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Psychiatric survivors, labels and me8 comments

flawedplan wrote 10 months ago: If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. William James Ω The deleteriou … more →

Tags: BPD et al., CBT is shit-for-brains, DSM, Etiological ignorance, Family, Fourth Street, letters to woody, mental illness, Murder is a Crime

The giving, offering, and forcing of selves12 comments

flawedplan wrote 11 months ago: Not another post about nuance! Yes and it all started when I heard benevolent superstar Jon Swift is … more →

Tags: DSM, enemies...must...have...enemies, Coercion, humanistic psychology, mental illness, Pharmageddon, psychophobia, Best of the year

Molly Ivins' Oxymoron

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: It feels good to be blogging again, get this down. I’m spending time here now, and went in on … more →

Tags: A band you should know, Any port in a storm

This is what cognitive behavioral therapy fixes & that is why it must be stopped9 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Bukowski: the shoelace a woman, a tire that’s flat, a disease, a desire: fears in front of you … more →

Tags: healthy speech is poetry, CBT is shit-for-brains, art heals, Any port in a storm

Diversity at Netroots Nation11 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Ah well they rejected my panel so fuck ‘em I said, prepared to be all pissy and dismissive of … more →

Tags: mental illness, DSM, psychophobia, sexist bastards, Pharmageddon, Coercion, Class, Biobabble, netroots nation

Busy, busy busy6 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Our sensitive overlords at the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care are holding a conference thi … more →

Tags: Any port in a storm, child abuse, Class, Feminist Therapy, humanistic psychology, mental illness, Narrative Competence, Careering, Serious people

Tomorrow's fish and chip paper1 comment

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: You remember that lady who fell down and died in front of everybody in a New York hospital? What are … more →

Tags: media, mental illness, Coercion, we love women., Class, Betrayal, Theory, Equal Protection

Where did our love go?29 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Heard from our first NAMI defender today in a comment too fuckwadity to dissect though it’s be … more →

Tags: Betrayal, Biobabble, child abuse, Etiological ignorance, Family, Coercion, mental illness, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon

So I'm learning what it's like to type in all caps

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Angelbait is home and convalescing better than expected. Kamikaze is hissy and I feel drunk. Think m … more →

Tags: mental illness, NAMI and I are One, Civil Rights, Feline Diabetes Message Board, Overton window, Sick cat blogging

Can I count on you if I fall apart10 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: I have been consumed with feline diabetes the last few days, as I should, it’s complex as it g … more →

Tags: CBT is shit-for-brains, enemies...must...have...enemies, humanistic psychology, letters to woody, mental illness, Narrative Competence, Psychodynamics, we love women., Sick cat blogging

How do they get away with it?3 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Because “when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag.” That’s the … more →

Tags: Biobabble, Books, child abuse, Etiological ignorance, Family, Coercion, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon, the gamut

About Sunday's NY Times piece on MAD PRIDE18 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Does anyone think that was a decent shot of journalism? Then damn your eyes. Oh I can imagine an ear … more →

Tags: art heals, healthy speech is poetry, humanistic psychology, media, mental illness, Narrative Competence, psychophobia, semiological guerrilla warfare, Theory

The snakepit is doing its job3 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Our officials do nothing while a flood of ink spills about the known atrocities taking place in Texa … more →

Tags: Coercion, kick it over, Law, media, mental illness, Murder is a Crime, that's entertainment, Torture, Add new tag

Faith healers1 comment

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Over the last 4 years I’ve heard the term Evidence-Based Medicine™ invoked 20 times a day at t … more →

Tags: Biobabble, DSM, Etiological ignorance, humanistic psychology, junk therapy, kick it over, mental illness, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon

Do be do be do6 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Sitting here thinking about the ways I’m fucked up, if I will stay in the house day after day … more →

Tags: enemies...must...have...enemies

Bloggy juxtapositions that made my head explode10 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: I can’t believe I got sucked into a thread with a child abuse denier but it looks like I stepp … more →

Tags: Biobabble, child abuse, Etiological ignorance, Family, Coercion, humanistic psychology, mental illness, NAMI and I are One, Pharmageddon

Cherry picking advocates have some explaining to do

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Better yet, let me explain them. Ask yourself, why do “activists” “fighting” … more →

Tags: Betrayal, liars, mental illness, mental health parity

WaPo good, Huffpo bad7 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: It’s enough to make your head spin, these two posts I read one after the other with my morning … more →

Tags: Biobabble, dirty fucking hippies, Etiological ignorance, Family, Coercion, humanistic psychology, junk therapy, mental illness, Pharmageddon

Shoot the messenger, problem solved4 comments

flawedplan wrote 1 year ago: Seems as more Americans routinely google the side effect profile of prescriptions they end up at com … more →

Tags: mental illness, Pharmageddon, wingnuttia, Biobabble, NAMI and I are One


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