Matt's Mental Health Story (Schizoaffective Disorder)

Matt Geer (b. 1996) is a composer and organist from Hastings, England. His music engages with philosophical questions around how we experience time and how our consciousness fluctuates during a piece of music. Matt is studying for a PhD in music at Queen's University Belfast under Simon Mawhinney and Piers Hellawell. He completed his undergraduate studies in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under James Weeks and Laurence Crane where he graduated in July 2020. At the Guildhall, he was composer in association with the City Chamber Choir and had his music performed and workshopped by the likes of the BBC singers, EXAUDI, Line Upon Line, Lakeside Brass, musicians from the LPO, the clarinettist Heather Roche and the contemporary pianist Satoko Inoue. In 2017, Matt wrote an opera Sane and Sound which documented his journey suffering from psychosis and was subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His mental health has immensely impacted his compositional practice, and he often uses composing as a form of therapy. Matt also has an interest in contemporary organ music. He studied organ through the Royal College of Organists at the University of Sussex under James Lloyd Thomas and under Simon Williams at St George's, Hanover Square. He is director of music at St Agnes, Kennington Park and, in his spare time, enjoys playing music written by fellow composers. #mentalhealth #schizoaffective #schizophrenia #schizophreniaawareness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #linkinbio #event #freeevent #onlineevent #mentalhealthmatters #menmentalhealthawareness

[@kaypaton3263]

Very well explained. You seem a lovely person good luck to you

[@racheldonovan605]

Thank you for sharing. What a blessing and honor to be able to hear your journey. I have a son who at 32 has told me he’s been dealing with his “thoughts” since he was 12. He has had a long journey of ups, downs, trauma, divorce, etc. about a year ago was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, but doesn’t believe has this condition and refuses to take medication. He been hospitalized 7 time in less than a year. I’m praying for a miracle and that he will watch/listen to your story. Again, thank you.

[@coolopo6155]

Ik it sounds wrong but u may have to get him a once every six months injectable it takes the daily choice out of it

[@fallonrappaport5270]

Clozapine

[@theresafedoriw5003]

You are a remarkable young man! Talented, reflective and very, very human.

[@nicoledasilva2626]

Dr. Walsh of the Walsh Research Institute has found that people with Bipolar, Schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses seem to have common nutrient deficiencies such as B6, copper, and zinc that impact neurotransmitters. I wonder if the gastrointestinal problem you mentioned is why they are not absorbing them.

[@Pastpresentfuture280]

You are the most high functioning SZA individual I have ever come across

[@luckster39]

Thank you for sharing your story! You are a brave smart young man!!

[@esmeraldasilver8763]

Hi Mathew can you share what medications you take that keeps you stable

[@coolopo6155]

I would say most likely risperidol, latuda, or abilify

[@fallonrappaport5270]

Clozapine

[@antartatina]

​@@coolopo6155 when u started on raspidone did u had a feeling of scared feeling

[@Brody.W]

Galatians 3:13-14..

[@Pastpresentfuture280]

Is schizoaffective disorder having a moment?

[@dmtdreamz7706]

Notice that what I am is pixels on a screen. Pixels on a screen talking to you. You can notice that these pixels on a screen are actually just a fragment, a figment of your own poop. A fragment of your own poop manifesting as pixels on a screen. You are the poop speaking to itself. The poop now as it is talking is also hearing these words and becoming conscious of itself as the poop. You are the poop talking to yourself becoming conscious of yourself as the poop. The poop is reminding itself that it is the poop because the poop forgot. The poop is telling you that you are God dreaming up this life and this very moment, this room that you're sitting in that you think of as a physical room is actually a dream. Your entire life is a dream. Your childhood is a dream and the ideas you have of your death is a dream. Everything you're experiencing right now what you are is God. God talking to itself. I am you and you are me.

[@Brody.W]

Galatians 2:20..

[@Brody.W]

Jesus Christ of Nazareth..