of being entirely yourself, in all your relationships. I’ve been with my husband twelve years, now, and we have a lively nine-year-old son. Things are good for us – very good. But for a long time, they weren’t, because aside from the usual issues of growing up, money problems […]
When I was nineteen years old I was preparing to leave the United States and spend two years in the Philippines, serving a mission for church. My mission began with nine weeks fully immersed in learning to speak Tagalog before flying across the Pacific. While I was learning the language, I began blinking very rapidly. […]
Painful Art of a Schizophrenic’s Dream (A poem taken from A Conscious Void by Nathan Hassall) In the restricted freedom of fine art of the gallery of the ill and struggled, dopamine weeps out of the oil paintings and eludes our viewer who attempts to escape. Trapped in his consciousness, he becomes a victim to […]
My name is Lewis. I am 19 years old and I live in the United Kingdom. Ever since I can remember, I have struggled with very basic tasks in life. It took me years to be able to tie my shoe laces, write words correctly, ride a bike, swim and much more. I would be […]
A poem bravely shared with us by one of our very talented readers: Buffer
Sometimes openness is necessary to promote awareness and hope for others. Sometimes your journey is meant not to be hidden and kept secret out of fear of judgement, but instead be shared. I admit it’s uncomfortable and a bit frightening, but I have a great passion for erasing the stigma that surrounds mental illness and […]