Month: July 2015

How antidepressants (and benzos) ruined my life: Luke Montagu

The UK Times Magazine today publishes a long article describing CEP founder Luke Montagu’s terrible experience with antidepressants and sleeping pills: "When he was first prescribed these drugs at 19, Montagu was not depressed and had never been diagnosed with depression. He was a student at New York University, and had recently undergone a general anaesthetic for a sinus operation that left him with headaches and feeling, as he puts it, “not myself”. Without carrying out any tests, a British GP announced that he had a “chemical imbalance of the limbic system” and prescribed Prozac. Montagu, “impressionable and in awe of doctors”, swallowed them unquestioningly … [click on title to read and view more]

Wasp medicine

I got attacked by a wasps colony today. I am alive, in one piece and while I went into clear shock there was no anaphylactic activity whatsoever. Amazing. I'm still kind of in a weird zone, but I am well. (with about 10 stings that HURT) Oddly, I feel very sad right now...but it's like a weird grounding sadness. There is something lovely about it I cannot quite grasp. I think it's a response to what was essentially a trauma. Through the whole thing I felt a sense of being one with life...the wasp stings were inoculations of a kind I cannot completely understand but it was all okay even as my body shook and cried and went through what it had to go through as the animal body that it is. … [click on title to read and view more]

Psychiatric drugs and mitochondrial damage

The fact is that the iatrogenic damage caused by the psychiatric drugs is among other things mitochondrial damage. Damage to every single living cell in our body. That is why it's such a broad spectrum sort of illness. … [click on title to read and view more]

We are dead stars, looking back up at the sky. Says NASA astronomer

Every atom in our bodies was fused in an ancient star. NASA astronomer Dr. Michelle Thaller explains how the iron in our blood connects us to one of the most violent acts in the universe—a supernova explosion—and what the universe might look like when all the stars die out. … [click on title to read and view more]

Come into the full potential of our humanity: neuroplasticity, complete with cool infographic

I now have the distinct sense that healing for me is also transforming me into more than I ever was. This is certainly not simple "recovery." We can individuate like what Jung talks about and fully come into the full potential of our humanity. It's a rather astonishing and all to often not discovered process. It is something virtually never discussed in mainstream psychiatry or psychology. It involves the body and the mind and the spirit. It is a profoundly holistic journey in which everything we do matters. For those of you who love visuals, below is a nice infographic on neuroplasticity. … [click on title to read and view more]

F*ck That: A Guided Meditation

If you're offended by expletives you may not want to do this meditation...otherwise please have fun with it. In spite of (or perhaps, also because of) the language, it's a calming and lovely short meditation and it's funny too. Meditation collections are included below the video. … [click on title to read and view more]

Be madmen, drunks, and bastards…

human face painting for be madmen, drunks and bastards

If I had a message to my contemporaries it is surely this: Be anything you like, be madmen, drunks, and bastards of every shape and form, but at all costs avoid one thing: success. If you are too obsessed with success, you will forget to live. If you have learned only how to be a success, your life has probably been wasted. — Thomas Merton

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Shades of awakening: when what gets labeled psychotic or hypersensitive is really about becoming conscious

THIS IS HAPPENING NOW...it's day 3...I've listened to a few of the interviews...they're all really good and this is truly an important and cutting edge event...you can still listen for free now and there is an option to buy the whole series. It’s so exciting to see the huge positive response as we bring together these cutting edge thought leaders for 3 days of informative and inspirational interviews covering a range of topics on spiritual emergency, consciousness, and de-stigmatizing mental illness. … [click on title to read and view more]

Zuzu ganoush and Sourdough Spelt Flatbread

I made a variation of this delightful creation (the zuzu ganoush, not the bread) by Lindsay Wilson, Madhupa Maypop. I put in mint, basil and parsley from the garden and added a some hemp seeds in addition to the tahini…it was GOOD. thank you Lindsay! … [click on title to read and view more]

Murphy bill update and action recommended

The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery opposes this bill because it includes many harmful provisions that will set back community mental health care and undermine much of what our movement has worked so hard to achieve. … [click on title to read and view more]

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