Year: 2015
I Am Not My Disease — And It Doesn’t Matter How I Identify Myself
Posted on June 16, 2015 in Bipolar Disorder Psycho-bunk Reflections
I asked her to show me a study that showed that this self-identification was harmful. Silence.
The Woman at My Table
Posted on June 16, 2015 in Stigma
You take the mentally ill as they are, not conceiving of or treating them as children, but as full participants in life.
My Life with Bipolar Disorder, Part 3: Mood Stabilizers
Posted on June 15, 2015 in Bipolar Disorder Medications Video
The Flaws of Murphy’s Law
Posted on June 14, 2015 in Accountability Courage & Activism Human Rights Stigma
There is always the danger — no matter how stable I have been recently — of a breakthrough episode which might cause me to skitter and fall into Murphy’s “protections”.
What Does Murphy’s Law Do for the Homeless?
Posted on June 13, 2015 in Class Insurance Psycho-bunk
When you add all the provisions of the 175 page Families in Mental Health Crisis Bill together, the answer is Zero.
Dream
Posted on June 12, 2015 in Dreams
A cult is kidnapping children and turning them into devotees using computers.
My Life with Bipolar Disorder, Part 2: Medication (Video)
Posted on June 5, 2015 in Bipolar Disorder Psychotropics Video
A video describing the various medications that I have been on and their effects on me.
Sane Privilege
Posted on June 1, 2015 in Authoritarianism Class Psycho-bunk Stigma
Many of us do not trust the neurotypical. It should not surprise you.
Dreams
Posted on May 31, 2015 in Dreams
In the first dream, I have a job at a radio station playing music. It’s almost my time slot, so I go to look for something to play. Everywhere I look, I can only find a few records if any at all. I run around the station — which is very large and filled with shops — but I can’t find the kind of music I like to play for my show.
In another dream, I remember being on a bus that stops in Louisville, Kentucky (where I have never been except in a dream). I am in some kind of aquarium/zoo when this memory comes to me. I am on a platform overlooking a swimming pool, watching the water with Lynn?, and a couple of girls, one a teenager and another younger. The little girl fixates on a seal which comes to the surface for a breath. It goes underwater and she loses it, but I see where it has gone and point it out to her. I turn my back and when I look back, she has jumped off the platform and jumped into the pool to pet the seal. There is an alarm and a panic. The operators of the attraction turn the platform away so we are looking at what people standing in line are doing. I briefly wonder if we are going to get a refund.
A Mental Health Advocacy Manifesto
Posted on May 29, 2015 in Authoritarianism Caretakers Hospitals and Prisons Psycho-bunk Stigma
Recovery over mere maintenance, patient self-determination over caretaking is the foundation of these reforms.
Meet the Duggars: The Sane Get a Free Pass
Posted on May 28, 2015 in Authoritarianism Clueless Oafs Hypocrites Stigma
Those who follow the Duggars are the significant statistic, not the mentally ill.
The Police War on the Mentally Ill
Posted on May 26, 2015 in Accountability Authoritarianism Stigma Violence
The mentally ill are victims of police shootings, not their causes.
