The Birth of The “Just Stop It” Movement: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Health...
Will was plunged into an extreme state following exposure to a synthetic street drug, which led to repeat hospitalizations and psych drugs.
Violence Caused by Antidepressants Ignored Once Again by Psychiatrists
Based on RCTs, antidepressants double the risk of harms related to suicidality and violence. Why do psychiatrists ignore this data?
My Story of Surviving Psychiatry
This belief that there was something fundamentally wrong with me reinforced the damage done by repeated experiences of abuse, rejection, and discrimination.
How to Know if You Have an Abusive Therapist
Your therapist is, first and foremost, a regular person. No matter how many degrees, years of training, or fancy certificates, they are still human.
Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?
Promoters of "neurodiversity" replace existing forms of oppression with new "neuro" versions that still decontextualise our struggles.
Escaping the Hell of Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome
I painfully and gradually learned to function with my dysfunctions. Over time, I noticed genuine improvement.
We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy
How the Reality Approximation Engine allows us to rethink psychology, mental health care, and perhaps even society.
Trust Among Those People in Prison, Rising From the Borderlands
With a vision to transcend the cycle of incarceration into a restorative model of justice, rituals are integrated alongside acupuncture.
Part 3: Neuro-Authenticity, Neuro-Identities, and the Neuro-Industry
The medicalisation of ordinary human existence continues apace, thinly disguised as embracing the authentic self.
What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?
One of the counselors at the crisis center asked me a simple but profound question; Are you ready to let go of your story?
The Power of Suggestion and the Problematic Insignificance of Significance
The power of suggestion: what my experience with hypnotism taught me about the placebo effect.
Part 2: Are We All Neurodivergent Nowadays?
The unacknowledged politics of neurodiversity: How neoliberalism and exploitation help explain the rise of neurodiversity rhetoric.
Theodoric of Arizona: State-Sanctioned Pharma-Based Pseudo-Doctor
I propose Theodoric’s Principle of Medical Advancement: “Medicine has advanced when the old standard of care becomes a joke.”
Why Increased Psychological Freedom Should be the Main Goal of Psychotherapy
Insight into the childhood roots of recurring interpersonal problems and better expressive mastery of primal emotions are cornerstones of effective psychotherapy.
Part 1: Neurodiversity–What Exactly Does It Mean?
The fuzzy concept of neurodivergence has expanded to include almost every human experience, plus its opposite.
Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention
Ghaemi’s article is more of a rant than a scientific commentary.
Who Is Afraid of the Abolition of Psychiatric Confinement?
Psychiatry doesn't care that you haven't committed a crime. The law gives them the authority to deprive you of your freedom for as long as they deem necessary.
The Patient-Enemy: How Derrida Helps Explain Psychiatry’s Cruelty and Care
"Now look what you made me do!" Psychiatrists feel obligated to care for their patients, but also resentful of this obligation.
Iatrogenic Practices in Psychiatry: Kindling
Psychiatric practices can have very painful and destabilizing consequences, including "kindling" or neuronal sensitization.
What Are We Overlooking? Reviewing Current and Alternative Treatments for Psychosis
We should explore a raft of interventions, as susceptibility to psychosis isn’t separable from a person’s general well-being.
Who Is Being Targeted for Forced Medical Treatment in NYC? We Require Answers
I’m concerned for those forcibly drugged under Mayor Adams' policy. But also because New York City sets a national precedent.
It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup
"Treatment resistance" is best explained not as a medical issue but as a way for psychiatry to resolve cognitive dissonance.
Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet
Pharmaceuticals seem to overtake every facet of life, but it’s important to start thinking critically about what we are putting in our bodies.
Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically
University students are expected to to ask questions, but medical students are expected to give "correct" answers.
Reframing Mental and Emotional Pain from a Buddhist Psychology Perspective
The Five Hindrances perspective encourages exploring the underlying causes of suffering and developing strategies for coping and resilience.
