Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven, and like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled, and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no... Continue Reading →
Wanted to highlight this thoughtful piece though I'm not up to making comments this morning. Have a good Sunday. ADHD: Has this diagnostic fad run its course? -- Christian Science Monitor The idea of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a credible diagnostic term has passed and it is time that we accept that and... Continue Reading →
A little twitter prose of three tweets: on perpetrator and victim: If you accept your own nature being both light and shadow it is in turn easier to forgive those who have harmed you…the enemy is within. Everyone has been perpetrator and victim at one time or another. No one escapes this reality. We've all... Continue Reading →
"I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind.” ~ Dalai Lama
Yoga: Yoga protects the brain from depression -- Telegraph Practising yoga really does relax your mind as well as your body more than other types of exercise, a new study claims. Researchers have found that three sessions of the exercise a week can help fight off depression as it boosts levels of a chemical in... Continue Reading →
July 2013: Update: I've learned and come to understand quite a lot more about the this now. See: Protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome, chronic illness, CFS, Fibromyalgia. Yeah, they all have things in common. Fibromyalgia and bipolar being associated with one another and it's undeniable that people with both diagnosis are common. What is not... Continue Reading →
Open Dialog, the Finnish treatment approach for psychosis that has extremely high success rates without medication, is beginning to grow in the US. This is an opportunity to get training from the founder at a retreat center in New Mexico; it's expensive, and space is limited so it's by invitation, but if you are interested... Continue Reading →
So much for those of us doing the sort of work this blog does. The dominance of pharma marches on. More mental disorders treated with drugs only | Reuters More Americans with psychiatric conditions are being treated with drugs alone compared with a decade ago, while "talk therapy" -- either by itself or in combination... Continue Reading →
I've written about this new use for Ketamine, a horse tranquilizer turned party drug, known as Special K on the rave scene. The excerpt below is the only part of the article that matters. Ketamine is 'magic drug' for depression Telegraph Glenn Garnham, a drug and alcohol counsellor for UK charity Admit voiced concerns over... Continue Reading →
This looks like one of the best commentaries I've seen debunking the theories that claim mental illness is purely genetic. It's a bit long and dense and so I had a friend pick out the good parts for me. I'm still too impaired to read most of what I post here in full and sometimes... Continue Reading →
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for... Continue Reading →
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