The root of it, the peer workforce is not ready. I can hear it now: Not glad?! What exactly do you mean? I mean in terms of preparedness
Category: Peer
Politics and the ‘status’ of our National Mindset
Amid the struggle, heartache, loss, betrayal, and disappointment can be not easy to find the strength and motivation to keep going in life.
Community Health (re)Discovered: Addendum on the New Gold Standard
Neo-Institutionalization is covert, insidious, and must be stopped at all costs!
Sleeping Amid the Ruins
I have insomnia, and only sometimes feel somnolent.
MORE BETRAYAL
I lost my erection immediately.
I am the Revisionist
“I just want to be somebody!”
The Woman By the Train
I finished watching season 7 of Blacklist, a psychological crazybot about a criminal who has the FBI on a platter, and turned to the next episode of original Star Trek reruns.
No Flowers for People with a Mental Health Disorder
When a person walks into a medical facility, hospital, or otherwise, they walk right past the gift shop.
Adversity and Personal Growth
Adversity is something that we’re guaranteed to encounter periodically
Explosive Behaviors and IED
Seemingly uncontrollable and unpredictable anger is a problem for some people with mental health condition. As a therapist, I diagnose people with intermittent explosive disorder which is a DSM 5 diagnosable condition.
In Response to the Mighty
n short, people that rate highly on the GAF are termed ‘high-functioning’. The term has become extremely insulting, and rightfully so –
HALLOWEENS, PAST AND PRESENT
Knowing that COVID19 has disrupted many of our plans and holiday celebrations, so why did we think that this one would be any different.
From Madness to Healing and back again: An Odyssey through the Toxic Connective Tissue
I have become the very social enigma that evokes fear amongst his own peers
The Peer Standard⚖️
There is an unspoken, covert, and arbitrary standard for working in the mental health community.
NAMI doesn’t Speak for US
When I say, or hear, that NAMI doesn’t speak for us, it is because they speak for my mother, father, brother, but not me.
This is what the Mental Health system does…
The words used to talk about mental health matter.
Complications and Contestations of Practicing Radical Acceptance
This article explores symptoms that complicate interpersonal relationships and interfere with pro-social interactions
Inside the Unit
I woke up the next morning in my new strange room and my new strange bed.
Understanding the Role of Support when Living with a Chronic and Persistent Mental Health Disorder
I was completely disordered and unable to care for myself ten years ago….
REMEMBER MOON VISIT BY NOT RETURNING SOON
Fifty one years ago we walked the moon