163: The Hidden Trauma Created By The Psychiatry System (It’s Making People Worse) | Anneke Sips

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Most of what gets labeled psychosis isn't psychosis at all.

My guest, Anneke Sips, spent over 25 years inside Dutch psychiatry as a psychiatric nurse, crisis worker, and trauma therapist before founding Network Yoga Therapy and writing Wisdom of Psychosis. She knows the isolation rooms, the forced injections, and the court proceedings from the inside. She also knows what happens when you stop reaching for restraints and start actually listening.

We talk about the day-to-day reality of psychiatric wards that most people will never see, the choreography of medication compliance, the way fear in the provider creates the danger they claim to be managing, and the deep fear, especially in women, of being found crazy.

If you've ever wondered what would happen if the person across from you didn't flinch when you described your inner world, this is that conversation.

You’ll learn:

[00:00] Introduction
[07:32] Psychiatric systems can train people to identify with illness instead of healing
[12:48] Medication becomes the default response before deeper causes are explored
[18:55] Experiences labeled psychosis may reflect profound inner shifts
[24:04] The mainstream definition of psychosis shapes personal identity
[29:51] Mystical experiences overlap with psychiatric diagnosis more than most realize
[36:11] Stigma keeps people silent about experiences outside the norm
[41:48] Supporting someone in crisis without forcing a clinical narrative
[48:10] Years inside institutional systems can erode self-trust
[01:00:01] Caregiving reveals the emotional cost of carrying too much alone

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Resources mentioned:

LEAP Institute, Dr. Xavier Amador | Website
Internal Family Systems | Website
Polyvagal Theory | Website

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Wisdom of Psychosis by Anneke Sips | Book

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