Pray, cry, scream, kick, write, whatever it takes, do not be silent, let it out ~~ This is Zoe's celebration shared with a benzo board of her one year anniversary of benzodiazepine
Update 2025: Toad. This post gets a lot of hits for some reason. It's a nice poem so I figured I'd do the update and republish thing for all of my readers. Mary Oliver is wonderful and there are quite a lot more posts that feature her work on the site. Toad I was walking... Continue Reading →
Found this article a useful metaphor for a life's journey. Just sharing. The opening paragraphs are here: Invisible Paths -- by Charles Eisenstein "You are here because you know something. You don't know what it is, but you can feel it. Something is wrong with the world." -- Morpheus, The Matrix As the age turns,... Continue Reading →
The first half of this post is my own observations of experiencing what is essentially iatrogenic PTSD. The second half is a brilliant article on PTSD in general. My neuropsych doctor confirmed what was in this post about my own iatrogenic experience in another post. Granted I have other more bodily related issues too, but... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. Actually the only holiday I cared about at all. Certainly not because of history. The whole first thanksgiving story is rife with trauma, abuse and murder. I liked thanksgiving just because of what giving thanks means. These days I don't do holidays. I'm not able to spend time with... Continue Reading →
I just spoke very briefly with Susan Schechter author of If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going. I was alerted to her condition by Fiddy of Seroxat Sufferers. Lithium quite frequently causes this sort of kidney failure and it can kill people. Susan is now resting and on morphine. I'm not clear on how serious... Continue Reading →
I turned off comments and also made email contact with me difficult a couple of years ago as I got too sick to continue at the pace I was going. I continue to need this time to heal. Some of you still manage to write me through various means. I want you to know that... Continue Reading →
For whatever it's worth I feel like noting it. A friend of mine mentioned that it's the span of time in which the human is created and is born. Nice sentiment. Among those of us with serious iatrogenisis the 18 month mark is often noted as when people start to function again. For some it... Continue Reading →
Dear psychiatrist part 2 benzos and brain damaged it's also important to know that we really do heal.
This is to notify readers there is a new tab at top of page with links to info I've posted through the years about gut health. Gut / intestinal health is foundational to all health including mental well-being. It's the first thing attended to when I chose to come off psychiatric drugs. In healing my... Continue Reading →
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