WillSpirit!

∞ Where Mental Skills Heal Mental Ills ∞

A former physician writes about mental health and recovery using insights from life, science, and spiritual practice.

Disclaimer
- Dear Visitors:
  Although I trained and practiced as a physician, my background does not include formal instruction in psychiatry beyond basic medical education. This journal presents ideas about treatment philosophy, but must not be considered therapeutic advice. Abrupt changes in one's psychiatric medications can trigger profound cognitive, emotional, and physical symptoms, including suicidal thoughts and actions. Consequently, pharmaceutical agents should not be increased or decreased without supervision by a mental health clinician.
- ON THE OTHER HAND, your brain belongs to you, and your opinion counts. If you decide that changing your medication regimen will serve your best interest, then I believe your providers have an obligation to help you try to achieve your goals. I want everyone to be educated about their options, and do what will be most helpful for themselves. No one should feel pushed around by dogmatic and/or limited viewpoints, whether those of psychiatrists, anti-psychiatry advocates, or myself.

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--We have nothing to fear but the thought that says we do.--
--Art is a medium of love, just as war is a medium of hate.--
--I dispute the lyrics. Living is NOT easy with eyes closed, but it can feel that way in the short run.--
--Life is art in action.--
--Don't speak you intention. Do it!--
--You can demonstrate love, but you can't explain it.--
--The ubiquity of paradox suggests the world wasn't meant to be logically understood.--
--Remember: sometimes it is easier to ask forgiveness than to give it, and vice versa.--
--Fear is death's shadow. Hope is love's reflection.--
--Nothing is as simple, or as complicated, as we think.--
--Pain is a fact of life. Get used to it, but remain flexible and loving.--
--Even if we are part of the solution, we are still part of the problem. Let us keep that in mind before we blame others.--