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Tag: Lifestyle
Selfies Rule In the Psycho World
Here we have the emotionally disturbed person in all his narcissistic glory scheming for attention.
Undiagnosed (Part One): Why Was I Given a Psychiatric Diagnosis?
My parents were taught that “love” was the same as “abuse”; and sadly, it has always been that way.
Combating STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION
The words STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION make our overall situations exceedingly tricky.
THANKSGIVING MEAL AND FUN, FOR SOME?
Just another day I’ll probably want to forget.
The Early Warning System
I want to introduce a concept called the Early Warning System
I was just following orders…
“I was just following orders.” The Nuremberg defense, just following orders, Due Obedience, or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl (“an order is an order”). This
THOSE LIKE US AND FIGHT FOR US
The only time mental health issues makes the news is when some tragic involves someone with mental illness.
Fall Sports 2020, Not Like it Used To Be
In 2020, sports is not like it used to be
Sleeping Amid the Ruins
I have insomnia, and only sometimes feel somnolent.
I’m a Social Worker: My Mental Health and Well-being Have Been Put to the Test by COVID-19
Working together, I am fully convinced this crisis will only embolden our mission and strengthen our skills further in the social work profession.
SUGARS , FATS, and SWEEETS
I would stop at nothing to encourage Dorothea’s weight gain until she felt too uncomfortable with her appearance to look for love elsewhere.
MORE BETRAYAL
I lost my erection immediately.
Round-and Round with Silvia Benson
“You’re like the mother of healing…in the world, Silvia!” I told her.
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.
Goodbye Party at the Office
I haven’t worked in many formal or professional settings. When I first landed at a “”real”” job, it wasn’t the paycheck, status, or new schedule that got me excited to go to work. It was the parties!
Expressly, goodbye parties.
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.
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.
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.
How to Cope with the loss of a Therapist or Case Manager
Patients want to know how they will survive after their workers
retire or move on to a new position somewhere else in the mental health system.