The WillSpirit blog adds to a list of writing projects in various stages of finalization. Most sit nowhere near even completed first drafts, actually, and are little more than germinating ideas. But I have been making progress on some memoir essays. In time, I’d like to compile them into a coherent story of my life, especially with regard to the antecedents, onset, treatment, course, and resolution of my mental health problems. Since I’ve got this nice forum started, I figure I’ll post some of my memoir fragments in case anyone is interested. Maybe I’m just looking for free editorial comments, but I actually think these stories will help explain where I’m coming from philosophically.
A formerly depressed physician tells stories of trauma, grief and recovery, and offers suggestions for emerging from darkness, living with mood swings, and awakening to life.
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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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- --If you can't think anything nice, don't think anything at all.--
- --Running from the past is not the same as escaping it.--
- --Breakthrough experiences are available to those who are religious, and to those who aren't.--
- --The gift of insight isn't happiness: it's insight.--
- --There are many ways to understand the cosmos, and not all of them require words.--
- --Sometimes you can learn the most by looking inside.--
- --The rise of ego brings pleasure, but rising above it brings treasure.--
- --Two types of growth: gradual and sudden. One comes from walking a good path, the other from jumping to a new one.--
- --Finding true meaning for the first time feels like first love; one is amazed to have lived so long without it.--
- --We can walk to the door, but Grace opens it.--
- --History does not change, but our memories and interpretations do.--
- --Don't expect anything, and you won't be disappointed.--
♥ Blogroll
- A Path With Heart
- Above the Clouds
- Alison Rising
- Beyond Meds
- Different Thoughts
- Hopeworks Community
- If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going
- Just Some Stuff About Life as I See It
- lostinamaze
- Mental Health Recovery
- Milo
- patientanonymous
- Psych Survivor 2.0
- TaraBridgetMoore's WebLog
- Tears Behind The Smile
- Voyaging Inward
- Wellness Writer
♦ Resources
- ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Beating the Blues (Computerized CBT)
- Bipolar Advantage
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) resource list.
- Dr. Harold Mandel
- Exercise for Depression Relief
- How to do Mindfulness Meditation
- Jon Kabat-Zinn Meditation Training (You Tube)
- Let your story of recovery from child abuse help others
- Men's Hormonal Health
- Ruthless Compassion Institute
♣ Comments of Late:
- Tanisha on The Watcher
- Will on Escaping the Ego’s Web
- Mark on Escaping the Ego’s Web
- Wendy Love on The Watcher
- Colette Power on The Watcher
? Random Post Suggestions
- Cutting off Cymbalta, and other things.
- Mental Health Blogs
- 'Bridge to Nowhere'
- Visitors
- Grandiosity Extinguished
- Getting Real
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