I dislike intake appointments. They make me feel worse when they’re over than I did beforehand.
The last intake appointment I had was with my new psychiatrist. She was very kind, professional, validating, and not at all shaming. She is a lovely psychiatrist.
But she’s not perfect.
And the intake form she used was not perfect, either.
Here’s the [...]
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Is it a collection of symptoms? Is it environmental? It is biological? Is it cultural? Is it spiritual? All of the above?
Is there actually a specific set of chemicals in someone’s body, a “root cause,” for each mental illness? And if so, how do we know that all the people labeled “bipolar” actually have that [...]
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Survivor Psalm
I have been victimized.
I was in a fight that was
not a fair fight.
I did not ask for the fight.
I lost.
There is no shame in losing
such fights.
I have reached the stage of
survivor and am no longer a
slave of victim status.
I look back with sadness
rather than hate.
I look forward with hope
rather than despair.
I may never forget, [...]
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