Category Archives: Mental Health
The Gilded Age Values of the Modern Mental Illness Industry
The dominant culture continues to enforce many of the values of the Gilded Age, especially those related to economic inequality, individual responsibility, and the criminalization of marginalized groups. While there have been some advances in social justice, the structures of … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavioral Health, Guilded Age, hirarchy, industrialists, Mental Health, mental illness, status quo
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From Trauma to Truth: How I Became Anti-Psychiatry
I became anti-psychiatry because of what psychiatry did to me and what I saw it do to others. I walked in with severe Complex PTSD. They put me on Lexapro. The suicidal ideations started about 3 weeks after. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Psychiatry
Tagged abuse, anti-psychiatry, Behavioral Health, chemical imbalance, control, hierarchy, IPNB, Mental Health, psychiatry, Trauma
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Dependency is Okay When it’s a Prescription
The mental illness industry is obsessed with telling people not to become dependent on anything: don’t rely on substances, don’t lean on coping tools too much, don’t build habits that might create “addiction.” But then, the very same industry hands … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-depressants, anxiety, Behavioral Health, Cymbalta, dependency, discontinuation syndrome, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Lexapro, medical marijuana, Mental Health, MMJ, polypharmacy, psych meds, psychiatry, Psychology, psychotropic medications, withdrawal
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Clinical Harm: An IPNB Perspective on the Therapist’s Agenda
When a therapist repeatedly interrupts, dismisses a client’s distressing experiences, or imposes their own agenda, it can have significant negative effects on the client’s nervous system, often triggering a state of dysregulation. Here’s what happens from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged agenda, dysregulation, Efforting, fight, flight, freeze, relationships, shame, therapist, therapy, Trauma, trust
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The DSM is Bunk: IPNB Offers a Humane and Scientific Understanding of Mental Health
Some trauma experts have said that if the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) acknowledged trauma, it would be a very thin volume because virtually everything else would fall beneath it. But from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading
“Lexapro, NO! Cannabis, YES!”
I want to share some tools I use to survive and integrate my experiences, compared to what the mental illness industry offers. After the non-consensual surgery, my nervous system desperately needed support to regain a sense of safety. Instead, the … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged Behavioral Health, cannabis, cuckoo's nest, dependence, drugs, hypocrisy, integration, medical marijuana, Mental Health, MMJ, Nervous System, polypharmacy, psych meds, psychiatric hospital, psychiatry, psychotropic medications, Regulation, Stress, survival, Trauma
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World Mental Health Day: Understanding the Root Causes of Mental Health Conditions Through an IPNB Lens
As we recognize World Mental Health Day on October 10th, it’s important to step back and examine the deeper, systemic causes of the global mental health crisis. From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, mental health is not just an individual … Continue reading
Psychiatry Hasn’t Cured Anything
Psychiatry hasn’t “cured” anything in the way most people think about cures. What it has mostly done is reframe human suffering into categories, attach labels, and then try to manage symptoms, usually through medication or behavior-based interventions. 💊 There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavioral Health, cure, exploitation, IPNB, Mental Health, psychiatry, symptome management
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The Seductive Trap of Success Hacks: The Vital Factors Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, and John Assaraf Bypass
It’s not surprising that almost all the “success” influencers dominating social media and podcasts are men. Tony Robbins, Brendon Burchard, Tim Ferriss, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robin Sharma, Lewis Howes, John Assaraf, and Scott D. Clary have built massive followings telling people … Continue reading