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Social murder: navigating privilege and harm

text describing the concept of social murder

I got privy to this (social murder as shared in the graphic) when I ended up homeless for two weeks in Dec of 2020. A wild tantric journey in which I stayed in a residential hotel with short -term rentals to homeless folks. I was transported into their lives and saw this happening. My heart broke all over again into a million pieces. I've worked with folks who end up on the street my entire life. 15 of those years on the streets of San Francisco with various social service agencies...it's getting worse, not better.

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Breaking Echo Chambers: The Need for Discourse

gothic arched hallway with stained glass windows design Breaking Echo Chambers: The Need for DiscourseBreaking Echo Chambers: The Need for Discourse

Breaking Echo Chambers: The Need for Discourse. No one wants to talk anymore. everyone wants a podium. When you fear discussion the smaller your world gets, the less you allow yourself to be challenged the tinier you will become. (at this time in history this is frankly dangerous)Echo chambers are death chambers. Meet your edges. Grow.

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Narrative and story

Narrative and story are tools of interpretation. They do not and cannot represent absolute truth. Within the evolving persons life a narrative can change many times. Alternately one might apply a multitude of narratives to a single issue so that in effect one can see themselves simultaneously through many prisms/perspectives and thus have a more holistic and profound understanding of their experience. Imposing our narrative on another is violence, just as having a narrative imposed upon us can be.

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Madness and Renewal: Healing in a mad world

Madness and Renewal: Exploring the Healing Journey in a Mad World

Embracing our madness ~~ the way forward. We find ourselves in a world where those who are functioning in ways largely understood to be “successful” are helping push humanity over the brink. They perhaps are the most shut off from dealing with reality (madness)…which is really our very foundation.

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Benzos in the news ~ long term brain shrinkage

psychelic face Benzos in the news ~ long term brain shrinkage

In case you needed reminding. Or if you need to let someone in your life know the truth about neurotoxic psychiatric drugging. More "new" research telling us what we already know. Benzos are in the news again. Long term brain shrinkage is something we feel even if we couldn't prove it. From LiveScience: Long-term use... Continue Reading →

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The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man

large old tree with knots The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal manunconsciousThe condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man

New post. RD. Laing. THIS! Below is a quote from one of my earliest and most profound influences. I have some of these very words memorized. In particular: The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man.

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The razor’s edge: musings and a collection

a deep line in the sand in the desert On the razors edge -

NEW POST - On the razors edge - look to the right it's the shadow, hell, the abyss. Turn your head and it's the light...take in the whole entire shebang and you're right here right now. Heaven and hell. Living on the edge of everything. Tantra. The mystery of the unknown.

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Bartonella and psychosis and TD

Bartonella and psychosis and TD

A new study reveals there is indeed an association with bartonella infection and that which gets labeled psychosis. There is a long list of other supporting science at the end of the article on Mad in America as well. I've been connecting the dots for a long time. Tardive dyskinesia is also associated with bartonella in that dyskinesias are symptomatic of bartonella.

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psychiatry in the news (new post)

amazed formal male looking at laptop screen psychiatry in the news

There are a couple of items in the news right now that I'm going to briefly cover here as I used to do. Since social media really took off, covering psychiatry in the news isn't something I've done much of. That said, occasionally it feels important to do so. I will do it with the help of social media as that is where I found the news. (these deal with forced and violent treatment...coverage in the NEW YORK TIMES and Mad in America)

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The voices are real

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The voices are real. This post includes a collection of links to articles from Beyond Meds that deal explicitly with the experience of voice hearers. It also includes a documentary from the Hearing Voices Congress

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