Demoted…by another “relatively enlightened” mental health professional

So I just lost a faculty position (which I had been very excited about getting) because I did not want to be advertised as what essentially amounted to being a token psych patient in the bio...they refused to be clear about my professional experience and would not budge because I don't have a masters degree.... Continue Reading →

August 30, 2013

Life is a terminal engagement

I don't like the word recovery frankly...life is a terminal engagement...we grow and change and meet challenges...until we die Alternative words/ideas: "becoming" - "transforming" - "unfolding" - "awakening" "Recovery" instead assumes some sort of pristine state that never was... I don't want to go back to what I was before I got a psychiatric diagnosis.... Continue Reading →

August 30, 2013

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