Posted on November 19, 2007 by recoverysupport
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 [...]
Filed under: bipolar disorder, depression, mental health, mental illness, recovery, schizophrenia et al. | Tagged: heuristics, mental health, mental illness, philosophical musings, psychiatry, recovery | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 30, 2007 by recoverysupport
Every person’s recovery journey is unique, and beyond some basic principles (hope, choices, empowerment, self-determination, respect, and so on), what helps each person recover is unique.
However, I think there is value in people sharing what helps them recover. Sometimes I learn a new technique for staying well that I’d never thought of before when a [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2007 by recoverysupport
Many psychiatric consumer/survivors have experienced trauma at some point in their lives. Whether it was an abusive family, inhumane psychiatric inpatient treatment, witnessing a suicide, being raped, or some other horrific event, many of us are intimately acquainted with the long-term effects of trauma.I have had bipolar disorder for years. First diagnosed in 1999 at [...]
Filed under: PTSD and trauma, activism, bipolar disorder, depression, recovery | 3 Comments »
