Breakdowns as breakthroughs | Chayma Charifi | TEDxBowdoinCollege

[Applause] When you first enter my room, you immediately encounter a marquee box with the phrase remember the sting sitting on top of the dresser in front of my bed. It's a reference to the summer of 2023 when I was stung by bee for the first time. I also lost my mind.That summer, I developed psychosis, which is defined as a disconnect from reality characterized by symptoms including but not limited to grandio thinking, erratic behavior, violent tendencies, and fragmented thought patterns. In psychosis, unr ...