A lovely and thoughtful essay. Thank you Vaughan Bell. (as a side note) I don't like the word stigma. What we're dealing with is prejudice and bigotry and I like to call it what it is.
The normality trap
believe and know… (IT GETS BETTER)
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. -- Mahatma Gandhi That is certainly how recovering from the heinousness of the iatrogenic injury of psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome has worked for me!! -- my unrelenting determination to find a way through the maze of autonomic nervous system chaos has, indeed, brought me many gifts and continued healing...and it's not done yet! … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Energizing yoga: start the morning right
This is the most vigorous video I've posted. As I get better I'm able to do more and more. On good days some of the yoga classes I go to in the community are really quite advanced. Still I always need to listen to my body/mind/spirit and I often leave classes early. My nervous system (and a lot of my readers who also have protracted withdrawal issues) is very delicate and so it's not so much about strength of my muscles...it's about some sort of threshold that is reached in my nervous system. When I get to that point I need to stop doing yoga. Period. And it's often when I'm doing seemingly gentle stuff too. In fact sometimes I find that the most vigorous yoga triggers me less. It's always a mystery...the moment. What will my body/mind/spirit be up to today? … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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