Doctor Will Tell Story Of Her Schizophrenia At Norwalk Community College

NORWALK, Conn. - Norwalk Community College will present an "Afternoon With Dr. Eleanor Longden" from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the East Campus - Gen Re Forum, 188 Richards Ave., Norwalk.

Dr. Eleanor Longden (TED TALK) will speak April 14 at Norwalk Community College.
Photo Credit: *From Dr. Longden TED Talk website*

by Susan M. Martin

04/07/2015 4:30 a.m.

The event is free and requires no registration.

To all appearances, Longden was just like every other student in the United Kingdom, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, heavily medicated, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her. Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive.

For more information, call 1-855-810-5924.

Visit Longden's TED TALK here.

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