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The Georgie Gust ExhibitHistory of Sex [Audiobook] – July 8, 2016, by Jonathan Harnisch (Author)
“It’s like I'm too far away, in time, from when I would actively participate in things, enjoying them while they were happening…” Ben Schreiber mostly inhabits a world within himself, sharing it with his alter ego Georgie, living often non-linearly in a process of psychosis with visions and images of characters that fade in and out. In reality, Ben is in sessions with his therapist, Dr C, who is inviting him to recall family memories. Inside his own world, Ben is in front of the cameras he has set up in his home office, telling his story. In it, he recal...2016-07-082h 14The Georgie Gust ExhibitFragmentation [Audiovisual Book] by Jonathan HarnischJonathan Harnisch’s postmodern literature relies on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator. In Fragmentation, Harnisch has outdone himself, for good or ill, with the strangest, saddest, most confusing, and unedited, schizophrenic, psychosexual stream-of-thought narrative imaginable, a work suffused with almost evangelical zeal in the service of disillusion. Author, Jonathan Harnisch has written the bestselling and award-winning novels, Lover in the Nobody, Living Colorful Beauty and When We Were Invincible. He is also a noted controversial mental health advocate, and fine artist, blogger, podcast host, patent holder, hedge fund manager, musician, and film and TV writer an...2016-06-2256 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitFragmentation [Audiobook] by Jonathan HarnischJonathan Harnisch’s postmodern literature relies on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator. In Fragmentation, Harnisch has outdone himself, for good or ill, with the strangest, saddest, most confusing, and unedited, schizophrenic, psychosexual stream-of-thought narrative imaginable, a work suffused with almost evangelical zeal in the service of disillusion. Author, Jonathan Harnisch has written the bestselling and award-winning novels, Lover in the Nobody, Living Colorful Beauty and When We Were Invincible. He is also a noted controversial mental health advocate, and fine artist, blogger, podcast host, patent holder, hedge fund manager, musician, and film and TV writer an...2016-06-2256 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitIt’s All in a Day’s Work from Lover in the Nobody by Jonathan HarnischA young man battling extreme mental illness brings his sadomasochistic fantasies to life in Harnisch's (Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, 2014, etc.) latest novel. As this riveting story opens, Georgie Gust, a suicidal Tourette's syndrome patient, tells his doctor he wants to leave the mental institution where he's been committed. When the doctor puts him off, Gust finds himself buffeted by violent fantasies of escape, and he even prepares to hang himself. The novel plunges readers into the mind of a man at war with his own urges, memories, and sexual obsessions. After a scene shift, Gust's chauffeur, Ben, delivers him to...2016-05-2619 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitChance Encounter (High-Definition)
I completed Chance Encounter while undergoing a dark, deep experience with depression, existential despair and with new tears for old grief. So many people appreciate this film’s inherent beauty. I thank you, all, to God, and to all my fans, friends, and family for playing such a unique role in these short experimental pieces, although perhaps without knowing it. The holiday seasons often bring along a deep sense of nostalgia for good times long gone, from lost film footage in the archives here at the production office to experimenting into the depth of new ground, and new artistic expression wi...2016-05-2639 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Dreamer Sleeps Without Dreaming, Part Two of Two [Audiobook] PodcastEverything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for thirty years. And you may never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are...2016-05-106h 02The Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Dreamer Sleeps Without Dreaming, Part One of Two [Audiobook] PodcastEverything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for thirty years. And you may never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are...2016-05-106h 12The Georgie Gust ExhibitPastiche, Part Four of Four [Audiobook] Podcast
"Be a doer and not a critic," Tony Blair once said. Pastiche, it is, in response to the heavily criticized and controversial author Jonathan Harnisch's (Porcelain Utopia, 2016, etc.) work and life. He offers this colossal work of erotic literary art that mixes styles, materials, etc., wildly varied in style and content. "I am a troubled man," the author confesses, "with feelings. I am not good, but I know how to be good. I burn bridges and build better ones. I can’t make my mind up because my mental landscape is full of wondrous things! I can love, and I am...2016-05-055h 03The Georgie Gust ExhibitPastiche, Part Three of Four [Audiobook] Podcast
"Be a doer and not a critic," Tony Blair once said. Pastiche, it is, in response to the heavily criticized and controversial author Jonathan Harnisch's (Porcelain Utopia, 2016, etc.) work and life. He offers this colossal work of erotic literary art that mixes styles, materials, etc., wildly varied in style and content. "I am a troubled man," the author confesses, "with feelings. I am not good, but I know how to be good. I burn bridges and build better ones. I can’t make my mind up because my mental landscape is full of wondrous things! I can love, and I am...2016-05-045h 03The Georgie Gust ExhibitPastiche, Part Two of Four [Audiobook] Podcast"Be a doer and not a critic," Tony Blair once said. Pastiche, it is, in response to the heavily criticized and controversial author Jonathan Harnisch's (Porcelain Utopia, 2016, etc.) work and life. He offers this colossal work of erotic literary art that mixes styles, materials, etc., wildly varied in style and content. "I am a troubled man," the author confesses, "with feelings. I am not good, but I know how to be good. I burn bridges and build better ones. I can’t make my mind up because my mental landscape is full of wondrous things! I can love, and I am...2016-05-044h 46The Georgie Gust ExhibitPastiche, Part One of Four [Audiobook] Podcast
"Be a doer and not a critic," Tony Blair once said. Pastiche, it is, in response to the heavily criticized and controversial author Jonathan Harnisch's (Porcelain Utopia, 2016, etc.) work and life. He offers this colossal work of erotic literary art that mixes styles, materials, etc., wildly varied in style and content. "I am a troubled man," the author confesses, "with feelings. I am not good, but I know how to be good. I burn bridges and build better ones. I can’t make my mind up because my mental landscape is full of wondrous things! I can love, and I am...2016-05-044h 59The Georgie Gust ExhibitWhen We Were Invincible by Jonathan Harnisch
Author Jonathan Harnisch often writes about alter egos who live with the same mental disorders that he does, including schizophrenia and Tourette's syndrome. The protagonist of this coming- of-age novel is Georgie Gust, a character who has appeared in the author's previous novels as a sexual fetishist and even another character's alter ego. For readers who may have explored other Harnisch novels, it's best to think of Georgie as the blank canvas on which the author hangs his tales and not try to unify Georgie's mythology. Here, Georgie appears as an angry young man in the mold of Salinger's H...2016-02-221h 16The Georgie Gust ExhibitWhen We Were Invincible by Jonathan Harnisch Blue Ink Starred Book ReviewAuthor Jonathan Harnisch often writes about alter egos who live with the same mental disorders that he does, including schizophrenia and Tourette’s syndrome. The protagonist of this coming- of-age novel is Georgie Gust, a character who has appeared in the author’s previous novels as a sexual fetishist and even another character’s alter ego. For readers who may have explored other Harnisch novels, it’s best to think of Georgie as the blank canvas on which the author hangs his tales and not try to unify Georgie’s mythology.
Here, Georgie appears as an angry young man in the mol...2016-01-1901 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth by Jonathan Harnisch Blue Ink Book ReviewIn this slim volume of personal essays, the prolific New Mexico novelist, filmmaker and mental health advocate Jonathan Harnisch provides heart-wrenching insights into his long battle with schizophrenia. A gifted writer who has weathered seven suicide attempts and more than 30 hospitalizations, Harnisch speaks with chilling authority about “the shattered stained glass” of a disease whose terrifying hallucinations keep him from distinguishing between “what is real and what is not.”
As in Harnisch's earlier books—notably, his 803-page semi-autobiographical novel, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography—the 40-year-old author's moods alternate between optimism (“I always do my best to keep things positive”) and bleak despai...2016-01-1902 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth Paperback First EditionJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-12-282h 08The Georgie Gust ExhibitSecond Alibi - The Genius of a Mentally Ill MindSecond Alibi: The Banality of Life by Jonathan Harnisch
From Arts & Entertainment
"Genius. I loved this book."
From Worldnews Network
"This story is now shedding light on the experiences of schizophrenics in a language that the non-sufferer can understand."
From WOWK 13 News, W.Va, WV
"Harnisch's sense of the inner machinations of human experience spring into life through the text."
From Editor, Second Alibi: The Banality of Life
"My brain was spinning by the end. It's brilliant."
What...is it like to suffer from...schizophrenia combined with...Tourette's syndrome? ...[Harnisch's] answers to such questions and the ways in which they are port...2015-12-211h 06
The Georgie Gust ExhibitSecond Alibi | The Banality of Life by Jonathan Harnisch | Preview
Jonathan Harnisch's struggles with his mental health
conditions are interlinked with the incomprehension of non-sufferers, which
provokes him to explain his reality. He has explored a range of media,
including film, music, and now the written word, to help the general public
understand exactly what it feels like to suffer from schizophrenia. By
fictionalizing the day-to-day meetings of multiple personalities, he is
illuminating a corner of psychiatry that few understand. As an author with
schizophrenia, Jonathan Harnisch is ideally placed to share the unusual
perception commonly defined as 'mental illness'. Harnisch is not dealing with
an altered reality, but...2015-12-2055 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitSECOND ALIBI JONATHAN HARNISCH | FINÁLE | TIME. THE END. RATHER, NO END...Jonathan Harnisch's struggles with his mental health conditions are interlinked with the incomprehension of non-sufferers, which provokes him to explain his reality. He has explored a range of media, including film, music, and now the written word, to help the general public understand exactly what it feels like to suffer from schizophrenia. By fictionalizing the day-to-day meetings of multiple personalities, he is illuminating a corner of psychiatry that few understand. As an author with schizophrenia, Jonathan Harnisch is ideally placed to share the unusual perception commonly defined as 'mental illness'. Harnisch is not dealing with an altered reality, but a...2015-12-2010 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitINTRODUCING LIVING COLORFUL BEAUTY BY JONATHAN HARNISCHINTRODUCING LIVING COLORFUL BEAUTY BY JONATHAN HARNISCH (AUTHOR) PAPERBACK – OCTOBER 19, 2015 | EDITORIAL BOOK REVIEWS | RATING: 5 STARS - BOOK REVIEW BY ANNA CALL https://www.forewordreviews.com/rev…/living-colorful-beauty/Genre: Literary › Mental Health › SchizophreniaLiving Colorful Beauty is a twisted, intensely character-driven ride.In Living Colorful Beauty, author Jonathan Harnisch tells the story of Ben, a man diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome, schizoaffective disorder, and several other issues. Ever since his youth, Ben has been both plagued by mental illness and obsessed with venality. As he navigates through an unstable, directionless life and leaves a string of shattered romances in his wake, he generates a fictio...2015-12-1904 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitON THE BUS ON TVON THE BUS ON TVI invite you to watch the last rerun of my Academy Award (Oscar®) qualifying short film, the noted award-winning psychological thriller, On the Bus. It plays live on prime time TV with me, for the first time this weekend! It is now live on Vimeo Pro as well. I am so proud! Wax showed twice that day and On the Bus aired 3 times, along with yet another television show I did, also on frequent reruns. If a schizophrenic can do it, anyone can! THANK YOU! —Jonathan Harnisch smile emoticon‘Award-winning executive producer and screen...2015-12-1518 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitLover in the Nobody | British Edition | by Jonathan Harnisch (Audiobook)A young man battling extreme mental illness brings his sadomasochistic fantasies to life in Harnisch's (Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, 2014, etc.) latest novel.As this riveting story opens, Georgie Gust, a suicidal Tourette's syndrome patient, tells his doctor he wants to leave the mental institution where he's been committed. When the doctor puts him off, Gust finds himself buffeted by violent fantasies of escape, and he even prepares to hang himself. The novel plunges readers into the mind of a man at war with his own urges, memories, and sexual obsessions. After a scene shift, Gust's chauffeur, Ben, delivers him to...2015-11-263h 53The Georgie Gust ExhibitBattle of the Book Reviews Featuring Lover in the Nobody by Jonathan Harnisch (Author) Kirkus Literary Magazine Book Review vs. Writers DigestBattle of the Book Reviews Featuring Lover in the Nobody by Jonathan Harnisch (Author) Kirkus Literary Magazine Book Review vs. Writers DigestAn extraordinary, harrowing odyssey into an embattled self, full of humor, compassion, and a rare understanding of mental illness.-- Kirkus Reviews The characters' conversation seems stiff and "literary." -- Judge, 23rd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book AwardsA young man battling extreme mental illness brings his sadomasochistic fantasies to life in Harnisch's (Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, 2014, etc.) latest novel.As this riveting story opens, Georgie Gust, a suicidal Tourette's syndrome patient, tells his doctor he wants to leave the me...2015-11-2603 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitRECENT REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY JONATHAN HARNISCHRECENT REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY JONATHAN HARNISCH
Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography
This, it is easy to imagine, is what life with mental illness is like for some: full of continuous questioning, rationalization, guilt, anxiety.
Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography presents a simultaneously dazzling and frightening portrayal of mental illness through the eyes of several characters—though all embodied in the same being.
The complex narrative is seemingly told from the viewpoint of Benjamin J. Schreiber, son of a wealthy blue-blood family who converses with his doctor (known as C). The privilege afforded to him by birth enables hi...2015-11-2117 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitLiving Colorful Beauty by Jonathan Harnisch"This short novel by New Mexico writer Jonathan Harnisch features the same urgent anguish--and the same disturbing characters--as the author's 803-page, semi- autobiographical rampage through sexual obsession, schizophrenia and healing, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. Good news: Living Colorful Beauty stands on its own, serving as a vivid introduction to this gifted, if flawed, writer's teeming mind.
In 30-year-old Benjamin J. Schreiber, who suffers (like Harnisch) from schizoaffective disorder and Tourette's Syndrome, the author has created a brilliant and memorable psychotic. In reckless Georgie Gust, he delivers a convincing alter-ego to whom Ben can transfer "my confessionary details, my sins, m...2015-11-196h 46The Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth by Jonathan HarnischJonathan Harnisch is an "artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you." He is also "a deeply troubled and disturbed person," who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others.
Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his...2015-11-192h 27The Georgie Gust ExhibitWhen We Were Invincible by Jonathan HarnischWhen We Were Invincible by Jonathan Harnisch is written in the vein of Catcher in the Rye or The World According to Garp, When We Were Invincible is a coming-of-age novella, which details the experiences of outsider Georgie Gust navigating the fictional St. Michael’s Academy, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. Georgie suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome and early onset schizophrenia, which makes his journey all the more poignant. In addition to When We Were Invincible, I have written several screenplays and the semi-autobiographical novel, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. My own diagnosis of Tourette’s Syndrome and other mental illnes...2015-11-191h 39The Georgie Gust ExhibitGlad You're Not Me by Jonathan HarnischGlad You're Not Me, takes the act of transgression to another level. Harnisch, the author himself, discovers he has been fictionalized as a character in an old friend's chapbook, and decides to come out of the woodwork as a real person, The Mentally Ill Artist, in this explicit transgressive reaction chapbook.2015-11-1943 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitCHANCE ENCOUNTER: SEXUAL DEVIANCE IN “SEX, DRUGS, AND SCHIZOPHRENIA” BY JONATHAN HARNISCHThe collected writings of Jonathan Harnisch mark a magnificent contribution to the public understanding of mental illness through a masterpiece of transgressive fiction with a heart. The general reader is finally able to see mainstream literary author Jonathan Harnisch at his best. Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia contain the works of 2014, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography and Second Alibi: The Banality of Life, in one complete streaming narrative. The monumental scale of Harnisch’s achievement through adversity flourishes and can now be appreciated in this diverse, invaluable, and thought-provoking collection of fragmented fiction, which will make your brain spin as Harnisch's sense of...2015-11-1939 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitJONATHAN HARNISCH | COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIAThe cognitive treatment for the persecutory delusions of Jonathan Harnisch on November 17th, 2015; persecutory delusions conceptualized as threat beliefs. The beliefs are hypothesized to arise from a search for meaning for internal or external experiences that are unusual, anomalous, or emotionally significant for Harnisch.2015-11-1853 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth OutlineJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-1304 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth SynopsisJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-1302 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth Query LetterJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-1301 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth Note from the EditorJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-1302 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitTHE BRUTAL TRUTH BY JONATHAN HARNISCH | FRIDAY THE 13THJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-132h 29The Georgie Gust ExhibitTHE BRUTAL TRUTH BY JONATHAN HARNISCH | INTRODUCTION | FRIDAY THE 13THJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his own troubles...2015-11-1306 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitBrand New Book Review of Living Colorful Beauty by Jonathan HarnischLiving Colorful Beauty Paperback – October 13, 2015by Jonathan Harnisch (Author)
"This short novel by New Mexico writer Jonathan Harnisch features the same urgent anguish--and the same disturbing characters--as the author's 803-page, semi- autobiographical rampage through sexual obsession, schizophrenia and healing, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. Good news: Living Colorful Beauty stands on its own, serving as a vivid introduction to this gifted, if flawed, writer's teeming mind. In 30-year-old Benjamin J. Schreiber, who suffers (like Harnisch) from schizo-affective disorder and Tourette's Syndrome, the author has created a brilliant and memorable psychotic. In reckless Georgie Gust, he delivers a convincing alter-ego to whom...2015-11-1101 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitBrand New Book Review of Second Alibi: The Banality of Life by Jonathan Harnisch"Afflicted with schizophrenia, Tourette's Syndrome and other mental illnesses, the prolific and gifted Jonathan Harnisch has transformed the harrowing raw material of his life into what he calls "transgressive fiction" in semi-autobiographical novels such as Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography and Living Colorful Beauty. With Second Alibi: The Banality of Life, he revisits the abrasive, triangular psychodrama of his brilliant, questing psychotic Ben Schreiber, Ben's libertine alter-ego, Georgie Gust, and the sadistic temptress, Claudia Nesbitt, who torments them both, while also including a moving plea for understanding that stands apart from the disturbed fevers of his fiction. "This is a story, I...2015-11-1102 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch An Alibiography | Amazon and Goodreads | Top 5 Most Helpful Customer Book ReviewsJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography Paperback – May 10, 2014by Jonathan Harnisch (Author)
"The most compelling character in the literature of madness since A Beautiful Mind's John Nash."-- BlueInk Review...This, it is easy to imagine, is what life with mental illness is like for some: full of continuous questioning, rationalization, guilt, anxiety.Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography presents a simultaneously dazzling and frightening portrayal of mental illness through the eyes of several characters--though all embodied in the same being.The complex narrative is seemingly told from the viewpoint of Benjamin J. Schreiber, son of a wealthy blue- blood family who converses wit...2015-11-1122 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitTHE BRUTAL TRUTH | COMPLIMENTARY AUDIOBOOK | BY JONATHAN HARNISCHThe Brutal TruthbyJonathan Harnisch
I am an artist, author, and filmmaker who lives with comorbid schizoaffective disorder, as well as a range of other mental health conditions. In The Brutal Truth, I reveal my schizophrenic world with all its terrors and wonders. The book offers a raw and candid glimpse into the rarely told and poorly understood reality of living with schizophrenia—where “the only place where my dreams become impossibilities is in my mind.” The Brutal Truth is a collection of essays that brings together material that was written for my online community dedicated to mental health. I have ov...2015-11-052h 27
The Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Brutal Truth [Abridged First Edition] by Jonathan Harnisch - Halloween 2015Synopsis: The Brutal TruthJonathan Harnisch is an “artist, dreamer, man on a mission, and human being just like you.” He is also “a deeply troubled and disturbed person,” who lives with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. He is committed to sharing his unique life online in order to help others. Through a relentless, direct encounter with his schizophrenic self and thoughts, Harnisch offers a rare insight into this often misunderstood disorder. Extraordinarily, the message is one of resilience and hope, finding rare wisdom through enduring and learning to understand his psychotic episodes. Rather than retreating into his...2015-11-012h 23
The Georgie Gust ExhibitHalloween Film 2015 | Beautiful Nightmare HD | Jonathan HarnischHello again friends and fans! Working on BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE was primarily influenced by challenging myself to be okay with the gifts of imperfection, artistic imperfection, to be more precise, leaving some intentionally undone otherwise perfectionistic creative choices; my goal was to not overdo or over produce the film or soundtrack edits on this particular project. I completed this short film on Valentine’s Day 2015 feeling rather incomplete at the same time extremely satisfied and proud. Aside from THE MORNING AFTER in late 2014 which within its first 3 weeks upon upload tops my all time most popular films on Vimeo Pro, I ha...2015-11-0113 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitLiving with Psychosis | Living in Shame by Jonathan HarnischFirst, a cheek up from the neck up: State: manic, season? Dream. I shake and twitch. My nose rune, IO am freezing., The temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit with the heater and fire on. I feel high, in haste, pressured with a sense of urgency and optimistic, stress, stress, stress, and extremely irritable, unrealistic in general, not worthy, manic, depressed, mixed up, confused, sleeping very little, but feeling extremely energetic. I wrote and talk so rapidly that others can’t keep up. My thoughts, beliefs and ideas race, as do the voices in my head. Everything, mainly my thoughts jump quickly fr...2015-10-2726 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitWriting Therapy: An Example of How Easy Does it by Jonathan HarnischLet's get the facts straight up front to avoid any confusion later. I am a person first, a human being, just like anyone else. Maybe a little different, that's all. Years ago, I publicly disclosed my diagnoses with comorbid schizoaffective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorder NOS (not otherwise specified), and Tourette's syndrome. One might argue that I have been dealt quite a handful of cards and put through the ringer. Maybe it's just the luck of the draw, or maybe it's not luck at all. But some time ago, when I felt internally trapped and suffocated and hiding all...2015-10-2506 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitI Have Schizophrenia, But Schizophrenia Does Not Have Me by Jonathan HarnischMy name is Jonathan Harnisch. I have schizophrenia with psychotic features, but schizophrenia and psychosis do not have me. I cannot distinguish what is real and what is not real. My thoughts, mood and behavior are altered, and they change frequently. Sometimes I believe that I live in a psychiatric hospital and that my experience is worse than a hellish nightmare. At other times, I don't believe that I am in such a hospital. I see and interact with people who aren’t there, and I battle through countless other extremely uncomfortable symptoms. I believe that my medical team is cur...2015-10-2507 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitGetting Through an Episode by Jonathan HarnischThe curtain opens. I am Jonathan.I have schizophrenia.I don’t want to make a big introduction. Perhaps some of you have read my work before. For me, schizophrenia is similar to what I have read. In the early material, from such turn-of-the-century psychiatrists as Kraepelin and Bleuler, there seems to be plenty of subgenres or comorbidities with this condition, which I have had since I was a boy. I believe my traumatic upbringing—at least for me, though not my sister, who was brought up in the same environment—likely set off my illness. A series of other, seemin...2015-10-2508 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitAddiction and Schizophrenia by Jonathan HarnischMy name is Jonathan, and I am a tobacco addict. Life goes on without smoking, but for now I fight for life. I don't write off a thing. It feels like hell, but I know it is peace—and strength. Overall, the symptoms are temporary, so far. I am nowhere near the end of the addiction, but I am on my way. I think: Help! I am kicking the habit. They are not going away, these withdrawals. The nicotine and the smoke itself. The real hardcore heavy chain smoker and tobacco fiend. A friend of the enemy. I befriend my fea...2015-10-2513 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitSecond Alibi: The Banality of Life by Jonathan HarnischSecond Alibi: The Banality of Life is the sensational prequel to the groundbreaking work, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. Harnisch's The Banality of Life handles the backstory of Georgie, Ben, and Claudia, further incorporating the invisible studio audience introduced in Alibiography. Ben's confessions flourish, written once more in his noteworthy and imaginative style. Harnisch seduces the reader by presenting a genuine, eerie sense of dissociation from the story, and once again conveys the feeling of what it is truly like to be mentally ill. There's an edge to Second Alibi that is beautifully countered by the author's personal story of how...2015-10-259h 58The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book Six: Of Crime and PassionBook Six of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Of Crime and Passion, explores romantic love through the story of John Marshal, who is taught by a prostitute that one can get everything one wants through seduction. John wants glory and personal prestige and vows to get it by obtaining lowly positions in upper-class homes, and then seducing the one woman in the household who has the most influence. He begins with Maribelle Roman and ends with Claudia Sinclair. He discovers that seduction is indeed very powerful, but you must never actually fall in love.2015-10-252h 20The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book Five: Glad You’re Not MeBook Five of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Glad You're Not Me, takes the act of transgression to another level. Harnisch, the author himself, discovers he has been fictionalized as a character in an old friend's chapbook, and decides to come out of the woodwork as a real person, The Mentally Ill Artist, in this explicit transgressive reaction chapbook.2015-10-2543 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book Four: The Oxygen TankBook Four of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, The Oxygen Tank, shows Georgie back in his morning routine of breaking coffee cups, falling in the shower, and of course, meeting Claudia for the first time. Georgie's house grows in size and grandeur with every dream. Claudia has an affair with Sir Tony Halldale and is caught by Georgie. Claudia is hit by a car and paralyzed. She then drowns when Georgie takes her boogie boarding on his boat. Georgie tries to kill himself. Ben is realizing that everyone is crazy in some way, not just him.2015-10-256h 03The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book Three: Porcelain UtopiaBook Three of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Porcelain Utopia, explores Dr C's interactions with Georgie and Ben. She thinks that dredging up Ben's past will somehow fix his present. Ben describes what went down at the holdup with the cell phone "bomb." He describes being booked into the psychiatric ward. Ben develops a strong obsession with Claudia/Heidi. Ben describes his first sexual encounters at age 10, in the Boy Scout treehouse. Ben describes some of his mother's abuse and neglect of him as a child. Dr C points out that Georgie looks more like Ben's mother than...2015-10-257h 45The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book Two: FreakBook Two of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Freak, explores Ben's days at Wakefield. School is too traumatic, so Ben lets Georgie attend and take the abuse. The book explores Georgie's relationship with the original Claudia Nesbitt, the girlfriend of the jock Ozer, who tormented Georgie mercilessly. Claudia befriends Georgie and loves him for who he is. The other good part of Wakefield is Heidi Berillo's philosophy class, in which Georgie excels. Heidi encourages him to write an essay for the prestigious Winterbourne Scholarship. Georgie discovers alcohol and is constantly hung over. He is arrested for drunkenness and...2015-10-252h 35The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography | Book One: Lover In the NobodyA young man battling extreme mental illness brings his sadomasochistic fantasies to life in Harnisch's (Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, 2014, etc.) latest novel.As this riveting story opens, Georgie Gust, a suicidal Tourette's syndrome patient, tells his doctor he wants to leave the mental institution where he's been committed. When the doctor puts him off, Gust finds himself buffeted by violent fantasies of escape, and he even prepares to hang himself. The novel plunges readers into the mind of a man at war with his own urges, memories, and sexual obsessions. After a scene shift, Gust's chauffeur, Ben, delivers him to...2015-10-255h 35The Georgie Gust ExhibitWhen We Were Invincible by Jonathan HarnischWritten in the vein of Catcher in the Rye or The World According to Garp, When We Were Invincible is a coming-of-age novella, which details the experiences of outsider Georgie Gust navigating the fictional St. Michael’s Academy, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. Georgie suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome and early onset schizophrenia, which makes his journey all the more poignant.
In addition to When We Were Invincible, I have written several screenplays and the semi-autobiographical novel, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. My own diagnosis of Tourette’s Syndrome and other mental illnesses informs my work and helps educate the pu...2015-10-241h 48The Georgie Gust ExhibitForeword Clarion Reviews Jonathan Harnisch: An AlibiographyJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography Reviewed by Alex FranksOctober 14, 2015
This, it is easy to imagine, is what life with mental illness is like for some: full of continuous questioning, rationalization, guilt, anxiety.
Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography presents a simultaneously dazzling and frightening portrayal of mental illness through the eyes of several characters—though all embodied in the same being.
The complex narrative is seemingly told from the viewpoint of Benjamin J. Schreiber, son of a wealthy blue-blood family who converses with his doctor (known as C). The privilege afforded to him by birth enables him to live relatively wel...2015-10-1803 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitChance EncounterA chapter from “Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia by Jonathan Harnisch”.
Harnisch (Second Alibi, 2014, etc.) offers a novel that investigates the fractured mind of a schizophrenic.
“Let’s get the facts straight up front, to avoid any confusion later,” the author states at the start of this wild, candid book. “I am a person first, a human being, just like anyone else. Maybe a little different, that’s all.” That difference is a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and this extensive work explores the realities of mental illness through a whirlwind of fictional, narrative pieces and personal reflections. Along the way, it takes readers...2015-10-1039 minThe Georgie Gust Exhibit#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Status Update#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Status Update: Every week should be #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. It's always time to talk about #mentalhealth and #mentalillness: However, this morning I have come to realize that there is nothing more liberating and freeing than deciding to and committing to NOT doing, taking the full day off all work and activities, canceling all meetings, and so forth, just because I am overworked, and without sleep for days struggling with schizoaffective disorder, a mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions, in my case fluctuating with both bipolar disorder and depression. My diagnosis has been made because I have features...2015-10-0802 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography: Book ReviewJonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography: Book ReviewThe author of this deeply moving portrait of a schizophrenic is afflicted himself with schizoaffective disorder, Tourette's Syndrome and a few other things. Jonathan Harnisch even calls himself “the king of mental illness.” Given those obstacles, it's a wonder he can write anything, much less a semi-autobiographical novel as fiercely intelligent and finely crafted as this one. First, a caveat: At 803 pages, Harnisch's cleverly named “alibiography” contains all the repetitions and anomalies you might expect from a writer with serious demons. There's also some gibberish. Sample: “Make it and makeshift it. Prototype it! Grab it! Snag it!” L...2015-09-2202 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitAddiction and Schizophrenia by Jonathan HarnischMy name is Jonathan, and I am a tobacco addict. Life goes on without smoking, but for now I fight for life. 2015-09-1713 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitGetting Through an EpisodeGetting Through an Episode by Jonathan Harnisch: The curtain opens. I am Jonathan. I have schizophrenia. I don’t want to make a big introduction. Perhaps some of you have read my work before. For me, schizophrenia is similar to what I have read. In the early material, from such turn-of-the-century psychiatrists as Kraepelin and Bleuler, there seems to be plenty of subgenres or comorbidities with this condition, which I have had since I was a boy. I believe my traumatic upbringing—at least for me, though not my sister, who was brought up in the same environment—likely set off my...2015-08-1825 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitAudiobook | Heart of the Sunrise by Jonathan Harnisch | Second Draft & IntroMy apologies for not publishing the second of three drafts total of Heart of the Sunrise which upon completion of Heart of the Sunrise Third Draft, it will also be its final draft written with intention for publication in The New Yorker and similar magazines and writing contests and I will be working on its corresponding notes, query letter, synopsis and outline. Thank you. ?From the previously published First Draft: “Heart of the Sunrise” is a chronicle of my struggles with mental illness and my efforts to use writing and writing therapy to work through these difficulties, and the story of G...2015-08-132h 01The Georgie Gust ExhibitHeart of the Sunrise by Jonathan HarnischNew literary fiction by author Jonathan Harnisch, first edit. I am already drugged. I was, I am, and I have always lived in my own private hyperreality. That is what all of this, these words, the disjointedness, and the following fragmentation to come, the variation, and the skewed view of time, space, self, and others, and everything, is about. My consciousness has not been able to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality. I do not live in any technologically advanced postmodern society. I do not live. I do not die. I am a walking thought. I am a collection...2015-07-183h 31The Georgie Gust ExhibitIntroduction: Jonathan Harnisch An AlibiographyIt is astounding how individuals who are brilliant go unnoticed due to certain features of their internal and external selves. This is exactly the case with the author Jonathan Harnisch in his book, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography. In the simplest terms, I would compare the book to an infinite merry-go-round due to the sporadic nature and continuous delusions that made me question my own sanity. Jonathan is diagnosed with a whole spectrum of disorders, but one that stands out the most in the book is his diagnosis with Schizoaffective Disorder. Throughout the book, the author relived his moments of delusions...2015-07-182h 46The Georgie Gust ExhibitThe Domino EffectAn inside look into a therapy session with a person diagnosed with mental illness. A domino effect or chain reaction is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events. As it applies to mental health take an inside look into a therapy session with a person diagnosed with mental illness particularly schizophrenia. For more on iTunes - Podcasts - Schizophrenia Raw by Jonathan Harnisch download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes for free from Schizophrenia Raw by Jonathan Harnisch on the iTunes Store. Thank you for your continued support.2015-06-1949 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitA Question of Love or LustThe Morning After [Feature Length Film] A Question of Love or Lust (2015)Hello everybody! Before viewing this particular edit of "A Question of Love or Lust," you might find the quality and soundtrack to be more appealing found on my Vimeo Pro site: vimeopro.com/jwharnisch/film/video/126036018. Nonetheless, a beautiful film where love and grief are eternally entwined. Please enjoy an example of schizophrenic art in this new film by former Hollywood/now independent outsider filmmaker Jonathan Harnisch (voilà, that's me) in "A Question of Love or Lust" I competed The Morning After vimeopro.com/jwharnisch/film/video/115438225 in D...2015-05-041h 59The Georgie Gust ExhibitWAX ON TVI invite you to watch Wax play live on TV with me! I decided to tell a bit of the story behind the film afterwards. I, Jonathan Harnisch, executive produced and wrote Wax years ago. We produced the 15-minute short film through Fat Man Media while collaborating with The Vine Entertainment in Los Angeles. I have written the full feature length screenplay for Wax as well, which is detailed in prose, as part of my novel Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, and Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, both easily accessible on Amazon worldwide among most other booksellers as well. The film distributors...2015-04-1219 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitSPENDING THE AFTERNOON WITH JONATHAN HARNISCHThere are no words to describe this video podcast, so I suppose it's best not to over think it. I’m not quite sure why, but Chinese writer and inventor Lin Yutang comes to mind when describing today’s daily video documentation on the road again as, noted author of Alibiography and Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia, filmmaker, and moreover life documentarian, since age 11 in 1987, Jonathan Harnisch (hey, that’s me!) ventures out and about around the town of Corrales, New Mexico where he continues to seek meaning and purpose in life, living with schizophrenia and Tourette’s syndrome, in particular, referrin...2015-04-1130 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitTHE CONSEQUENCES OF TRAUMATIC STRESS EFFECTS AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPSJonathan Harnisch responds to an emotional challenge instead of to the subtle ebb and flow facing the truth and consequences of his own damaging responses to PTSD and intimate interpersonal relationships. People with PTSD are different than “normal” folk as they lose relationships and interest in the things they used to enjoy, feeling irritated and getting mad easily. There are particularly many difficulties when anniversaries come around. On the road from therapy to thrift shop, Jonathan begins to recognize and seek help regarding the fact that a person with PTSD often does not notice their own symptoms or the consequences of g...2015-04-1040 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitMailbox Wednesday, April 8, 2015“I question how life is treating me, I should be asking how I am treating life.”― Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography2015-04-0908 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitA Brief Artistic Amalgamation“I question how life is treating me, I should be asking how I am treating life.”— Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography2015-04-0805 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitMailbox Monday, April 6, 2015“I question how life is treating me, I should be asking how I am treating life.”― Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography2015-04-0707 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitSYMPTOMATICA-SDHi friends and fans! Biscuit bag it; flag it, blip, bam, and boom! Nonsense, at first, I wasn’t going to post this video, but I had the time and the space, the room to groom and take a broom to this series of clips and stir up the pot a bit and happy to break the fear and now happy to present this archival piece, Symptomatica. Interesting fact: Do you know what PCTS means? Porphyria. Cutanea. Tarda. Symptomatica. Nonetheless, this film has little to do with that, but I come back on this joint, from the past, posted on a...2015-04-051h 16The Georgie Gust ExhibitSCHIZOPHRENIA DOCUMENTARY BEING A MENTALLY ILL ARTIST HD
Jonathan
Harnisch discusses his process of being an artist with mental illness. Since
the closing down of Porcelain Utopia in October 2013 Jonathan Harnisch has
decrypted as much code and text possible, which thousands of hackers had
corrupted breaking through the most sophisticated security software available.
The former self hosted WordPress website had wielded single-handedly by
Harnisch 25 million hits per day by its end, garnering 250,000,000 hits in its
2 year run and was written up in the press as the most viral WordPress blog
known as it narrated Harnisch’s journey through schizophrenia.
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The Georgie Gust ExhibitMANIC MONDAY PTS. 3 & 4 (2015)I’ve been told that when I bring it, I bring it! So hello again friends, fans and to all peeps of Pocahontas. Yes, I’m back again, but will be on a bit of a break for just a bit, babies and babes! Due to the popularity of the Manic Monday combo series Pts. 1 & 2 I have taken the liberty of adding some sped up, amped up, additional Manic Monday footage from the vault, and put together this presentation of Manic Monday Pts. 3 & 4 hopefully with more to come for all of you looking for the JH (voila, that’s me!) to bri...2015-02-221h 57
The Georgie Gust ExhibitI am Jonathan (2012)-SD"I'm sure some of you will find it hard to watch this video. I can only say for me, I found it very eye opening as to the confusion and what must feel like hell to live at times as a schizophrenic. I would HIGHLY recommend reading some of Jonathan’s writing before you watch the film. Why, you may ask? Because he is ONE hell of an inspiration and shares words of hope along with positive thinking. The man has MORE guts and determination than I can imagine." -C. T. via Facebook
“I am Jonathan”Having retired from profess...2015-02-161h 23
The Georgie Gust ExhibitSHOESDAY TUESDAY MORNING-HD (1080p)
I don't take
my fans' love and dedication for granted.
Presenting
SHOESDAY TUESDAY MORNING-HD (1080p)
To All My
Fans, With Love, from Jonathan
vimeopro.com/jwharnisch/film
We live and
die for our identity.
Jonathan
Harnisch Film #HARNISCHFILM
NYU Film |
Author of 'Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia' | Artist | Mental Health Advocate |
Survivor of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder | Film and TV Producer | Musician
2015-02-1334 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitFUNDAY MONDAY-HD (720p)I don't take my fans' love and dedication for granted.Presenting FUNDAY MONDAY-HD (720p)To All My Fans, With Love, from Jonathan vimeopro.com/jwharnisch/filmWe live and die for our identity.Jonathan Harnisch Film #HARNISCHFILMNYU Film | Author of 'Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia' | Artist | Mental Health Advocate | Survivor of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder | Film and TV Producer | Musician2015-02-1345 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitJonathan Harnisch: Funday Monday (Mannies, and Peddies)
Hello again, sorry I have been incommunicado for a bit, but,
in this brand new uncut off the cuff and fun celebration of Monday, February 9,
2015, I venture out once again with our own Sister Clara for chit-chat,
laughter and whilst I treat myself to mannies and peddies, and makeup, oh my,
otherwise known as simply a manicure and pedicure, with my fingernails and
toenails painted black, baby! As a life documentarian for decades, this is, and
now was, today, the greatest, and now all over and through, done, done, and
done with fun and love from Jonathan Harnisch on...2015-02-1045 min
The Georgie Gust ExhibitQ&A with Bestselling Author Jonathan Harnisch (2015) HDI love my fans, friends, and students at Northwest Missouri State University! At the end of the second class within this webcast I had the amazing opportunity to meet with one student in particular with whom I was able to listen, and connect on such a deep and personal level which resulted in my decision to delete that section from the public arena and simply keep for myself. It was enormously touching, heartfelt, and personally special to me, that I keep the clip for my own reflections, and as a reminder that what I am doing in life, and in...2015-01-311h 21
The Georgie Gust ExhibitJONATHAN HARNISCH MANIC MONDAY MORNING
I
love my fans and friends! Wake up with your pal in The Hot Club once again,
Jonathan Harnisch on this Manic Monday, 1-26-2015 manic and fun-fun, fantastically
fun day in a Jonathan way. Enjoy and share away, let your cares away, and play,
this one is a rocker in the vein of the prolific and hilarious ON THE ROAD and
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ECCENTRIC MAN. Puppy dogs and ice cream, no cheery,
just kidding, cherry on top, top-notch and hugs with 100 hearts all around from
your friend with schizophrenia, Jonathan! P.S. YOU...2015-01-301h 36The Georgie Gust ExhibitJONATHAN HARNISCH ON THE ROADJONATHAN HARNISCH ON THE ROAD - Jonathan Harnisch Media Blog http://www.jhpage.com/1/post/2015/01/january-23rd-2015.html Schizophrenia Raw By Jonathan Harnisch Podcast on iTunes Episode 160http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/schizophrenia-raw/id432451121?mt=2
Recovering schizophrenic Jonathan Harnisch and the occasional guest, speak candidly and openly about living with mental illness.
Recorded on 23 January 2015Archived on www.therealme.podbean.com
Initially diagnosed with depression in 1994 at the age of 18, I was prescribed antidepressants, including the newest of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). Unfortunately, the SSRIs triggered mania, and to combat it, I began to d...2015-01-241h 19The Georgie Gust Exhibit1-20-15 NWMOSTATE JONATHAN HARNISCH GUEST SPEAKER1-20-15 NWMOSTATE JONATHAN HARNISCH: GUEST SPEAKER - Jonathan Harnisch Media Blog http://www.jhpage.com/1/post/2015/01/1-20-15-nwmostate-jonathan-harnisch-guest-speaker.html Class Agenda:
• When should someone seek assistance?
• What is a diagnosis?
• When do we diagnose?
• How come Thomas Szasz, (Psychiatrist; 1920-2012) says society creates abnormality?
• (Ironically, while Szasz's political position (that people should not be locked up just for being different) prevailed, many in the psychological and psychiatric professions rejected his theoretical position (that there is no such thing as mental illness). For example, Kety (1974), responding to Szasz's statement that mental...2015-01-242h 25
The Georgie Gust ExhibitA DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ECCENTRIC MAN
Whoa! One of my many mental health
conditions may require a more accurate diagnosis after creating and viewing
this long, but fascinating study of the possibility of schizotypal personality
disorder currently diagnosed as “not otherwise specified.” This documentary may
hold specified content from my real-deal private life. I feel accomplished this
morning after a load on my back was removed finally finishing this film and
with the publication of my latest novel on Christmas 2014. Jonathan Harnisch (who
writes this) is an acclaimed author and all-around artist with many artistic
and technological achievements under his belt. He is not (as of 1...2014-12-193h 15
The Georgie Gust ExhibitTO THE READER LOOKING BACK - JONATHAN HARNISCH: EMPTYING HIS POCKETS [LOVER IN THE NOBODY]
From The Novel: Jonathan
Harnisch: An Alibiography, Second Alibi: The Banality of Life, and Sex, Drugs,
and Schizophrenia [Lover in the Nobody]
Chapter 5.
Emptying His Pockets
Georgie is driven
by Ben to an orgy held in a palatial mansion where Georgie completely indulges
his foot fetish with a woman who resembles Claudia but has a mouth scar that
makes her grimace rather than smile. He then crawls around on salt grains—the
pain feels great. Ben asks why he hurt himself. Georgie tells Ben about the
nanny that abused him, to ex...2014-12-1731 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitTHE QUIET GAME THERAPY FOR ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
The
quiet game is often known as a children's game where children must stay quiet
and still. Often it is used as a social discipline. Jonathan Harnisch and his
caregiver Clara have turned this phenomenon into a means of behavioral therapy
and fun. Jonathan suffers from schizoaffective disorder with autistic features.
Following the video footage in this recording, Jonathan continued for 24 hours
in silence until Clara gracefully forfeited. The experience was amazingly fun
mental health therapy and extremely beneficial.
2014-10-0327 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitConversation Between Two Schizophrenics
Recovery from drug addiction and just another conversation between two
paranoid schizophrenic friends Jonathan Harnisch and Josh Luten
Twitter: Jonathan Harnisch @jwharnisch
Twitter: Josh Luten @JoshLutenwww.facebook.com/schizophreniaraw2013-08-181h 17The Georgie Gust ExhibitWhat Do People With Schizophrenia Talk About?Two paranoid schizophrenics meet each other for the first time in person at Jonathan Harnisch's Hot Club and become friends. This is the audio extract from the YouTube video version, uncut, live and real, just as is from the The Real Me and You Podcast available free on iTunes. Hang out with us right here and now. Jonathan Harnisch is known publicly as an accomplished writer, producer and musician who blogs and podcasts about mental health, inspiration and creative fiction on Porcelain Utopia.YouTube Live Broadcast Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufjl830OYsQ&feature=share&list=UUr5...2013-08-111h 44The Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 100 — My Soul UnscathedJonathan Harnisch sneaks in this solo cast in celebration of Episode #100. Trauma, interpersonal relationships, and therapy are spoken about as well as Jonathan’s recent near death experience, stigma, psych wards, and a reading from his personal journals. Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow.
2013-01-1337 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 096 - JUST THE TWO OF US: SCHIZOPHRENIC AND CAREGIVERJonathan Harnisch and his wife Maureen talk about the impact Jonathan's illness has had throughout the years: his progress, his stabilization, and what he still hopes to achieve. 2012-12-2354 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 066 - DELUSIONAL THINKING: DEMYSTIFICATION"The Real Me" Podcast
Episode 066 - DELUSIONAL THINKING: DEMYSTIFICATION
More Schizophrenia Demystification on the Delusional Thinking Process and a bit on the Grieving Process with Host Jonathan Harnisch
Porcelain Utopia:
http://www.porcelainutopia.com
iTunes Version:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/real-me-jonathan-harnisch/id4324511212012-03-0347 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 048 - INTERPRETATION OF REALITYHost Jonathan Harnisch draws on his personal struggle with Tourette’s syndrome and schizophrenia to demystify mental illness.
In this episode: Accept the challenge that Schizophrenia presents to the consumer right here and now! Take the bull, the Schizophrenia, by the horns. Take it on—embrace it—laugh at it when you can. I hope you’ll feed on what I feed on which is hope and peace of mind—always yearning for it until I catch a glimpse of it. And I do. -JH
HOMEPAGE: http://www.jharnisch.com
Please Like "The Real Me" Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pages/The...2011-12-0132 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 040 - DELUSIONAL DUDEBack once again on The Real Me with Jonathan Harnisch Podcast on iTunes, your host invites you on his audio-diary journey having recorded last night's depression/psychosis episode with this morning's manic episode. Tourette's symptoms abound, especially Jonathan's tic of repeating the word "dude" which is better than saying something inappropriate :) Talk about playfully dubbing himself "The King of Mental Illness!" Updates are available if you would be so kind to like The Real Me with Jonathan Harnisch page on Facebook, or follow JH on Twitter @jwharnisch. Further, reverbnation.com/jwharnisch has some incredible music evoking the full gamut...2011-09-1036 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 038 - LIFE IS LIKE A MOVIEHost Jonathan Harnisch is full of fun, laughter and playfulness on this episode. Over the weekend he became curious about the idea of life being like a movie. He talks about the schizophrenic mind and how reality might actually be altering, or adjusting the sufferer's reality so that it suits what Jung calls "psychological reality" as well as those who are grounded in real reality itself. This kind of concept could be reason enough to make schizophrenia such a complex disease. A small favor: if you would please "like" the Facebook Page: The Real Me with Jonathan Harnisch, it would...2011-08-2332 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 035 – BEING THE REAL ME: SELF-EMPOWERMENTHost Jonathan Harnisch talks about what is like Being the Real Me, incorporating a new sense of what self-empowerment is beginning to mean to Jonathan, and realizing his life-long goal of having peace of mind. It is possible. And you can do it! Stay positive! 2011-07-3011 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 034 - KEEPIN IT REALHost Jonathan Harnisch is just keepin it real on today's episode, encouraging all of you to be The Real You, and to speak your truth! Plus, one of your questions for Jonathan is answered on the air, and on jharnisch.com. Stay real and positive!2011-07-2927 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 033 - FOLLOWING UPHost Jonathan Harnisch expands on the significance of bringing to your doctor, if diagnosed with a severe mental illness, all the information that you can, including a loved one, another person, who might be able to provide insights about yourself that you might not have access to by yourself. Also, Jonathan recognizes how difficult it can be to just "snap out" of it sometimes, but offers some tools and insight, when stress arises.2011-07-2805 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 032 - GETTING OUT!The Real Me Host Jonathan Harnisch is "On the Road" underneath a nasty hail storm with his wife, Maureen as they return from yet another planned day on the town. Jonathan talks about how getting out of one's safety zone for certain periods of time and with the right people can be helpful in recharging overall self-esteem and sense of well being, part of treating schizophrenia right! A terrific day, and Maureen is interviewed briefly with her take on the positive and negative effects that schizophrenia has on one's ability and need to just get out now and then. Thanks...2011-07-2506 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 029 - SATISFACTIONOn today's episode, Host Jonathan Harnisch speaks candidly and with no agenda in mind. Coming from a place of peacefulness and clear thinking, Jonathan imparts some new thought, about what control and ownership means and doesn't mean, and how he's been separating himself from everyday stress, and being "satisfied," even through tragedy.2011-07-1325 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 027 - STICKY NOTESHost Jonathan Harnisch reflects with insightfulness on his recovery from trauma, schizophrenia and stigma, and redefining who The Real Jonathan is all about. Grounded and at peace today, Jonathan shares with you some of the tools, including an interesting use of writing "sticky notes" to help get through the more difficult times of life with mental illness, for when they do arise, inevitably.2011-07-0112 minThe Georgie Gust ExhibitEpisode 024 - PRESSURE OF SPEECHSome refer to pressured speech as "just talking too much." In this informative episode, Jonathan Harnisch introduces and demystifies pressured speech (also called pressure of speech). After hearing himself on the last episode (..."Off the Cuff") Jonathan was somewhat enlightened to actually recognize that pressured speech is precisely one of the symptoms he has been experiencing. He takes action to come to terms with it, and to help you understand a little about pressure of speech. Often it occurs when one experiences mania and/or anxiety. Stay real and positive!2011-06-1709 min