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Category Archives: Emancipate yourself…
That’s not ‘trauma’ that’s ‘traumatic’…
We have come to think and talk of traum as evil things that happend to us perpetrated by evil people. That’s a fairly new way of thinking about it, made up on the back of an envelope by a small number of people – you might be surprised where it comes from.
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Posted in Colonialism, Emancipate yourself..., Healing, Ideas, Trauma
Tagged injury, Trauma, wound
Recovery as a Self-Directed Process of Healing and Transformation By: Patricia E. Deegan Ph.D.
The word “recovery” has now stuck onto every sentence uttered in mental health services just so we’ll know just how “recovery oriented” everything and everyone has now become. “Recovery oriented” is now an established branding but just what does that mean? … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, my story, psychosis, recovery perspectives
“Consensus reality” is Major Major reality reality…
‘Experiences that fall outside of “consensus reality”…’ Tis an odd thing to say, eh? There is no such thing as “consesus reality”. For sure, when it comes to “mental health” there is no consensus -anywhere. Maybe that’s a good thing. … Continue reading
Remembering is not required – Babette Rothschild
From Babette Rothschild… No3 in Series from the book: 8 Keys to safe trauma recovery. This below is from the series of short videos summarising the book. #3 Remembering is Not Required “One of the holes we have in … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, Trauma, woundedness
Tagged exposure, flooding, memory, recovery, Trauma
Beware “The Thing”
That thing… When we find the thing, that thing, the thing that “works for me” it can be liberating, freeing. It can also hold us in a trap. “We’re caught in a trap.” -Elvis No thing … Continue reading
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How we can bring about mental health support to refugees – Essam Daod-
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
Posted in Adversity, Crazy World, Emancipate yourself..., Trauma, woundedness
Tagged Healing, Psychiatry, resilience, soul, Trauma
Trying to control the mind is like trying to flatten out water – Prince Ea
Trying to control the mind is like trying to flatten out water Prince Ea So your mind is outta control, huh? You wanna control the mind? Well, guess what? You can’t do it. Nobody can do it. Trying to control the mind … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, intrusive thoughts
Tagged Intrusive thoughts, unwanteds thoughts
New York’s ‘Parachute’ programme for people with acute mental distress lands in the UK
From 2015, The Guardian on how NY Parachute programme incorporates ideas and practices from Finnish Open Dialogue and how lessons being learned are being incorporated into Peer Supported Open Dialogue in UK. It’s time we made mental health services more … Continue reading
Posted in dialogue, Emancipate yourself..., Ideas
Tagged parachute, peer
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