The Somatic Wisdom Technique (SWT) is a way of accessing our body’s innate wisdom, to become aware of any deep set negative emotional state and then to develop the tools to loosen and release that emotional state.
By Jacqueline Gunn, PsyD and Brent Potter, PhD - Authors, Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis (Praeger, November 2014) When you are reading our book, be prepared to challenge your view of what is called “borderline personality disorder” and even the way you see all so-called psychiatric ‘disorders’. This is what we have done as co-authors. We sound a little strong at times, but we really believe in what we are presenting. We take you through exactly why we take this approach, give you historical context and also explain some experiences with real people who are suffering.
Fear is life force. We are made to believe it's toxic in spiritual circles but it is intrinsic to biological survival. We are biological. ...
Carl Jung himself said: I had the feeling that I was in an over-compensated psychosis, and from the feeling I was not released until August 1, 1914. And yes, he recovered, transformed and went on to thrive, just like so many others, from that psychosis... … [click on title for the rest of the post]
this post includes a collection of links to additional information about antidepressants and antidepressant withdrawal.
Earlier this week, nine members of the Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective met with six deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, one of them a dispatcher, a telecommunicator. Dressed in plainclothes, the deputies came into the coffeeshop shaking hands, with a flurry of Southern manners and introductions, hands being shaken, small talk exchanged. Couches had been moved and chairs set out, with a fan of handouts spread onto one of the seats, full of writings on radical mental health, trauma informed care, mutual aid, and listening spaces. Six deputies from Buncombe County, North Carolina recently received Icarus Project postcards. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Music, sounds and vibrations of many kinds have helped me find different sorts of profound healing states. For me this has been one of the joys of becoming sensitive. I can feel both music and dance changing and healing my brain’s neurons
it's clear that the collection of phenomena that is labeled bipolar varies from individual to individual and they have many different etiologies. Labeling them as if they are all the same monolithic thing only serves to muddy the waters and often serves to trap the individual in a toxic prison of confusion and psychopharmaceuticals that are difficult to get off of. ... this post includes an article and then a collection on the subject.
By Will Hall:Crash course in urban shamanism. Shamans are the magician spirit healers in tribal, non-technological societies around the world. Anthropologists use the word "shamanism," from the Tungus people of Siberia, to mean the commonalities between different traditions. Shamans find their calling through a life-threatening initiatory illness or crisis, go into visioning and trance to connect to other realities, shapeshift out of their regular identity to identify with animals, spirits, and even illnesses, and return to the ordinary world to share skills of healing and creativity. Living at the edge of society and defying conventional norms, conduct, and even gender, shamans are respected as a powerful community link to the divine.
This poem came to mind today via a friend who quoted one line from it, which I used in the title. It's a favorite of mine and so I'm sharing it again today. The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some... Continue Reading →
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