Notes From a Psychiatric Survivor: How Do We Heal When Systems Have (Re)Traumatized Us? September 23, 2019 by Imogen Prism Leave a Comment Editor's Note: This article represents the perspective of an individual who identifies as a psychiatric survivor and whose experiences with the mental health field have many times been traumatizing. It is not meant to dismiss the valuable aspects of psychiatry, psychopharmacology, or therapy, or to suggest that others don't benefit from these (often life-saving) resources. I … [Read more...]
“Это как быть ведьмой или волшебником”: Как я учусь ценить свое нейроотличие” February 11, 2018 by Imogen Prism Leave a Comment This article was originally published by Пересечения and is republished with permission. ЧТО ТАКОЕ НЕЙРООТЛИЧИЯ? У меня свой небольшой набор страхов — внутренняя гомофобия, страх перед внешней гомофобией, внутрення мизогиния и страх перед внешним сексизмом, боязнь забыть запереть машину или не выключить плиту и т. д. Но страх перед очередным маниакальным эпизодом и … [Read more...]
‘Kind of Like Being a Witch or Wizard’: How I Learned to Value My Neurodivergence August 27, 2017 by Imogen Prism 1 Comment The Body Is Not an Apology’s goal is to share the myriad ways human bodies unshackle the box of “beauty” and fling it wide open for all of us to access. Our goal is to redefine the unapologetic, radically amazing magnificence of EVERY BODY on this planet. When we do, we change the world! Join the movement and become a subscriber today! bit.ly/NoBodiesInvisible. What is … [Read more...]
We’ve Been Too Patient: How to Create Mutual Aid Societies in the 21st Century June 15, 2017 by Imogen Prism Leave a Comment The Dangers of the Therapeutic Relationship I had my first therapist at the age of 6 after my parents’ divorce. My mom says she did it as a kind of preventive measure. She wanted to make sure I wasn’t scarred. Yeah, we got to play with toys, but we had different agendas. My therapist wasn’t a playmate. She was the observer, and I was the observed. Like the male gaze, this is … [Read more...]
5 Lessons I’ve Learned About Mental Health Care in Spite of Psychiatry August 7, 2016 by Imogen Prism 3 Comments First off, let me be clear. Psychiatrists and therapists are, usually, worlds apart. Psychiatrists, increasingly, are little more than medication vending machines with an arrogant, ignorant, damaging attitude. Many don’t listen to their patients and are trained, oddly, in an out-dated Freudian tradition, whereas most therapists are in the 21st century. … [Read more...]
Ecstatic Solitude: When Masturbation Becomes Radical Self-Love July 1, 2016 by Imogen Prism Leave a Comment There are two ways I masturbate. Either I plug in the Hitachi Magic Wand and take a supersonic jet to the moon. Or I go slow and use a manual trance-mission. The second way takes me to Mars, Venus, sometimes other solar systems. The difference between the two ways is gray matter: the brain, the sexiest part of the body. My own richly imagined fantasy life is what makes … [Read more...]
