Painted the unseen & created what is unheard. Now busy with my creation of beautiful being. Ashoka & Ink fellow 2014
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Registrations Open
AN INCLUSIVE ART EXHIBITION
Maqaam Foundation is organizing an upcoming art exhibition in Hyderabad, showcasing the works of both young and seasoned artists. It is a great opportunity for artist registration link -
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Sorry to bother you with yet another mental health post, but here it goes: I will try to make it less boring.
I don’t agree with diagnosing people with serious mental illness, such as bipolar, schizophrenia or schizophrenia-affective disorder.
I think it damages people who are affected. It takes their agency away.
I believe that my ‘psychoses’ were religious encounters, not an illness.
Meds do help! When it’s a small dose and a right fit.
But overall, the whole mental health system is a bit of disgrace.
We end up with our experiences being over-medicated, over diagnosed and despaired due to stigma.
I am not mentally ill. And so many others who struggle within modern mental health care.
It lacks compassion, empathy, holistic knowledge and puts a permanent label on people’s heads.
And there is no way out of it.
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Has therapy become a safe and risk averse way for young people to have some form of authentic conversation with an actual person?
Why do so many people in Generation Z seek out therapy?
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Supplements we overlook:
- Sleep
- Sunlight
- Purpose
- Gratitude
- Movement
You'd value them more if you paid.
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#Disabled #parents often hear questions about their capabilities and both passively and actively face #discrimination. This panel will help us understand if #parenting is different for those with disabilities. A stellar lineup will help us deep dive into this topic! #PurpleFest
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CNN, MSNBC, Fox News are depressants
Turn them off and your mood improves
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It's never been easy for me to ask for help... God has blessed me with 2 angels, who came in this world a little prematurely and need extra support to survive. The cost which has been daunting. We have started a crowdfunding campaign here
ketto.org/fundraiser/my-baby…
Do support if possible
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It's a scam: 25 years before Prozac, 1 in 10,000 per year were diagnosed w/ severe depression. Today at any one point in time 1 in 10 are SUPPOSEDLY severely depressed. Around 1 in 10 pregnant women are on an antidepressant despite its harm to a fetus.
Who's waking up?
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🔮 Albert Einstein dropped some truth bombs! 🙌
'Want a happy life? 🌟 Tie it to a goal, not people or things.' 🎯
📚 Let's get inspired to pursue our dreams!
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Everyday I work with patients severely neurological damage from benzos/antidepressants. When I ask them how they got started on medications this is what I hear:
"My boyfriend broke up with me", "I was lonely and living in a new town", " I started college and was having anxiety living away from home".
Come on people, these are not reasons to put people chronically on these drugs
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I'm a clinical psychologist & I would never recommend a family member enter into the mental health system as currently constructed. I do believe there are safe, compassionate, & science based approaches to improving lives. They are just rarely provided.
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“Would this problem been solved if the mother had simply flown home while pregnant to deliver in Malaysia?” No, my dudes, you clearly don’t understand high-risk pregnancies, the discomfort of pregnancy, and having a specific, same doctor take care of you throughout this. Gahhh
#ManaDokumenKami: Heartbreak still for Malaysian mothers waiting years for Malaysia’s bureaucracy to accept their children as citizens dlvr.it/SScL5z
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Interesting how people taking psychiatric drugs never recover from their 'mental illness'.
Now, we know why. The chemical imbalance explanation for taking the drugs is now being publicly outed as false.
#informedconsent
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"We will run with the vision of transforming communities for Inclusion, of persons with psychosocial disabilities, a new beginning for Africa".
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Understanding gender talk about the concept of gender in feminism discourse deals with such difficult questions as the relationship between gender & women; the difference between 'women &development' and 'gender and patriarchy; and how religion, caste,
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Today, 11th June marks the birth anniversary of NCPEDP founder Mr. Javed Abidi, the instrumental force who led the #disability rights movement in #India.
He is not with us anymore but his vision of an #inclusive and #accessible society for #disabled people will guide us forever!
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'Fallen, Standing' is by no means merely a litany of pain and suffering. The book raises important and difficult questions about how society, including families and the medical profession, views and treats people with mental illness.womenunlimited.in/catalog/pr…
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The first ever President of TCI!! Robinah Alambuya from Uganda. Years of building grassroots support, mobilizing communities for the inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities, steady and firm on values of independent living. 🌻🌻 We shall TRIUMPH together 🌺🌺💖
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I had a wonderful time interacting with TRD fellows. Young and curious women with great potential. @val_resh
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Read personal essays by women with disabilities as they uncover the mix of ableism, structural injustice, toxic masculinity, and patriarchy that affects disabled women in their daily lives ⬇️ #FromShadowsToCentre
bit.ly/ShadowsToCentre
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