Author Archives: dave umbongo

Seriously, folks…


 

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choose your hallucination


the line between perceiving and hallucinating is not as crisp as we like to think.
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TopDog Talks Drugs


 A reblog today of  a recent piece by me ol’ mucka  TopDog Ashton, the voice only one person can hear.  TopDog gives us his voice-eye perspective on a question: is pills, drugs, meds a lifestyle choice? and on what it … Continue reading

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psych meds and drugs – some straight talk


So much talk about mental health  is really just talk about about drugs. on meds                         v       off meds  meds as magical cure  v     … Continue reading

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are you for real?


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make some noise !!!


   

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A Scotsman and his Jacuzzi


Tis a hot ‘n. Aye Tis that. Tis even hot in Scotland -which is almost as rare as a Scotsman winning at Wimbledon.  Here’s a canny hot Tip for dealing with the heat – Edinburgh style. This health and lifestyle … Continue reading

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crazy – Seal


No we’re never gonna survive unless We get a little bit crazy… . . .     In a church by the face He talks about the people going under Only child know A man decides after seventy years That … Continue reading

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the combo – psychiatric soup


[…continued from Reducing the pool of normal] The Big Book of Woe, soup-in-a-can, psychiatrists as car mechanics and dreaming of white lavender scented  sheets… DSM and inclusion For all the fuss, at least DSM5 is, unlike  its predecessors,  inclusive – since its … Continue reading

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mad reign, eh?


One way to enjoy Toronto’s new climate – mad rain /mad reign season. . . . Rain – enough to make you go hmmm! eh?   So, what’s with all the mad rain, eh? And how come it come midst this most … Continue reading

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