Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The initial push to recognize PTSD as a formal diagnosis was driven by psychiatrists such as Dr. Robert Jay Lifton with his book “Home from the War” and Dr. Chaim Shatan along with Vietnam War veterans. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. Everything is so reactive.

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Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2024

He notes that Maya often arranges her room in a specific pattern, repeatedly aligning her shoes straight towards the door and organizing her books by color rather than subject. At the same time, the color-coded books could signify an attempt to categorize and make sense of her world.

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 15, 2024

I realized this in my physical self. With this release, I realized that I had finally overcome my anxiety and could now live a more resilient and peaceful life. But genuine anxiety transformation stems from small internal realizations that you can only become aware of when you give up trying to divert your attention.

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 1, 2024

Awareness of the irrational nature of your fears can help you begin to separate actual health concerns from anxiety-driven thoughts. Your daily habits have become militant and you are well aware of your deepening relationship with your own inner child/lower self. 101 Short Lessons for an Anxiety Free Life (latest book).

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

His book, The Medicalized Body and Anesthetic Culture , is a stunning critique of how modern medicines mechanistic view of the body has dulled our sense of what it means to be alive. As a result, our house was filled with books on existentialism and phenomenology from her college days. And she didnt just say itshe lived it.

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