When treatment makes you sick: the eating disorder clinic
Of course I wish I had never endured the years of brainwashing and lies in that clinic. But I had the good fortune to get out. I don’t know how to help others being told their ‘eating disorder’ is a lifelong sentence that requires constant management. I have my voice, and I will use it
The Emperor’s New Clothes
I cannot prop up or carry a sham of integrity of us being an Ideal Service. I cannot cover up where we fall short, or pretend that we haven’t done anything that needs to be acknowledged or accounted and apologised for.
Two poems: ‘Skin’ & ‘Darkness.’
SACRED SKIN
As she danced gracefully by me
I saw her sacred satin skin
it was beautifully translucent
but the scars were wearing thin
kris-crossed upon her entity
woven realms...
Crisis in Serviceland
My experience of childhood abuse put the power in others and removed my control. My later experiences with Mental Health Services did the same. Now I have the PHB, I have the control to do what feels right for me.
In Memoriam: Paula Joan Caplan
Paula Caplan, known for her fierce criticism of psychiatry and its diagnostic manual, died Wednesday at age 74.