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Author: Chaya
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: Checklist
Psychiatric Med Withdrawal Checklist of things to keep in mind: 1. It Gets Better. Most people find that after psychiatric med withdrawal symptoms subside, they feel much better. This is because a toxin is no longer hampering the bodily systems, so everything is easier from breathing, to exercise, to digestion, to thinking clearly, communication and Read More
Latest Videos
A few videos I made recently for your enjoyment and sharing.
VIDEO (new) 111 Things to Try Before Going On Psychiatric Drugs
Here’s my most popular post as a video for you: Please share!
Tips For Psychiatric Survivors in Trump Era
In the wake of the new administration, many harsh realities have been hitting us. Our work to guard and protect those vulnerable to emotional/mental meltdowns is even more cut out for us than ever, and we were already under-resourced and overwhelmed. What many have studied along the lines of helping people in crisis and in Read More
The Temptation to Dream
It is tempting to dream when this much is given to us. We might say, “How can I hold this?” We might trip over our sentences in search for a bee or a fly in this stillness. Or a bald eagle might come along fiercely letting sound out without the slightest restraint, or the car Read More
Anchored
What anchors us? Some of us have deep intimacy with a number of places, people, routines, parts of ourselves… and then these things can change, intimacies shift. What does it mean to be intimate with the flow of life? How do we know if we are intimate or anchored? It can shift from moment to Read More
The Dinner Club Conversation About Psych Drugs
Last night at a dinner club, I brought up the conversation of psychiatric drugs causing a rise in disability rates. I suggested Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker to a man who was talking about how he works for Social Security disability to determine whether people are eligible for disability. He asked what it Read More
Starting Out On Patreon
I’ve been exploring doing “pledge for pledge” on Patreon with artists I resonate with. I read about it through a couple of other artists blogs and thought I would give it a try by asking a handful of people (to start) whether they’d like to pledge for pledge. Almost right away, I got this message Read More