Link found between brain, immune system: significant for those with protracted psych drug withdrawal issues

This link is important to know about for many chronic conditions. -- I have lived experience of this reality. I know it. Immune system and nervous system are totally linked...I can feel it. -- Folks in the chronic illness circles are all saying the same thing as well...we feel it...and those of us with protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal issues are also impacted...This is not news to us. Still, it's important information for the scientific and medical communities. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

June 12, 2015

What It’s Like To Be Intersex?

Below is a beautiful short little video that helps illustrate the fact that gender and sex are simply not black and white. Intersex people are born with biological elements from both sexes. These beautiful young people share what they know from having been born that way. Those who would hate such people need to see this video. -- I post this because the legacy of homosexuality having been in the DSM and also what is called gender dysphoria (which is still in the DSM). Issues of sexuality that often get highly pathologized. Sexuality and gender both, like so many things, can often be considered in terms of a spectrum and can also be very fluid and changing in pretty much anyone, really. The more we appreciate these natural variations the more we can open our hearts to all the differences among us human beings. … [click on title to read and view more]

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