Me too. Many of us have typed these words this week, many of us couldn’t bring ourselves to – or not publicly, anyway. As part of a sexual assault awareness campaign started by Tarana Burke, survivors of sexual violence wrote these two simple words on social media feeds. It helped survivors know that they were not alone, and it also served as a tool to show men how prevalent … [Read more...]
5 Lessons I’ve Learned About Mental Health Care in Spite of Psychiatry
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...]
