Your typical ‘crazy’ person or ‘nutbag’
I seem to remember a day when different was both a good thing and a bad thing.
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.
Neo-Institutionalization: The Overregulation of Community Mental Health
Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.
Combating STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION
The words STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION make our overall situations exceedingly tricky.
BINARY RELATIONSHIPS COMPLICATING THE CLINICAL PROCESS
It subsumes the patient and encircles him or her in its grasp.
THANKSGIVING MEAL AND FUN, FOR SOME?
Just another day I’ll probably want to forget.
The Doors of Perception
I have a muse, her name is Naimh
The Early Warning System
I want to introduce a concept called the Early Warning System
I was just following orders…
Are you complicit in using similar rhetoric to achieve your aim and hide your intentions?
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.
ELECTION DAY WITH OCD
ARIZONA, GEORGIA, NEVADA, PENNSYLVANIA LEANING TO BIDEN ALASKA, NORTH CAROLINA LEANING TO TRUMP Hello everyone, and welcome back to Election Central, coming from an undisclosed place somewhere on Long Island. This is Tuesday, November 3, and I have been reporting from Long Island for several hours. My role […]
ANXIETY: SIMILAR FOR HAMLET AND FOR US
Keep in mind everyone, anxieties, and Mental Health Issues are not death sentences.
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.
Mcdaggot Surrenders at Life
“I need help,” Mcdaggot admitted.
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.
Defeat and Living Another Day
There is an abundance of research out there on the psychology of victory, winning, leadership and all things laden with positivity. What about the psychology of defeat?
Fear of Embracing ‘Lived Experience’
In my profession particularly, the helping field, and for all of us that simply enjoy time spent in others’ companies, there is an unspoken fear that the person we are speaking to won’t listen or isn’t listening.
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.
is Mental Illness a disability?
I want to pose a question: is a mental health disorder a disability?
Do you want ‘Total’ Recovery?
Everyday will be a fight. Everything a weapon in your arsenal against your illness.
Choosing Happiness: Health across the Life span
Our evolution is not a gift bestowed by good fortune
Dating💘 with a mental health diagnosis☣️
Simply stated, dating with a diagnosis is much more complicated, problematic, and riddled with more expectations and appropriate use of self-disclosure than healthy courting.
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