Music stirs my savage breast
I have sensory overload. I figured out how to be a musician despite it
by Neesa Sunar
Neesa Sunar is a social worker and telehealth therapist. She has worked as a peer specialist, and is the author of Memories of Psychosis: Poems on the Mental Distress Experience (2019). She is also a professional violinist, violist and songwriter with guitar. She lives in New York.
Written by Neesa Sunar
I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
With aphantasia, my mind’s eye sees only darkness, not images. It’s like missing a sense, and only imagination can compensate
by Neesa Sunar
When mental illness bears down, respite centres can uplift
A welcome alternative to hospitalisation, respite centres allow people to stay in control of their own mental health
by Neesa Sunar