Healing from this particular form of iatrogenic injury is a shocking process. It is shocking by nature of the fact that one of the hallmarks of this brain injury is a deep and profound neurological terror. This terror, held in the autonomic nervous system, manifests in a myriad number of forms from individual to individual.
Those of us who've spent hundreds of hours with thousands of people coming off drugs still have the most reliable information available for the time being. This is an instance in which "peers" simply have more information than anyone else. Not only have we lived it but we've watched many others do the same. Alto Strata has been doing this for many years and has amassed a knowledge base that is truly impressive. … [click on the title to read and view more]
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. ...
The “It gets better” collection is a series of posts from when I was gravely ill from the psych drug withdrawal process and the following protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome. So many folks out there are now going through the often heinous process of finding their way through psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome and other iatrogenic injuries from psychiatric drugging.
Yesterday I did two posts on trauma and learning to heal from that through body practices. I talk about yoga and ecstatic dance in those posts. Qigong is another practice that can help profoundly.
I love that there is simply a huge multitude of methods to heal so that everyone can find what resonates and works for them personally. Of course that is a challenge for (some) professionals who always want to believe that what they have training in is what is appropriate for everyone. This is of course why the mental health system doesn't work so well. I take great delight in the incredibly diverse healing body/mind.
I've been practicing Qigong from time to time lately and really love it too though I am very much a beginner still. It's an incredibly powerful energy mover and so I do have to take it slow and carefully simply because it impacts the autonomic nervous system so profoundly and that is what is most impacted by the iatrogenic injury I'm healing from (psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome). Psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome is among other things also an incredibly traumatic event and therefore a lot of methods that help heal trauma also help heal this medically induced iatrogenic injury. … [click on title to read and view more]
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. ...
Can you say iatrogenic injury? Never mind the many thousands of us who suffer protracted withdrawal issues causing disability that are completely denied by the medical establishment...most of us have to start hiding from doctors who want to give us more drugs rather than give our poor bodies the chance to heal. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
I hadn't seen this psychiatrist or any other now in several years. I chose to make this visit to the man who prescribed the drugs for my 6 year long psychiatric drug withdrawal for several reasons. Upon reflection, I think the primary one was ritualistic. Something to mark the end of that phase of my life. A goodbye to psychiatry concretized. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
The "Love letter to my body" is from Bloom in Wellness facebook page. Baylissa writes for those of us who've dealt with severe withdrawal issues. Her experience and healing has inspired her to support people who are going through protracted withdrawal from psych drugs. She has certainly helped me through the darkness of my own journey.
Someone in a linked in group responded to this post on the nature of withdrawal syndrome with what I call an "aggressive positivity" comment. They suggested those harmed by drugs are doing no one a favor by telling the truth. They are in fact being "negative" and should instead concentrate on healing. .… [click on title for the rest of the post]
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