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Shoot!! Or, maybe talk?
It’s almost a year since an 18-year-old boy, Sammy Yatim, was shot to death by a Toronto police officer. He was alone in a streetcar. With a 3” knife. I guess they thought that heavy, iron streetcar couldn’t contain him. … Continue reading
A is for Antoinette*
It’s six months since my friend Antoinette died, and I think it’s probably okay to ‘tell her story’ now. I mean it’s not likely that breaking confidentiality is relevant. The chances of someone who knew her discovering I’ve ‘told’ are … Continue reading
World Hearing Voices Day
Tomorrow is September 14, “International World Hearing Voices Day”. Who knew? Talk about turning a ‘negative’ into a positive! And in honour of the estimated 230 million folks in the world who hear voices, I am reflecting. I’m thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives, causes, Hearing Voices, injustice, mental illness, psychology, schizophrenia
Tagged Alternatives, Hearing Voices, mental-health, psychology, schizophrenia
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Thinking about guns….
“There are lessons here on U.S. gun culture, and the risks inherent in allowing a prevalence of weapons that makes it easy for the deranged — as the killer must surely have been — to obtain them.”* “The deranged”. How … Continue reading
Posted in beliefs, education, guns, history, ignorance, massacres, mental illness, military, reflections, shootings, social change
Tagged community, education, guns, Second Amendment, shootings, social commentary
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‘Stigma-free’ — or Care?
If I were living in a “stigma-free zone”, what might that look like? For starters, I presume it would mean that people with mental illness would not experience stigma, or discrimination. By some miracle? It would mean ‘human rights’ principles … Continue reading
Posted in awareness, community, compassion, gay, Inclusion, mental illness, social justice, stigma, values
Tagged community, compassion, human-rights, inclusion, mental illness, social commentary, society, values
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Thinking and Dreaming 
Desperate need…
Like most moms, I love my children enough that I would probably die for them. I also enjoy their cousins and their friends, especially now that my kids are in their thirties, and the others have been coming around for … Continue reading →