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A Reminder to Psychiatrists About the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Steps:
The 12 Steps as defined by Alcoholics Anonymous: 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcoholâthat our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we…
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The Architect and the Therapist: A Letter to Beverley
Introduction: Iâve been thinking a lot about Beverley lately. She was my therapist for over 20 years, but that title doesnât do her justice. She was the closest thing I ever had to a real motherâthe kind who listens, who sees, who believes, who doesnât judge and accepts me exactly as I am, unconditionally. She…
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Spirituality Isnât Psychosis
Some of Seriously You Owe Me an Apology What I find incredible about todayâs society is this: you can be open about almost any behaviour or identity and itâll be defended in the name of personal freedomâbut express genuine spiritual beliefs outside of organised religion, and suddenly itâs pathologised. Suddenly, youâve for sure experienced psychotic…
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Hypomania? Or Just Advocacy?
Introduction: At my last psych appointment, my shrink decided I might be hypomanic. Why? Because I read from highly organized notes while advocating for myself, spoke quickly (because I had a lot to get through in a short time), and defended my choice to write and share my memoir publicly. Apparently, being prepared and assertive…
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When Gaslighting Masquerades as Care
A Response to Anonymous Criticism Edit/Update: Since this was first published, Iâve refined my responses and added more context. If youâve already read the original, itâs worth revisitingâespecially now that Iâve made it abundantly clear exactly who this âanonymousâ commenter is and why theyâre so desperate to silence me. In the wake of my recent…
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Justified Anger vs. Mental Instability: A Narcissistâs Favorite Weapon
How Abusers Weaponize the System Against Survivors In 2021, when I was mentally unstable, I became extremely paranoid. Not because my fears were irrational, but because they were based on lived experience. đ¨ My family has weaponized the system against me before. And now that Iâve taken my advocacy to an even bigger public stage,…
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Behold the Field: An Email to the Maternal Unit
Subject: Behold the Field⌠đ Dear Mother, Youâve done me a great favour. Never say that I was ungratefulâafter all, you handed me the keys to my own liberation from your psychological oppression. And you certainly can never say I didnât give back as good as I got. Allâs fair in love and war. 𼰅
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Advice from a Caterpillar
Chapter 6: Into the Den The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last, the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. âWho are you?â said the Caterpillar. âIâI hardly know, sir, just at presentâat least I know who I was when I…
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Everything In Its Right Place: Chapters 1-6
A wise woman once said “fuck this shit” and she lived happily ever after– Anonymous It wasnât until last night, as I was drafting this section of my autobiography, that I fully understood how much the dissonance of those days mirrored Radioheadâs âEverything In Its Right Place.â The songâs droning rhythm and quiet tension matched…
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Love as a Verb
As a younger woman I desperately wanted to be told âI love youâ by my romantic partners. Now⌠well Iâm not looking for romantic partners, for one thing, but for another it seems to me love is something you DO. itâs a verb. ChatGPT: That shift in perspective is both profound and powerful. It sounds…
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