Mad in America
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
How can mental and emotional suffering be approached in a more constructive manner? Often, in order to research these resources one has to first have epistemological knowledge – to understand how knowledge is constructed socially with power relations being in-built into the concepts. The answer lies in the psychosocial approach.
Mad in America
MAY 30, 2024
But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth. The psychiatric diagnosis is a medical theoretical construct with limited epistemic validity. I don’t change the way you think.
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Mad in America
MARCH 6, 2025
You might lose months of memory and some loss of self-esteem. with) a specially constructed instrument, a thin, sharp knife like a blade about four inches long. Simply becoming aware of the concept is a start. You would likely expect to die. You may have actually observed a friend die. You might even become catatonic.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2023
His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma. The anti-hero of the novel holds a preference for the perfect conception of himself.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
This is the idea behind psychotherapy: to provide a safe setting in which those issues can be resolved in a new and constructive manner. These new ways of being should, ideally, translate to other areas of one’s life and help them to relate to the world more constructively. Rationally, a person can be aware of this.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Ignored by establishment psychiatry, many renowned thinkers have questioned the entire wheel of current consensus reality, concluding that it is an unnatural construction that has dehumanized us. Many of these prominent thinkers—such as Erich Fromm, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lewis Mumford, Ivan Illich, and E.F.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
Critical Thinking: Ironically, while a denial of painful realities can cause problems, an awareness of painful realities can fuel depression and anxiety. This shut down can result in complete immobilization or a fear of such immobilization, both of which are psychologically painful, and this can result in the pain of self-loathing and shame.
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