I see similarities and parallels in this article to me being a Psychiatric Survivor and Ex Mental Patient. For example, my family says “We all know you’re mental.” Too bad for my family or anyone else that have been led to believe the alleged claims of Big psych/pHarm that are not based on any evidence or scientific method (despite successful pseudo sales and marketing efforts that rely on misinformation.)
Somewhere in the history of the DSM the “committee” that is responsible for the contents of the DSM admitted that the DSM is based on “guess work.” I searched the MIA archives and couldn’t find the source of that admission. Maybe someone remembers the source. Maybe it was the late Paula Caplan in one of her books.
Regardless, the label/diagnosis/prognosis that was pinned on me was fraudulent and a world away from the reality I was going through back in 1989. However the mere label was a form of dominating, violent character assassination, that, like Indigenous Peoples, I’ll never be FREE of.
(I’ll post a recent MIA article below this post titled “Beyond Knowing.”)
I’m not computer literate enough to be able to format multiple links and my comments in one post.
“Laughter is the best medicine.” Sometimes I’ve felt better after crying. Crying can be good medicine too. (I’m going to post this and then post a short video link on the topic of “Skin in the Game.””
We can change the chemistry, structure, and function of our brains, positively or negatively, by the way we think, behave, and via changes in our surroundings.
Thank You Mr. Hall,
“Rightful Education.”
https://youtu.be/_KmB1ZNOwEQ?si=zdSQG1Y3qrqLAY0Z
https://youtu.be/ifZK2G2qPdM?si=K3CrAEvI7xw8P62t
https://youtu.be/PwQafICKWY4?si=qYEwEA7AAHwNuRIb
Solidarity and Valuing, Nurturing, and Protecting One’s Sacred Space.
https://www.facebook.com/womenwhitebuffalo/posts/wakan-tanka-great-mystery-teach-me-how-to-trust-my-heart-my-mind-my-intuition-my/2184892781765373/
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MIA Article. https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/from-knowledge-to-being-expanding-what-lived-experience-means/
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Link about Indigenous Peoples. https://open.substack.com/pub/stevennewcomb/p/indigenous-peoples-as-dominated-peoples?r=5yjo19&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I see similarities and parallels in this article to me being a Psychiatric Survivor and Ex Mental Patient. For example, my family says “We all know you’re mental.” Too bad for my family or anyone else that have been led to believe the alleged claims of Big psych/pHarm that are not based on any evidence or scientific method (despite successful pseudo sales and marketing efforts that rely on misinformation.)
Somewhere in the history of the DSM the “committee” that is responsible for the contents of the DSM admitted that the DSM is based on “guess work.” I searched the MIA archives and couldn’t find the source of that admission. Maybe someone remembers the source. Maybe it was the late Paula Caplan in one of her books.
Regardless, the label/diagnosis/prognosis that was pinned on me was fraudulent and a world away from the reality I was going through back in 1989. However the mere label was a form of dominating, violent character assassination, that, like Indigenous Peoples, I’ll never be FREE of.
(I’ll post a recent MIA article below this post titled “Beyond Knowing.”)
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Link about “Skin in the game.”
https://youtu.be/qx5X0ICOej4?si=SyznViwXfhrIMV-O
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I’m not computer literate enough to be able to format multiple links and my comments in one post.
“Laughter is the best medicine.” Sometimes I’ve felt better after crying. Crying can be good medicine too. (I’m going to post this and then post a short video link on the topic of “Skin in the Game.””
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Because of Neuroplasticity, we can change our brain, for better or worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq0n8vgggU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHBMFCzznE
We can change the chemistry, structure, and function of our brains, positively or negatively, by the way we think, behave, and via changes in our surroundings.
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