Tue.Nov 05, 2024

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How We Started the Bay Area Hearing Voices Network

Mad in America

A round 14 years ago my son told me he was hearing voices. Like many family members I was mystified, startled, and clueless about this experience so I turned to mental health professionals for answers. They offered the prevailing wisdom about voice hearing: that he was basically out of control, his voices were dangerous, and that I had to “babysit him 24/7” to stop him from acting out on what he was hearing.

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TIFT #113: Guilt and Responsibility

How Psychiatry Works

In earlier posts, I haven’t made much of the distinction between guilt and shame, but guilt has unique features that have recently come into sharper relief. I see how often adult clients still feel guilty for things that happened when they were children and how old guilt, appropriate or not, can intrude heavily on here-and-now adult life. In this post I want to talk first about how guilt is acquired, then about examining it together and finally about how it can heal.

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7 Daily Habits To Help Reduce Stress

The London Psychiatry Centre

How can I reduce stress in my daily life? Thats a common question in our modern digitally connected world, where notifications, deadlines and depressing headlines are everywhere. For instance , did you know: One in 9 British adults are stressed out each and every day One quarter of Brits feel stressed more days than not 41% of adults in Great Britain report that tiredness and insufficient sleep are their main cause of stress 34% of Brits report feeling stress in connection to their family and/or