Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
F ollowing my recent experience of antidepressant withdrawal and having worked in psychiatry for nearly 20 years as a registered mental health nurse, I now have a very critical view on what good mental health treatment and recovery should look like.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. I said, “On paper everything’s great, but I’m struggling with this existential feeling of being 38, single, childless, increasingly aware of mortality.” She considers the whole person and addresses imbalance at the root.
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Mad in America
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
I had headaches, brain fog, and fatigue. Being a brain doctor, he focused on the headaches. My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake.
Mad in America
JUNE 17, 2024
I was grappling with the pressures of balancing the needs of my teenagers, who were struggling in different ways, and my two preschoolers with developmental delays that no professional could explain — all while attempting to manage and overcome my own trauma from military service. Two police officers stood inside my entryway, watching us.
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.”
Mad in America
JANUARY 31, 2025
In one final location after which we returned home a young senior resident engaged me in a conversation and we talked mental health. In one final location after which we returned home a young senior resident engaged me in a conversation and we talked mental health. She took me to three in the city, big ones.
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