By Robert Whitaker author of Anatomy of an Epidemic and Mad in America (posted with the author’s permission) Yesterday, I have to confess, I experienced one of the more satisfying days of my journalistic career1. Every journalist hopes that his or her writing will have an impact, and a few months ago, in response to Anatomy of [...]
Irresponsible therapy as sorcery
March 31, 2011 By
Sorcery – the Seven Arts (Salvador Dali, 1957) You may find it remarkable that I am classifying therapists with sorcerers. There is a fine line between the Healer who heals and the one who, due to ignorance, may cause harm. In working with patients, I have found that archaic language and images are the best [...]
Comparisons are odious
March 31, 2011 By
The conceit of self (mana in Pali) is said to be the last of the great obstacles to full awakening. Conceit is an ingenious creature, at times masquerading as humility, empathy, or virtue. Conceit manifests in the feelings of being better than, worse than, and equal to another. Within these three dimensions of conceit are [...]
Trellis: this is your brain on (psych) drugs
March 31, 2011 By
When you stop taking a psychiatric drug, it’s like you are removing the trellis. If you yank it out all at once, ouch; the plant is damaged and it collapses and it takes a long time for it to heal itself, and it’s not going to be able to function properly for a while. (Hence the problems with c/t.) If you want to keep that plant functional you have to snip that thing out bit by bit.
Be yourself
March 30, 2011 By
_____________________________________________ It takes heroic humility to be yourself. — Thomas Merton _______________________________________________
Empowerment/self-actualization
March 30, 2011 By
Again, this means that you can’t manipulate or talk someone into self-actualizing, you cannot plant the idea to do it in someone else’s head [inception], even if you have decided (out of love, paternalism, condescension, or compassion) that it would be “for their own good.”]
Home
March 29, 2011 By
A visually beautiful full-length film. And while the title says it’s got English subtitles, this film is in fact narrated in English.
Psychiatric drug withdrawal: the basics to get you started
March 29, 2011 By
This is an article that briefly explains how to start thinking about safely withdrawing from psychiatric drugs. It includes numerous resources for further study.
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