This is the body of an email I got from Vince Boehm, written by Vince, regarding the FDA hearings for Electroshock devices. (used for electro-convulsive "therapy" or ECT) Wanted to pass on the information for anyone who might be able to testify. Background: Electroshock devices have been on the market since 1937, but have never... Continue Reading →
Therapy for psychosis with Daniel Mackler: Madness Radio
Can therapy reach people in extreme states of "psychosis" -- without using medications? Do we need to give a diagnosis to help someone? Why are counselors afraid to listen to their "mad" clients? New York psychotherapist and filmmaker Daniel Mackler discusses how be defied social work training in his work with people labeled with schizophrenia... Continue Reading →
go all the way… (Roll the dice)
For the record, I'm not a fan of Bono in general. Still loved this recitation of Bukowski. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ if you’re going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don’t even start. if you’re going to try, go all the way. this could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. go all... Continue Reading →
Psychosis, trauma, and Story as a Vehicle of Healing
My descent into "madness" began when my mother died. Within days of her death I would experience the first eruption of what I now call unconscious content, manifest as intense, unexplainable fear. I didn’t know what to do with that kind of fear. Psychosis, trauma, and Story as a Vehicle of Healing.
Notes on trauma, PTSD and finally healing
A little collection to think about: In situations of terror, people spontaneously seek their first source of comfort and protection. Wounded soldiers and raped women cry for their mothers or God. When this cry is not answered, the sense of basic trust is shattered. Traumatized people feel utterly abandoned, utterly alone, cast out of the... Continue Reading →
It’s too easy to see yourself as a collection of symptoms rather than as a total human being: Fierce Grace
After any major physical "insult," as they call it, it's all too easy to see yourself as a collection of symptoms rather than as a total human being, including your spirit -- and thus to become your illness. Fear is powerful and contagious. At first I allowed myself to catch it, worried that if I... Continue Reading →
Winter
My cells are on fire...my heart has a surgeon's knife carving it...into what?
Ten months drug free
Being mostly housebound means: I've not had my teeth cleaned professionally in over 3 years. I've cut (read hacked) my own hair for 2 years... the list goes on and on but those two things I sorely need and miss...most other things I can't do I don't even miss anymore. Priorities change drastically when ones... Continue Reading →
Wild Geese – by Mary Oliver
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the... Continue Reading →
Susan is out of the hospital, recovering
This is to let you know that Susan, who I did a post about a couple of weeks ago is at home with her parents recovering. She updated her blog by iPhone from her parents home. This is a link to that post. Thanks for all the prayers you sent out at her request. Keep... Continue Reading →
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