This section of our site is a place to find people who share your experiences.

So many of us feel uprooted. So many of the people we meet who’ve been labeled with mental illness or who call themselves crazy are the ones who are always looking for more or don’t fit anywhere: the ones who feel rootless, displaced, unheard; the ones who wander and search and chafe; the ones who drop out of college and try to make music, or ride freight trains, or lay in bed watching clouds; the ones who hear messages no one else hears or see connections no one else can believe; the ones who are haunted by restlessness and desire, conviction and doubt; the ones who can’t overlook the emptiness of modern life or find niches for themselves within it…

There is nothing that gnaws like loneliness. Finding real community and contributing to it is a huge part of real, sustainable mental health. You are not alone

You may end up meeting Icarus Project members in your town or you might end up getting advice from compassionate people typing on computers halfway around the world. If you’re lucky, you’ll find both.

Discussion Forums

The heart of our online community. Click here for dozens of interactive forums on topics ranging from mania and depression to relationships, treatment, alternate dimensions and mutual aid.

Groups

Group pages hosted here at TIP. Find local contacts, create a group based on mutual interests, join a working group, etc.

Radical Mental Health Contacts

From the Bay Area to Minneapolis, in Canada and the UK, local radical mental health groups that share a vision and purpose are growing. Click here to get more info about finding or starting groups

Meeting Preramble

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A short opening statement groups can use to open their gatherings, describe purpose, make shared agreements, and create focus.

Website Community Guidelines

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While we make every effort to allow as much freedom in our forums as possible, we are striving to create a safe and respectful community where all of us can feel comfortable discussing intimate details of our lives and join in solidarity as we try to survive and change the world around us. All users of this site must agree with these Community Guidelines.

Confidentiality For Groups

An overview of different confidentiality policies for groups, from our support manual.

Madness Radio

Icarus and Freedom Center co-sponsor a radio show hosted by Will Hall on all things madness-related, syndicated through the Pacifica community radio network and broadcast on WXOJ-LPFM in Northampton Massachusetts, KBOO in Oregon,  KWMD in Anchorage Alaska, as well as podcasting and on iTunes. Guests range from author Kate Bornstein and Adbusters publisher Kalle Lasn to Freedom Center and Icarus Project members and anyone who has been through extreme states of madness, advocates, authors, and scientists. Ask your local station to broadcast the show!

Check it out at www.madnessradio.net; archives, and in Itunes.

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