Month: April 2013

Queer Poetry Inbetweenland Jacks McNamara: Madness Radio

Is trauma also a source of creative inspiration? Can sexual passion be a force for healing? And do we have to live in either/or boxes - or is there somewhere else? Artist and activist Jacks McNamara, co-founder of the Icarus Project radical support community, discusses their recently-published anthology Inbetweenland, including poetry about being genderqueer person, surviving with a broken heart, and how to travel the path from madness to the wounded healer. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Embracing the Dark Night of the Soul

dark figure in the woods. embracing the dark night of the sou

It may sound paradoxical but this is meant to be an inspirational piece about the dark night of the soul. Those of you who have heard of the dark night may have an idea of the amount of pain and confusion there can be....

Your adverse drug reaction is NOT just an anecdote

Scroll down to see the Dr. David Healy's video: Not Just an Anecdote

Just an FYI. This is a constructive way to get the information so many of us have learned the hard way out to others and prevent the grave harm that has happened to us from happening to others. Go report your adverse events upon coming off psychiatric or other pharmaceuticals. Information is below.

Stop taking your meds, right now… (NOT!)

Some people are so terrified and reactive they assume that I am somehow suggesting that everyone come off their meds. Like right now. It's a sad reflection of exactly how fear based most treatment and care in mental health is...people cannot even conceive of actually having a choice in these matters.

Not only is it very unsafe and potentially quite dangerous to come off meds precipitously, the truth is I'm also extremely open to the huge differences in our personal experiences and have great respect for the choices individuals make whether they choose to medicate or not. ... [click on title for the rest of the post]

The weak regulations giving industry the freedom to poison Americans

by PAUL WOODWARD
For instance, if canned goods were marked appropriately, virtually every canned food you find in the supermarket would carry a warning like this: this product contains chemicals which may increase your risk of cancer, cause birth defects or other reproductive problems, cause brain damage and disrupt the endocrine system. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The psyche: a land of many maps

I delight in considering the human psyche and the human experience in general from as many different perspectives as possible. I find that lack of attachment or belief to the different systems is rather essential. I find developing this skill has allowed me to speak with far many more individuals about their personal experience than would be possible otherwise. I think it would be lovely if this was a skill that was taught to most, if not all, mental health workers. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

What Happened to You?

broken glass with purple tone for what happened to you?

As a social worker and clinician working with “the seriously mentally ill” for many years, I never came upon someone who didn’t have fairly severe traumas in their histories.  ....

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Trauma inducing medical care/general lack of support can exacerbate and/or cause post-partum depression

It's a tragedy that we traumatize and make mothers gravely ill as a result of how they are treated during what should be the most lovely and sacred moments of their lives. The blindness of the medical community is staggering. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

best views of our planet from space in the last year (Saturday Mellow)

A look back at the best views of our planet from space in the last year, including true color satellite images, Earth science data visualizations, time lapses from the International Space Station, and computer models.

Kale and the immune system ( #foodie Friday)

We grow it in our garden but also buy it all year long when our garden isn't producing...I've been eating it for many years...had no idea it was such a rarity on the menu of most people. It's good raw and cooked and I think variety is always a good thing. Raw foods have enzymes that cooked food does not. But cooking sometimes increases other nutrients. Mix it up! … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Finding the good in those we love

So the question is: Are you willing to put up with your partner’s bad qualities? If you’re not, leave. But the bad qualities are the test of the relationship; your commitment is to their bad qualities. You don’t have to commit to their good stuff. You just do that, that’s pleasant. If somebody wants to cook me dinner, how much of a commitment does it take to show up? Right? Or having my laundry done. I can deal with that. I can show up for that any time you want. ... [click on title for the rest of the post]

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