HOW RICH ARE YOU? Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out. If you have the means to be reading this [...]
My Views on Psychiatry and Mental Illness — John Breeding, PhD
November 22, 2009 By
Printed with permission from John Breeding. See his website here. My purpose in this short essay is twofold. The first is to describe my understanding of the nature of psychological distress and emotional healing. The second is to expose the truth about our modern mental health system, call it Psychiatry, which diagnoses citizens as “mentally [...]
Lotus Sutra
November 21, 2009 By
I found this outrageously soothing. Give it a chance if you’ve never heard anything like it before.
On pain
November 21, 2009 By
It seems some people think that pain is special to them. Their pain is worse than anyone else’s. We all fall victim to that kind of thinking sometime, don’t we? But the truth is that pain belongs to all of us equally and it always passes just like joy. It is a teacher as is [...]
Quotes of the week
November 20, 2009 By
You can’t be free in any way if you are holding the hand of fear.– Ram Dass Have compassion for everyone you meet,even if they don’t want it.What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicismis always a sign of things no ears have heard,no eyes have seen.You do not know what wars are going [...]
Links of the week
November 20, 2009 By
Metabolic Effects Significantly Lower With INVEGA(R) Compared To Olanzapine — This is NON NEWS we already know that Risperdal has less weight gain/metabolic problems than Zyprexa. This does not mean it’s safe. INVEGA is Risperdal’s patent extender so this is just to pump up business on their new EXPENSIVE still dangerous drug. If you’re gonna [...]
Bonkers Institute takes on the stealth marketing of pediatric zyprexa
November 19, 2009 By
Bonkers Institute gets under the skin of the NHS and pharma. Go Dr. Bonkers! Here is the picture of the brochure on the Bonker’s website. For OpEdNews: Martha Rosenberg “Your medicine is called Olanzapine. Pronounced ‘o-lan-za-peen,’” says the lime green kids’ brochure for the antipsychotic Zyprexa, published by Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). “Many children, [...]
Just for fun kitty video
November 19, 2009 By
For the cat lovers among us only—of which I know there are many:
dukkha, the pervasive unsatisfactoriness of existence
November 19, 2009 By
Excerpts from a talk by Ajahn Chah. My brother gave me a book written by this Buddhist teacher before he (my brother) died. My brother and I shared an interest in Buddhism and things spiritual. It is what made us close in a way I am not with anyone else in my family. Today I [...]
Drug withdrawal and emotional recovery – Dr. John Breeding
November 18, 2009 By
Updated 11/2011 This is the best concise piece (but quite long for a blog) anywhere on how to deal with the emotional fall-out that coming off years of numbing our feelings brings into our lives. I’ve published this piece several times already. It’s a timeless piece with critical insights that I think many are looking [...]
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