Month: April 2015

Emotional, spiritual and physical health are intimately connected

Because there is virtually no understanding of the above reality in medicine, nor psychology, psych drugs instead are far too often agents of trauma rather than being therapeutic. The entire mental illness system actually acts as an agent of trauma because of this lack of consciousness. That is exactly what my first comment above is pointing to. Whatever I met psychiatry with all those years ago when I was drugged, (my story is here) the psych drugs magnified and made worse exponentially (not so much in ways that show up obviously in behavior, but in how the entire body/mind/spirit was affected). There is no way anyone who goes through this and comes to the understanding we’ve come to on this side of the trauma can stay silent on the topic. We are here to change things. Simply because we know what we know. … [click on title to read and view more]

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing lasts forever; No one lives forever. Keep that in mind, and love. Our life is not the same old burden; Our path is not the same long journey. The flower fades and dies, We must pause to weave perfection into music Keep that in mind, and love. My beloved, in you I find refuge.... Continue Reading →

Learning to be with ourselves: a response to Understanding Psychosis

When I get caught up in trying to explain why I have these experiences I often realise that I am coming from a place of fear. I tell myself that I want to understand because knowing why will help me cope, help me know what to do. I may even tell myself that my experiences need me to be understanding and empathic. I want to make myself feel safer, I want to find the right way forwards – the best way. I don’t want to feel confused and powerless so I go to default mode of observing, analysing the data and coming up with an explanation that seems to best suit the issue at hand. I may return to explanations that have helped me in the past. … [click on title to read and view more]

Me and My Best-Self (analysis by @_2020mojo_ )

This is a wickedly observant nine minutes of musing from my long-time twitter friend @_2020mojo_. Though I've followed his tweets with great attention for many years and though he designed the very beautiful header of Beyond Meds I still don't know his name. And yet, I love him. The internet is a marvel. … [click on title to read and view more]

Yoga is for everyone and every body type

I was happy to see this article I'm sharing below. Yoga is for everyone and all body types. Granted not all yoga studios understand this reality and some are not very comfortable for people who don't feel they fit into the scene. I recommend finding somewhere you feel safe to practice. If you can't find a class YouTube is a great teacher. I learned yoga at home by necessity because I couldn't leave the house. Just listen to your body and never do anything that doesn't feel comfortable. It's really not that complicated. … [click on title to read and view more]

The politics of food, nutrition, vegan, paleo, etc. etc. (diet)

I mindfully use diet and food and herbs to heal my body/mind/spirit. Natural healing depends on it, but the information out there is sometimes very difficult to navigate. … [click on title to read and view more]

Easter: death and rebirth as archetype

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Oliver Sacks on the autonomic nervous system

black and white water lily Oliver Sacks, the autonomic nervous system, and psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome

Oliver Sacks wrote about a recent phase of his treatment for terminal cancer and it seems to shed a lot of light on what you deal with every day. Oliver Sacks: "The autonomic nervous system, sleeplessly monitoring every organ and tissue in the body, tells one how one is." The ANS is thus the body's system of self-awareness. As such, it can be seen as the seat of consciousness, because the experience of how we are, is intimately tied to our sense of who we are. ...

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Healing: the marriage of opposites

Today when I woke up I had just had a very dark and dystopian dream. I considered the fact that two days ago I awoke from a dream that was quite the opposite -- in it I was a shamanic healing Goddess with light coming out of my hands. I love that my psyche in two days time was visiting both light and dark...I see that this is how we heal in the bringing together of these extremes. My healing journey has been in so many ways about visiting and healing opposites and embracing paradox. … [click on title to read and view more]

Physician-caused death, illness, anger and despair? It happens. What to do.

There is an important read today at Mad in America by Bruce Levine about how to regain power from the medical establishment. Those of us who have been harmed and know just how serious it can be have an important role to play. ... [click on title to read more]

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