Chemical imbalance myth takes a big public fall

Update 2015 for MEDICATED AND MIGHTY campaign: I have a lot of mixed feelings when I scan over all the tweets in the #MedicatedAndMighty timeline on twitter. I really don't have an issue with folks choosing psych drugs if that's what makes sense in the context of their lives. The fact is our world is far from perfect and given the fact that more optimal options are simply unavailable to a lot of people there are undeniably times with psych drugs actually are experienced as helpful. So given this bleak reality what I want to do is, at the very least, help people understand what they are choosing so that if and when circumstances allow they can make better more wholesome choices that will sustain their wellbeing into the future. .… [click on title to read the rest]

January 25, 2012

Stop hiding from yourself

Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the ways that you shut down, deny, close off, criticize people, all your weird little ways. You can know all that with some sense of humor and kindness. By knowing yourself, you’re coming to... Continue Reading →

January 25, 2012

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