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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me. I remember the nurse taking the full names and dates of birth of my children to give to social services. I want to start my story at the end.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. TIC has become so popular that its approach is boasted by most hospitals, schools , social services, correctional facilities.

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Why I’m Starting a Writing Practice to Heal from Grief and Trauma (Poetry: “What I Want My Words to Do”)

The Art of Healing Trauma

I haven’t written for my blog in a long time because I haven’t had the spirit to write; I’ve been exhausted, sick and depressed most of the time over the winter. Taking an inner stance of being open to self and universe. The weight of the trauma and PTSD crushed my writing spirit entirely.