Monaghan Duncan
Australas Psychiatry. 2011 Jul;19 Suppl 1:S73-5. doi: 10.3109/10398562.2011.583052.
Duncan Monaghan is 33 years old and in his second year of an Arts degree in Creative Writing. He is a published poet and is currently producing a music CD. Duncan has a history of bipolar disorder which was diagnosed when he was nineteen: "It worried me at first a lot. It played on my mind constantly. I felt different from everybody else--I did not understand what was happening to me." Drawing on his life experiences, Duncan has been enhancing his recovery through creativity--in poetry, lyrics, music and story. "Life for me was a constant battle of relying on medication and appointments with my case manager...until I realized I could combine my recovery with my passions as a tool to use as an outlet to many of the "mind traps" I so often found hindering my own recovery." Duncan is Aboriginal and has experience of the mental health systems in most states and territories and now lives in Brisbane. This is a shortened version of his presentation at Creating Futures 2010.
邓肯·莫纳汉33岁，正在攻读创意写作艺术学位的第二年。他是一位已发表作品的诗人，目前正在制作一张音乐CD。邓肯有双相情感障碍病史，19岁时被诊断出来：“一开始这让我非常担心。它一直萦绕在我的心头。我觉得自己和其他人不一样——我不明白自己身上发生了什么。”凭借自己的生活经历，邓肯通过诗歌、歌词、音乐和故事等创作来促进康复。“对我来说，生活一直是依靠药物治疗和与我的个案经理预约的持久战……直到我意识到我可以将康复与我的爱好结合起来，作为一种工具，来排解那些经常阻碍我康复的‘思维陷阱’。”邓肯是原住民，在大多数州和地区都有过心理健康系统方面的经历，现在居住在布里斯班。这是他在2010年“创造未来”活动上演讲的精简版。
