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. D reaming isa vitalpart of our existence, essential to memory consolidation and emotional processing. This mounting stress and anxiety resulted in severe shoulder pain.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The real question is whether the “brighter future” is always so distant. When mundane events increasingly take on the character of the surreal or the apocalyptic, what does it mean to be normal or sane? I believe these kinds of questions will shape our understanding of the future of mental health. Yet these things are not acts of God.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In 2018, he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans and continues to teach workshops for people with trauma-affected sleep. A lucid dream is any dream where you’re actively aware of the fact that you’re dreaming as the dream is happening. James Moore: Charlie, welcome.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing, A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping, by Cornelia Elbrecht, is an in-depth instructional textbook for the somatic therapeutic approach Guided Drawing. Based on leading edge understandings about trauma healing and the body (sensorimotor psychotherapy, somatic experiencing, etc.),

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The Art of Healing Trauma

JUNE 25, 2020

I’m planning to write at least 10 minutes a day, stream of consciousness, censorship and judgment-free, incorporating body awareness at times to improve groundedness. This list includes the 7 benefits from the last article and 23 additional benefits. This process may shift how we typically respond to the memory in the future.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 28, 2024

Her work is deeply informed by her lived experiences surviving complex trauma, psychosis, and an autoimmune disease. Her work is deeply informed by her lived experiences surviving complex trauma, psychosis, and an autoimmune disease. This has led her to bridge critical neuroscience communities with the mad movement.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 31, 2025

E very time I put pen to paper about my story I shiver for I do not know what my pen will blacken the paper with. But I let it blacken, for maybe some part of the narrative will give further courage to another. That night, I dont know when, perhaps in October 2024, my sister was rushing me in her car through the night. I was calm and loud.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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The Art of Healing Trauma

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

This short story about a train trip shows how the many symptoms of PTSD combine to have a devastating impact to one’s Sense of Self. Losing a large percent of memory of one’s past is the equivalent of losing a large percent of one’s Sense of Self, identity, personality, etc. April 2009 – I had Severe PTSD.

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Roland Bal - Resolving Trauma and PTSD

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Self-defeat is a common symptom of Complex Trauma or PTSD. Closely tied to this are the thought patterns of self-defeat, which may manifest as nothing is going to help or I am never going to get out of this. Unfortunately, these shutdown states and self-defeating thoughts are all too common with PTSD and Complex Trauma.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in the UK. The author, Catherine Heseltine, is a psychiatric survivor, a mum to three wonderful children and a political activist in London. I want to start my story at the end. This holiday has been amazing. How heaven could possibly be more beautiful than this island I can’t imagine!

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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. But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. The ER physician had given him Prozac.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 20, 2023

There appears to be more dopamine uptake due to the antipsychotic-induced brain compensatory mechanism as a response to the suppressed blockade state in an effort to achieve energy equilibrium. A fter 22 years and many attempts I finally stopped taking antipsychotics.

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The Anxiety Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Your brain becomes overactive, producing an endless loop of thoughts that often revolve around worry, fear, or worst-case scenarios. Your brain continuously searches for solutions, even when they arent needed. Enjoy today’s podcast friends! Reminder : This podcast episode is brought to you by the Inner Circle Program.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I never thought my wife was “delusional” even after I became aware of the word’s popular use, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t at times struggle with some of the things various parts of my wife believed as they left their forced isolation and began to live outside with me. I’ve repeatedly seen this with my wife.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

JULY 22, 2021

Self-tracking I talked about how I was tracking my PTSD symptoms. (9.) Summary: In this article, I go over a number of cognitive difficulties I experienced after getting PTSD. In the Snapshot (story) part, I describe an experience of riding in the car after my third Somatic Experiencing Session. Terrible Short Term Memory (2.)

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The Anxiety Guy

JULY 19, 2024

Deep Quality Sleep (6-8 Hours) Quality sleep is crucial for repairing the body and brain. Aromatherapy Scents like lavender, coffee beans, and essential oils can reduce stress markers in the brain, providing a quick and effective way to calm your nervous system. Consider exploring the Wim Hof Method for more on cold therapy.

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Lightwork

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction Research consistently shows that women experience anxiety disorders at nearly twice the rate of men. This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences.

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Zencare

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Let Them theory is generally popular among therapists as a simple phrase to describe the complexity of setting boundaries and prioritizing the self. Robbins is well known for her tough love attitude that supports people in their relationships, career, personal development and overall leads to more thriving in their lives.

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How Psychiatry Works

JANUARY 14, 2025

The clarity I want to share here is about how we relate simultaneously to our conscious client and to a nonconscious, inner self. Inner selves The first part of the chapter opens with three visions of the inner self, and each turns out to be a different way of looking at the same thing. They are very different.

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How Psychiatry Works

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

With dysfunctional families and trauma, children grow up with skewed ideas of what is fair and with double standards about what they owe to others and what is owed to them. As discussed in TIFT #112, on “Freedom Envy,” going against self-centered instincts is hard and comes at a high cost. What is at stake?

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Lawyers with Depression

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Norton, including, The Ten Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed and What You Can Do to Change It and Anxiety + Depression: Effective Treatment of the Big Two Co-Occurring Disorders. The loss of a self-esteem, a loss of a loved one, the loss of a desired goal.

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Zencare

JANUARY 3, 2025

Note that this blog post is full of spoilers youve been warned! We left off at Episode 6: In a Lonely Place. Sean just landed in the hospital after getting into a fight. Paul and Jimmy try to connect with Sean's dad Tim. Alice finds out about Brian and Louis. Mac, an old flame of Liz's, is introduced and there's tension.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 18, 2025

Im not even a therapist. Im someone whos struggled with mental distress and the systems meant to help. If theres one thing Ive learned, its this: our approach to mental health often misses the forest for the trees. It focuses on individuals as though they exist in a vacuum, ignoring the environments and systems that shape their lives. Experience.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Robbins is one of those rare thinkers who makes psychology feel alivenot just a collection of theories and data, but a field full of urgent, deeply human questions. Hes a professor of psychology and the director of the Psy.D. He earned his Ph.D. He earned his Ph.D. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Our brain is not a computer, and our heart is not a pump, though the materialistic world view is pretty good at convincing us to believe we are devoid of Spirit, the divine creative part of us which is never wounded and if not eclipsed by legal or illegal substances, is able to always make a choice. People don’t feel heard or seen.

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Now Psych

MARCH 25, 2024

Brief overview of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes significant instability in emotions, behavior, relationships, and self-image. These parts of the brain are related to emotional regulation and impulse control. What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

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International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Not caring for or being aware of basic attachment needs in the interaction with others is probably a high risk factor for depression and other mental illnesses.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 6, 2023

I started self-harming, just to feel my skin and keep the emotional pain at bay. At age 15, I was sent to a psychiatrist when I was unable to stay awake for more than a couple of hours, or eat proper food for several days, and my self-harming with sharp objects and cigarettes got too visible and out of control.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 11, 2023

B radley Lewis works at the intersections of medicine, psychiatry, philosophy, the psychological humanities, mad studies, and disability studies, balancing roles as both a humanities professor and a practicing psychiatrist. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Medical Humanities. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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