Category Archives: Adversity

How we can bring about mental health support to refugees – Essam Daod-

Posted on June 25, 2018 by

Essam Daod shares a story of  one way we can bring brief, important support to refugees at critical times. And also offers us a window of insight into how any of us might support any other of us  midst potentially … Continue reading →

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all the shit that happens after the-shit-that-happened

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Whether a person is left traumatized has less to do with the-shit-that-happened than it has to do with all the shit that happens after the-shit-that-happened. Werd.

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Baboons in The Whitehouse…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

“Donald trump has been brought to us so we can be  really clear on what too much privilege looks like.” Continue reading →

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The shit that I’m in and the pain, them voices louder ‘an Manhattan come chatt’n

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

The shit that I’m in and the pain I’m literally going insane
them voices as loud as Manhatten come chattn’..
– K’naan Continue reading →

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Baboons in suits

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

Robert Sapolsky on how hierarchy has a destructive force in body and psyche in individuals and community. He is talking about baboons, the ones he’s observed for decades along with the effects of stress upon health and behaviour. His observation … Continue reading →

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Pathways from surviving adverse experiences to being deemed “psychotic

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

We will likely be told we have “lost touch with reality”, whatever that means, when the truth is it’s really not hard to understand: we are struggling to feel safe in the world. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Adversity, bollocks, Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, Ideas

Zen-ass-dude in The Pain Cave

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

Taylor Phinney, “zen-ass-dude” and pro-cyclist and time-trial specialist on how all the voices in his head are “bread-and-butter “ “you kinda got to get to that point to be able to win any of these bike races”. The image below … Continue reading →

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Hurt – Johnny Cash

Posted on February 27, 2017 by

I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real         Johnny Cash I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the … Continue reading →

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the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority. Martin Luther King Jr.

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I can’t stand up for falling down – Elvis Costello

Posted on August 28, 2016 by

I can’t stand up for falling down I can’t stand up for falling down   “I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down” I’m the living result I’m a man who’s been hurt a little too much And I’ve tasted the … Continue reading →

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