{"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 Intro\n06:04 How we met and how he finally published his book\n07:30 Madness and Alternative states of reality\n11:00 Mad in America and Others Stories\n13:04 A Fight To Be - his book\n14:07 Ron's 23rd Birthday in the Psych Ward\n16:26 \"You don't look schizophrenic.\"\n17:00 Auntie Ray, Ron's Mentor\n17:33 Fugitive Literature\n18:28 Insulin Shock\n19:01 \"Coming Out\" as a psychiatric survivor AS a psychologist\n19:51 Michael's Soulchosis at 18\n22:00 Being a Double Agent\n24:42 What is psychosis? \n27:12 Madness as a search \n29:37 Neurodiversity\n33:37 Underworld Journey\n34:27 Soul Initiations\n40:00 Exquisite Sensitivity, Empathy and Intuition\n41:11 Intuitive Feelers\n42:32 Reliance on Feeling is discouraged in our culture\n45:33 Ron's visit to a Zen Ashram\n48:21 Working with Families - Ron's new project\n49:00 Typical Trajectory of someone who may be headed towards psychosis\n50:00 Importance of a supportive family\n52:00 Open Dialogue\n58:14 The problem with trying to control what isn't controllable\n1:06:00 Each person is on their own journey\n1:10:00 Jesus vs Christ Consciousness\n1:11:51 What truly heals?\n1:12:00 Don't Push the River and Windhorse\n1:17:00 The Ocean, The Mystic, The Madman and Swimming Lessons\n1:19:00 Mind Freedom\n1:25:00 Hearing Voices Network\n1:30:00 Mad Pride and David Oaks\n1:35:00 Ron's current work\nRon 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.\nI'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...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YnH_L-OQgkULW3pyyymcS7QxXjX55uQvw8afFgyc5jA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMWI0/YjlmZDdlNTBkYjJh/NGI5NDJjMjc2MWUx/ZWFjZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}