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 →
The genes don’t fit: take that biopsychiatry, you just don’t hold up under scrutiny
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 →
The Invitation
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 →
Twitter conversation on the merits of psychiatric diagnosis
This was a long and somewhat interesting conversation that a short little spiel I posted on twitter triggered. I thought I'd share. As a bit of intro to my twitter habit I'll cut and paste from the last tweet post I did: I do twitter as a low impact social sport since I can’t really... Continue Reading →
When Friends Disappear During a Health Crisis
The New York Times has an article on the phenomena of friends disappearing during health crisis. A phenomena those of us in long term chronic withdrawal syndromes know only too well. Many of us lose family too as we are dismissed as crazy. Luckily since the recovery rates are so high many of us are... Continue Reading →
Learn How Your Inner Cynic Can Help You Create The Life You Want
I've been really loving all the critiques of the positive thinking craze that have been emerging. It's so nice to see things come to balance. Here is another piece that helps bring sanity. There is nothing wrong with thinking positively, as long as it's done at appropriate times! Alternately we must tame our inner cynic... Continue Reading →
Live in Joy
We all know what it’s like to get trapped in dark, constricting states of mind—and how useless it is, in terms of awakening, to dwell there. That is exactly what the Buddha taught: we don’t need to stay stuck in greed, hatred, and delusion. Life can be lighter, more workable, even when it’s challenging. This... Continue Reading →
Freedom To Sit: Buddhist Retreats, mental health stigma
By Will Hall. ~~ In 1992 I was committed to psychiatric hospitals, suffering from voices, fear, isolation, and visions that led to a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder schizophrenia. Since then, these same experiences guided me to the deeper questions of self and reality addressed by the dharma, and meditation practice has become an essential part of my life.
DSM5 medicalizing grief in the New York Times today: Good Grief
The DSM moves towards officially pathologizing grief and bereavement. The practice of doing so, is, of course, not new. Lots of people already begin their journeys on psych meds as a result of a death or loss that is then medicated. This is an important enough issue to bring up again even though NPR did... Continue Reading →
Sitting on the razor’s edge
We start with ourselves. We make ourselves right or we make ourselves wrong, every day, every week, every month and year of our lives. We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We don't want to be wrong because then we'll feel bad. But we could be more compassionate... Continue Reading →
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