Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
From Psychiatry Letter : “A decade ago, the fifth revision of DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) was published by the American Psychiatric Association. This diagnostic system has been called the ‘Bible’ of psychiatry. The metaphor suggests some cultural realities. It tends to be worshipped; some view it as the literal truth; it can inspire, but it can be used to suppress dissent.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
I question am I the only one? With an unkind mosquito mind. My mental health is a sham. As I abhor who I am. My pseudo happiness, pretending I am blessed. Embalming my soul in binging alcohol. Over pleasing beyond reason. You must love me, as I do not. My blindness to my innate goodness is unsustainable. I need to begin to feel well. I have had a trillion thoughts.
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Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
October 15th 3:54am Holiday Inn Express Room 321 or 123 I. I am death. I am life. I am Satan. I am God. I am predator. I am Prey. I am the serpent. I am the Garden. I am the Dragon. I am the Swan. I am the Lion. I am the Lamb. I am blind. I can see. I am vision. I am the fulcrum, the balance to the scales. I am Father. I am Son. I am Mother. I am Anger.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
self-portrait as frankenstein’s monster we are mortal beings. you can’t destigmatize a condition constructed on a foundation of bigotry. environmental stimulus incites evolutionary response: emotion, nature’s behavior-motivation system. as tension wants towards release, my indignant rage burns against your systemic oppression. then, you, the gods, assert: that’s just the way it is. my voice silenced. a compromise: combat retreats into endurance. indignant rage recoils into inconsolable grief. ad
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
T he package inserts for antidepressants warn that the drugs increase the risk of suicide. For fluoxetine , the Danish package insert says that suicidal thoughts “may increase when you start taking antidepressants because the medication takes a while to work, often around 14 days, but sometimes longer;” and that “clinical studies have shown that there was an increased risk of suicidal behaviour in adults under the age of 25 with psychiatric disorders.” This information is
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
In a basement classroom paid for by the leftovers from a public budget an instructor teaches refugees English she says her first tongue is pidgin and laughs like a mother bird feeding her brood milk from a rag her remarks make me think how teaching is scuppering the boots of a man who would kick a dog he works two to three jobs and collects bottles on his commutes detesting this life among rats.
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