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Psychosis is…
Pathways from surviving adverse experiences to being deemed “psychotic”
Staircase of Oppression in Mental Health
Where do you feel it in your body ?
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Category Archives: Crazy World
Seeing things? Hearing things? Many of us do – Oliver Sacks
Short piece by Oliver Sacks from Nov 2012 in the lead up to publication of his book “Hallucinations”. Seeing things, hearing things, thinking things, feeling things that others don’t is what humans do- we all see, hear feel think in … Continue reading
hey Joe
Songwriter: BILLY ROBERTS Hey Joe, a-where you goin’ with that gun in your hand Hey Joe, I said where you goin’ with that gun in your hand, oh yeahI’m going down to shoot my old lady You know I caught … Continue reading
fear is the worst of it …
Fear is real. Just like voices. And, uncannily, voices often represent or speak-to a person’s deepest, unspoken, unspeakable fears. Fear is visceral- palpable – you can feel it – in your chest, your heart thumping, heightened state of awareness, alertness. … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Crazy World, Ideas, The Mad Ones
Tagged bastard, fear, get out there, Walter White
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knowledge and power and lifecrap – Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault rocked the world with his ideas and his efforts to reveal and question the relationships between claims to knowledge, claims to power and authority over others. No claim to authority, no matter how banal, comes without a corresponding … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, Philosopy or Pill-osophy ?, power, The Mad Ones
Tagged authority, Foucault, knowledge, Michel Foucault, power, support
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sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken…
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
Likewise, using the word “recovery” a lot doesn’t meant you are actually supporting people in finding their own personal version . Continue reading
Posted in Crazy World, Ideas, The Mad Ones
Tagged butt, Chicken, Feather, mental health, recovery
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consciousness really digs everything – Jack Kerouac
The human experience can be wonderful, wacky, weird and downright frightening and overwhelming. Choosing a stance that we can learn how to live with whatever the universe might find toss way through, takes endless small acts of courage – but … Continue reading
Tasers no cure-all for police shootings
Is this really the only way that Toronto police can think of to “de-escalate” what they term “EPD” incidents? When the Toronto Sun editorial and campaigners against police shooting of people in mental distress can find themselves in easy … Continue reading
Posted in policing madness, what's going on?
Tagged Alok Mukherjee, Bill Blair, mental health, Taser, Toronto, Toronto Police Service, Toronto Police Services Board
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California police use of body cameras cuts violence and complaints
Police chief Bill Blair’s response to his officers being traumatized by shooting so many distressed Torontonians is that he wants all his officers to be equipped and trained in less-lethal option-taxers-at an initial cost of $386,000 – or about $2,000 for each … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy World, policing madness
Tagged distressed person, Emotionally Disturbed Person, mental health, Police, Rialto, Rialto California, Taser, Toronto Police
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some days…
Thanks to a friend in Spain for this one, and dedicated to another friend who this week started in a new job….
Posted in Crazy World, work
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