Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A functional psychiatrist may consider one patient’s depression to be the compounding result of childhood trauma and hypothyroidism, and another’s to be the result of metabolic issues, autoimmunity, and food allergies. For example, a condition like depression can both contribute to, and be caused by, multiple other health conditions.

Trauma and the brain 121

Trauma and the brain Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Biopsychosocial model 121

Real Psychiatry

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

I was a definite nerd back then and extremely interested in science especially biology. A biological definition of races and a description that the isolated groups that were called races would probably intermix at some point and the artificial, color-based designations would just disappear. It was right there in the book.

Construction 52

Construction Childhood trauma Education 52

Mad in America

JUNE 22, 2024

The result is a form of “marketing” that encourages self-diagnosis and the embrace of disorders as identity by watering down the definition of mental suffering—and, paradoxically, minimizing understanding and compassion for those who are truly struggling. Just ask the students themselves.

Sleep and mental health 141

Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Self-awareness Childhood trauma 141

Mad in America

JULY 12, 2024

No definitive ‘A’ led to ‘B’ and therefore ‘C’, but more like I swallowed the English alphabet and spat out hieroglyphs. It might have been the re-activation of deeply rooted childhood trauma brought on by situations in my workplace. It’s hard to identify a definitive starting point.

Hospitality 102

Hospitality Self-awareness Childhood trauma 102

Mad in America

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Here’s a basic definition from the internet : “a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary.” The last “delusion” I want to share illustrates how the various parts of my wife relate to me.

Trauma and the brain 81

Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Self-awareness 81

Mad in America

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Terms like “broken brain,” “childhood trauma,” “unresolved grief,” and “family dysfunction” come to mind. Each label slightly shifts its definition. Key among these tools are metaphor, plot, character, and point of view. Metaphors, in particular, are intriguing.

Aging and mental health 141

Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Healthcare 141

The Art of Healing Trauma

MAY 8, 2020

And I dont know where I am anymore but I am definitely not at the rocky ledge watching peacefully into the Land of the Living, like I was after doing the Felt Sense Exercise, or at Mikes. I would answer definitively yes. The Influence of Unseen, Unknown Traumas and Invisible Triggers. And before that, childhood traumas.

Childhood trauma 52

Childhood trauma 52