An article on meditation and the healing nature of it today in Psychology Today: Buddhism uses intelligence to control the emotions. Through meditative practices, awareness can be trained and focused on the contents of the mind to observe ongoing experience. Such techniques are of growing interest to Western psychologists, who increasingly see depression as a... Continue Reading →
A family curse: ancestral dynamics
by Paul Levy ..... "We aren’t able to understand the son’s madness separate from his relationship to the father, as they are both expressions of the underlying family system in which they are contained. The father and son’s madness collaboratively feeds into and off of each other, in that their madness reciprocally co-activates and co-arises together in a way that mutually reinforces each other, which is to say they are interconnected aspects of a greater, unified field. The two roles don’t, and can’t, exist in isolation from each other, but rather, only exist in dynamic co-relation to each other."
Gianna on Madness Radio
Will Hall interviewed me for Madness Radio in early December 2008. Listen here: The interview deals with my experience being a psychiatric survivor and takes a look at the work I've been doing with this blog. Since December a few things have happened. I am indeed, now, completely housebound. I can no longer drive. I remain... Continue Reading →
Lancet medical journal produces review that is highly critical of psychiatry
From the British Medical Journal The Lancet comes a review of two books, The Myth of the Chemical Cure, by Joanne Moncrieff and Side Effects by Alison Bass. It's an important review. I've mentioned both these books and authors on this blog before. This is a widely respected medical journal that is allowing for sharp... Continue Reading →
Half-way point
As most of you know I'm doing a Klonopin/Valium crossover. I got to the half-way point last night. I started with 2 mg of Klonopin and the goal is to switch to the equivalent dose of Valium which is 40 mg in order to then withdraw from Valium which has a much smoother withdrawal process... Continue Reading →
Fear of the Inexplicable
By Rainer Maria Rilke But fear of the inexplicable has not alone impoverished the existence of the individual; the relationship between one human being and another has also been cramped by it, as though it had been lifted out of the riverbed of endless possibilities and set down in a fallow spot on the bank,... Continue Reading →
David Lukoff—more on spiritual emergence with psychotic features
Clinical Psychologist David Lukoff talks about his madness experience and the spiritual transformation it triggered. David went on to become a leading figure in the field of Transpersonal Psychology and works to bring greater spiritual awareness into mainstream mental health practice. His website is here. I've posted a video with him in it here before.... Continue Reading →
Anecdote—health care in this country simply does not respect the individual, perhaps it’s just a symptom of our sick society, eh?
I told you my sad tale of woe regarding the home care agency the other day and said how the occupational therapist was a nice guy and I would stick with him but probably dump everyone else. Well today, he too, treated me with complete disregard, which is making me think I'm going to drop... Continue Reading →
Bubble-gum flavored amphetamine for children
There's a new bubblegum-flavored ADHD drug called Liquadd (dextroamphetamine sulfate). Approved by the FDA in March 2008 and manufactured by Auriga Pharmaceuticals, Liquadd is "the only oral solution indicated for the treatment of ADHD for children 3 years and older." Here's the official Liquadd web site What better way to truly get them addicted while... Continue Reading →
“Schizophrenia” recovery — Take these Broken Wings
I did a post a while back about Daniel Mackler's film, "Take these Broken Wings." Marian at Different Thoughts has now seen the film and writes an awesome and compelling review. Here is a taste, but go to her site because not only does she have brilliant insightful things to say she also documents all... Continue Reading →
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