I just started reading the book Writing for Your Life: a guide and companion to the inner worlds, by Deena Metzger, recommended by Jazz. The first chapter opens with a quote by Geston Bachelard: "What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. it was born... Continue Reading →
An awesome wikipedia page—benzodiazepine withdrawal
Wikipedia has a great page on benzodiazepine withdrawal and the potential hazards. If anyone ever doubts your experience of horror at getting off benzos direct them to this page that includes documentation of studies that prove benzos are nasty addictive shit. Of note it points out that people can become dependent within 7 days as... Continue Reading →
A rant and a rave—gotta clear my chest
I've been dying to write this post all day. Whether I post it or not will remain to be seen. Today again I've been profoundly ill. I got up and had to go back to bed with nausea and pain for 3 hours. It's 3 pm now and I'm again barely functioning. My main emotion... Continue Reading →
The Wholesale Sedation of America’s Youth
An excerpt of an article by Andrew Weiss from Skeptical Inquirer: In the winter of 2000, the Journal of the American Medical Association published the results of a study indicating that 200,000 two- to four-year-olds had been prescribed Ritalin for an “attention disorder” from 1991 to 1995. Judging by the response, the image of hundreds... Continue Reading →
Christmas doggy bone
Can't embed this video but it's a cute one!! Doggy gave itself a Christmas gift.
Christmas 2008
My husband said to me a bit ago, "I guess we can just pretend Christmas 2008 never happened." It made me sad even though I'm not a big fan of Christmas as far as the commercialism goes and have never done a bit of decorating my whole adult life. I avoid all things Christmas out... Continue Reading →
Ray is not having a Merry Christmas
Christmas Eve 2008 What Would Jesus Do About Forced Electroshock? An Open Letter to the Lutheran Church [ELCA] from MindFreedom International [MFI] by David W. Oaks, Executive Director, MFI I just spoke to Ray Sandford of Minnesota who already received another involuntary electroshock. As you know, your agency Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota (LSSMN) is... Continue Reading →
No fixing “chemical imbalance”….
This video is excerpted from a full length documentary entitled "The Truth about 'Schizophrenia': Loren Mosher & Bob Whitaker visit Zuzu's Place." Loren Mosher was the first Chief of Schizophrenia Studies at NIMH and the founder of Soteria House, the wonderful residential treatment center where drugs were not used for psychotic individuals and there was... Continue Reading →
Invega — Risperdal’s “patent extender” falters in Europe
Invega has always held some interest for me as I was on Risperdal for about 14 years. Invega is a copycat drug made only so Janssen could have another drug available to charge exhorbitant prices after Risperdal went generic which happened in the middle of this year. I first read about Invega a long time... Continue Reading →
A raven came to me in a dream
It was flying just like this one. I woke up and knew that ravens have great significance in shamanism and to tribal people, so I looked it up and came up with the below bits and pieces. I will call my shaman friend and report to her later. American Indians associated Raven with magick, a... Continue Reading →
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