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Dreaming with Purpose: How the Mind’s Hidden GPS Can Guide Us Toward Personal and Societal Healing

Mad in America

For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. What if these unsettling mental imageries aren’t glitches in our mental software? What if they’re urgent messages from abuilt-in navigation systemdesigned to guide us through life?

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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

Mad in America

Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. I grew up in China and immigrated to the U.S.

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Intergenerational Gaps and the Role of Technology in Psychiatric Leadership: A Trainee’s Perspective

Psychiatric Times

As the newest cohort in psychiatric training, they are digital natives, accustomed to rapid information retrieval, online simulations, and mental health apps. 9 Another major technological shift in medicine has been the integration of electronic health records (EHRs). A similar divide exists in the field of mental health.

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Letting Go of Lithium

Mad in America

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping. They said if I didn’t go to sleep they would make me. And they did. I was angry.

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

My middle school-aged daughter had a suicide attempt, the result of relentless bullying. Overwhelmed, I sought help from my VA mental health team. In response to how quickly my mental health had devolved, my husband was concerned I might have a brain tumor. I built a new support system.

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Why Women Are More Prone to Anxiety Disorders (and How to Cope)

Lightwork

This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences. You’ll discover how biological factors, cultural influences, and age-related challenges contribute to anxiety in women.