The wise person, does really not look to change anything. They become quiet. They have patience. They work on themselves. They watch their thoughts, watch their actions and observe themselves getting angry, observe themselves getting depressed, observe themselves getting jealous and envious and the rest of it. Little by little they realize,”That’s not me. That’s hypnosis, that’s a lie.” … [click on title for the rest of the post]
How do we recover from childhood violence? When Lauren Spiro was 14, her father was murdered. Eighteen months later, she began to have unusual spiritual experiences and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Today she works to promote peace and healing in communities, fulfilling the vision she had in her extreme state. Lauren is co-director of Emotional CPR, associate director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, and her new memoir is Living For Two: A Daughter’s Journey from Grief and Madness to Forgiveness and Peace. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Physician Dr. Gabor Mate began his interview by addressing the “myth of normal” that divides us into the normal and the abnormal with pathological traits. Dr. Mate mentions that he doesn’t see a division but a continuum where mental distress, of some degree, is present in all of us. He explains how mental distress and pathology are largely a result of a materialist culture that “idealizes individualism and ignores our emotional needs." … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Here, Robert Whitaker looks at the research that specifically deals with Children -- especially ADHD but also so-called Bipolar Disorder. The evidence is clear: the ethics behind the use of these toxic medications on children is highly questionable. He repeats the information about the studies that have shown that ritalin is essentially long acting speed. The research comes from a very mainstream source. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Saul Williams who is a wonderful artist, poet and musician took a snippet of his father preaching about what a good father is. It's set to music and also segues into a poetry/song. I like it. Happy Father's day. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
There can be no resolution leading to growth until the present situation has been faced completely and you have opened to it with mindfulness, allowing the roughness of the situation itself to sand down your own rough edges. In other words, you must be willing to let life itself become your teacher. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
I'm reblogging my own post because I want to share it even more widely. This post has been going viral lately. It's not a new post. It's a post from December. But it's been getting hundreds of hits daily. This is very exciting since it's a sort of critical and fundamental way to understand the ills of not only the individual but of society too. Please continue passing it on. The fact that this sort of information is getting more and more accessible and that people are sharing it broadly warms my heart. Thanks to all of you who help pass on these critical insights and understandings.
When this issue is covered in the media they always fail to mention that psych drugs tax the bodies in multiple ways that can cause early death. Impacting cardiovascular health in numerous ways and causing serious and numerous and also potentially deadly metabolic issues...this omission is criminal and frankly ridiculous. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
One of the most interesting psychiatrists I ever met was writing a book called "The Stoning of the Prophets" because he correctly (IMO) viewed the drugging of incipient revelation (psychosis) as a horrible thing...I believe these phenomena are in fact deeply spiritual but there are few healers who know how to help people through the terrain...so they instead believe they're sick.
There are now, more and more folks finding ways through the terrain...and slowly more people who can be helpers and guides. It saddens me when people aren't able to find such folks in their lives to offer such support and that happens far too often. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
The truth is that far too often MDs are not only untrained in helping folks come off psych drugs, they also don't know how to recognize serious withdrawal issues. Just as Baylissa speaks about in the video. It makes for a very dangerous situation. A lot of folks are told that their very serious withdrawal issues are psychiatric and not real.
I'm now going to cut and paste an old post about this phenomena that includes some suggestions about how one might go about finding a doctor to work with if one decides they'd like to come off psychiatric drugs. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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