But psychiatrists want to pathologize our reactions to this shit as seen in the last post. It is sometimes difficult to see and understand that changing conditions are not mistakes. They feel that way because we sometimes think that if we were only smart enough or careful enough, we could avoid all unpleasantness—that we wouldn’t... Continue Reading →
I’m going home today
I will be gone from 12 noon eastern time until about 7 or 8 pm. I may have a couple of posts scheduled but I'm not actually online. I'll be seeing the doctor I met one more time for a final consultation and reviewing some lab work (it's not all back) as well as getting... Continue Reading →
Bitterness disorder—no f-ing joke!
As far as I'm concerned bitterness, like mourning, is a part of a normal process that needs to be worked through and healed. No doubt hatefully bitter people are miserable and can hurt others and need to figure shit out, but again THIS IS ABOUT PATHOLOGIZING something from the NORMAL RANGE of human experience after... Continue Reading →
Keener’s Odyssey part 4
Part 1 and 2 here and part 3 here. Here’s a bit more about why I am so anti-anti-depressants and have strong leanings toward being anti-psychiatry. Although ultimately I believe I am pro-me.This blog splurges up some more detail about my relationship with Effexor and the so called ‘caring’ services. So, I began the withdrawal... Continue Reading →
Words of power by Maya Angelou
Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like... Continue Reading →
Quote of the day
This is how change happens, though. It is a relay race, and we're very conscious of that, that our job really is to do our part of the race, and then we pass it on, and then someone picks it up, and it keeps going. And that is how it is. And we can do... Continue Reading →
Review: Doctors of Deception: What They Don’t Want You to Know About Shock Treatment
The Human Face of the FDA’s Failure to Investigate Risky Medical Devices By Dolores Jankovich On April 8th, the Food and Drug Administration announced its intention to finally require manufacturers of medical devices marketed prior to 1976 to submit evidence of the devices’ safety and efficacy. These devices had been “grandfathered” in and despite the... Continue Reading →
Quote of the day
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers,... Continue Reading →
East meets West — mindfulness and acceptance in Western psychotherapy
Acceptance and Commitment therapy is the only off shoot of Behavioral Therapy that I have any tolerance for whatsover. I know lots of people love CBT and DBT but I have found them absolutely insufferable. See here why I like "ACT." Wish they'd drop all these damn letter names though! From The Times: A new... Continue Reading →
Detox centers are often dangerous. Novus was.
What is up with me? I'm sure you're all wondering. I wrote this post a long time ago without outing who treated me. At the time I still thought they might actually be honest people who had simply erred in ignorance. That is still probably true for the majority of the staff, but I have... Continue Reading →
Freedom Center is out of money please help—spread the word if that is all you can do
You can donate tax-deductibly via cash or check by mailing a donation to: Freedom Center/CHOICES and mail to Freedom Center, P.O. Box 623, Northampton, MA 01061. Or you can donate tax-dedictibly via paypal by going to the DONATE NOW section of our website http://www.freedom-center.org. Also we have a Facebook Cause here. To all who have... Continue Reading →