WillSpirit!

Where Will meets Spirit
∞ Love, Clarity, Balance, Peace, & Bliss ∞

A science, mental health and spirituality blog written by a physician.

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.

Mountain Lion Picture comes from National Park Service via Wikimedia

When Worldviews Collide http://t.co/s0vCpIZX
Shelter from the Storm http://t.co/d13DcCkC
Driven By Distraction http://t.co/o9jG3ZAD
The Scene Behind the Curtain http://t.co/WDZFLBau
--The love that surrounds you is greater than you can imagine.--
--It doesn't truly matter *how* you feel, or *why* you feel, only *that* you feel.--
--Life doesn't always feel good, but it always feels alive.--
Feeling Life http://t.co/ooDBVGvZ
--Living in the face of death beats dying in the face of life every time.--
--Pain and Joy are like two hands that hold us lovingly in the middle.--
--Love is what happens when you quit wishing for it.--
--If you never weep, you aren't paying attention.--
--Death isn't as tragic as not appreciating life.--
--At one name per second, it would take more than 200 years to recite the names of every person alive today. Do you still feel important?--
--You grew from a single microscopic cell. Could there be a message in this fact?--