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Personal power: Food, etc.
Back in 2006, I mused as follows: “Just when I think I’m in charge of my life, I discover myself eating that extra two hundred calories, or not bothering to get any exercise. Just when I think I’m feeling … Continue reading
Posted in awareness, consciousness, diet, Feelings, food, personal growth, personal power, Power, psychology, reflections
Tagged choices, consciousness, feelings, food, personal growth, power
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Lost friends #1
There’s a ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’ saying I like: “We grow too soon old, and too late smart”. And of course we never stop hearing “Hindsight is 20/20”. We’re all familiar with the idea that we can’t seem to gather up any … Continue reading
Posted in communication, fear, friendship, judgment, parenting, personal growth, psychology, reflections
Tagged communication, feelings, friends, openness, personal growth
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Attack of stigma…
I have asked what changes we might be willing to make, as neighbours, as friends, as relatives, as a society, that would contribute to eliminating stigma*. I didn’t ask the question because I had an answer, but because I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, consciousness, Feelings, ignorance, psychology, reflections
Tagged communication, community, consciousness, personal growth, psychology, relationships
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Lost potential…
“R” and I sat glued to our conversation, astonished and excited that, by some amazing coincidence, we both had a passionate interest in what we were talking about: how mental distress tends to be handled by the psychiatric or medical … Continue reading
Posted in causes, compassion, consciousness, education, ignorance, Inclusion, personal growth, Poetry, psychology, reflections, schizophrenia, suicide
Tagged community, consciousness, ignorance, inclusion, reflections, schizophrenia, social commentary, suicide, values
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Imperfection welcome
I am wearing a simple ring that I made possibly 25 years ago. For decades it lay in the dark, unworn, because it was a failed, imperfect piece. It was hidden, in the same way I hid occasional creations – … Continue reading
Fear of so-called schizophrenia
Partly because of my friend “A”, and partly because of Mad Pride Week, I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of the label “schizophrenia”. There’s been so much discussion about it in recent years, and people are only just … Continue reading
Posted in causes, community, compassion, consciousness, education, fear, ignorance, Inclusion, personal growth, psychology, reflections, schizophrenia, values
Tagged community, consciousness, ignorance, psychology, schizophrenia
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A moment, for mental illness…
Yesterday a friend emailed me a beautiful Powerpoint presentation about long-suffering women and how essential and precious their struggles are, everywhere and always. It was one of those things we’re asked to send on, and It would have been perfect … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, consciousness, fear, Feelings, Inclusion, personal growth, psychology, Reflection, reflections, schizophrenia, values, volunteer
Tagged community, compassion, mental illness, mental-health, opinion, psychology, schizophrenia, values
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Community vs ‘Ghettoization’
Community is the single most important social group in our lives. It can take us a lifetime to figure that out, because we are diverted and distracted by other social groups: clubs, religious organizations, political groupings, schools, gangs and so … Continue reading
Posted in community, consciousness, Inclusion, modern life, psychology, reflections, values
Tagged community, consciousness, inclusion, social commentary, values
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Great!
My latest “Aha!” moment arrived the other morning when I passed a neighbor/friend in the street. If I had been paying attention, I would have noticed his body language: definitely down. As we passed each other, he asked how I … Continue reading
Posted in communication, consciousness, Feelings, friendship, psychology, Reflection, reflections
Tagged communication, consciousness, feelings, friends, personal growth, reflections
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Thinking and Dreaming 
There but for luck…#2
I’ll call him Mr. Suburbia because he had to move a long way out of the city to find an affordable room. At some point he developed brain damage – he believes caused by Paxil, though the frontal part of … Continue reading →