mental health
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page spurred by this video via Jack Harries
Lets Talk About Mental Health
mental illness is a thing.. 1 in 4 people…
there’s a social stigma attached to mental health.. from what i’ve seen.. more people have a harder time dealing with the stigma than the mental illness..
depression – what we’re not doing is talking about it..
as humans we hate being out of control… so we sweep it under the rug..
quotes Kevin – brain as organ of the body..
http://jacksgap.com/participate/t/lets-talk-about-mental-health/
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feb 2015
what we’re not being told about suicide and depression:
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/19/what_were_not_being_told_about_suicide_and_depression/
For nearly two decades, Big Pharma commercials have falsely told Americans that mental illness is associated with a chemical brain imbalance, but the truth is that mental illness and suicidality are associated with poverty, unemployment, and mass incarceration.
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These lengthy results, for example, include extensive evidence that involvement in the criminal justice system (such as being on parole or probation) is highly correlated with suicidality, depression, and serious mental illness. Yet Americans are not told that preventing unnecessary involvement with the criminal justice system—for example, marijuana legalization and drug use decriminalization—could well prove to be a more powerful antidote to suicidality, depression, and serious mental illness than medical treatment.
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via upworthy:
Anxiety and Depression. My Story, My Finest Hour.
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jan 2016 – on misinterpreting anxiety
Remarkably, the scientists found that a large portion of people with social anxiety disorder are gifted empaths— people whose right-brains are operating significantly above normal levels and are able to perceive the physical sensitivities, spiritual urges, motivations, and intentions of other people around them (see Dr Jill Bolte. Taylor’s TED Talk
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oct 2016 – anxiety is an invalid excuse by Kelly Wynne
http://www.justcutthebullshit.com/home/2016/10/20/anxiety-is-an-invalid-excuse
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Gabor Maté – maté basic needs law of human nature – crazywise – healing (roots of)
hari rat park law via a nother way
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Peter Gray on being free to learn
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Guy Winch – emotional hygiene
Josh Ovalle – minimum max
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from Nic – beyond the dark – how to help bear the load – non-judgment very important
http://nicaskew.com/collection/beyond-the-dark/
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Mary Lou share.. on mental health/illness
We have to find a way to do better. watch this and be haunted by it. http://fb.me/7AGq6ywqt
indeed.
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Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) tweeted at 6:17 AM – 17 Mar 2019 :
On this day in 1851, Dr. Samuel Cartwright reported on the discovery of “Drapetomania” – a “curable mental disease” causing enslaved people to have an urge to flee bondage and seek freedom. (http://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1107254636174557184?s=17)Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) tweeted at 6:17 AM – 17 Mar 2019 :
Dr. Cartwright claimed that Drapetomania was caused by masters who treated enslaved people as their equals, and prescribed “treatments” such as severe whipping and amputation of the toes. (http://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1107254637084770304?s=17)Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) tweeted at 6:17 AM – 17 Mar 2019 :
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice https://t.co/2ln2vPVkyM(http://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1107254637797797889?s=17)
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crazywise (doc) – (Gabor Maté, Will Hall, Phil Borges et al)
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be you. 