{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Other Side of Things","title":"The Other Side of Things Ep 02 - \"A Fight to Be\" with Dr. Ron Bassman","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5944,"description":"00:00 Intro06:04 How we met and how he finally published his book07:30 Madness and Alternative states of reality11:00 Mad in America and Others Stories13:04 A Fight To Be - his book14:07 Ron's 23rd Birthday in the Psych Ward16:26 \"You don't look schizophrenic.\"17:00 Auntie Ray, Ron's Mentor17:33 Fugitive Literature18:28 Insulin Shock19:01 \"Coming Out\" as a psychiatric survivor AS a psychologist19:51 Michael's Soulchosis at 1822:00 Being a Double Agent24:42 What is psychosis? 27:12 Madness as a search 29:37 Neurodiversity33:37 Underworld Journey34:27 Soul Initiations40:00 Exquisite Sensitivity, Empathy and Intuition41:11 Intuitive Feelers42:32 Reliance on Feeling is discouraged in our culture45:33 Ron's visit to a Zen Ashram48:21 Working with Families - Ron's new project49:00 Typical Trajectory of someone who may be headed towards psychosis50:00 Importance of a supportive family52:00 Open Dialogue58:14 The problem with trying to control what isn't controllable1:06:00 Each person is on their own journey1:10:00 Jesus vs Christ Consciousness1:11:51 What truly heals?1:12:00 Don't Push the River and Windhorse1:17:00 The Ocean, The Mystic, The Madman and Swimming Lessons1:19:00 Mind Freedom1:25:00 Hearing Voices Network1:30:00 Mad Pride and David Oaks1:35:00 Ron's current workRon is an amazing human being, a resilient soul and a true elder and wise sage.  We first met when a mutual friend of ours introduced us.  Ron had not published his moving and poignant book, \"A Fight to Be: A Psychologist's Experience from Both Sides of the Locked Door,\" yet and I'm so honored that our connection helped encourage him to finally publish it.  It is a riveting story that moved me to my core, given that I have had friends and family members and my own experiences with extreme states of consciousness that I prefer to call soulchosis.I've wanted to have Ron on for a long time and we both finally found time in both of our schedules for this deep dive into psychosis, madness and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XDUcP5A4bnkj93BBL0k0sDUfFN3Xa4Ravcx4TT_p9gw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyODMyLzE2OTc5/MTYzMDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}