A Polyvagal Understanding of Being Human
At the core of trauma is the alienation from ourselves, our bodies and our emotions caused by our modern lifestyle.
Impacting Parenting from a Place of Strength: Looking Back to Move Forward
You may forget what people did for you, but you will never forget how they made you feel.
Flying While Depressed? The FAA’s Troubling New Antidepressant Standards
The FAA should reconsider the policy on drugs that are ineffective for depression and increase the risk of suicidality and violence.
Mishiguene
From my grandmother I learned about mishiguene, which means crazy in that ironic and funny tone that Yiddish can have in some families.
To Young People of Color with Lived Experience: Pay it Forward; Become a Peer
A Peer Support Specialist tells her story and issues a callout to the BIPOC LatinX community, advocating for change.
The Co-Opting of the Peer Movement in Mental Health
Bureaucratic red tape often overshadows the quality of therapeutic engagement. Protocols often trump empathy, and paperwork overshadows personalized care.
When It Comes to Post-Surgical Opioid Tapering, Youâre on Your Own!
I firmly believe that the people who give patients drugs have a responsibility to help people get off the drugs.
The Birth of The âJust Stop Itâ Movement: A Familyâs 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 Â
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 SignificanceÂ
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 Theodoricâs Principle of Medical Advancement: âMedicine has advanced when the old standard of care becomes a joke.âÂ
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: NeurodiversityâWhat Exactly Does It Mean?
The fuzzy concept of neurodivergence has expanded to include almost every human experience, plus its opposite.
Desperate Measures: Ghaemiâs Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention
Ghaemiâs 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.
