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Defending the Indefensible
I just googled myself, looking for something I’d written, and happened upon a blog written about me by Cathi Carol (http://cathicarolblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/anne-c-woodlen/). I can’t find any place on her blog where I can comment, which is the first problem. On my … Continue reading
Posted in mental illness
Tagged boundaries, Cathi Carol, colleague, friend, lover, narcissism, psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, sex, therapist, therapy, writing
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Loving Others
What were the best moments of your life? My last glucose was 544, so I thought this was a good time to collect the best moments of my life. The most recent was in April at the Empathic Therapy Conference. … Continue reading
Therapist or Lover?
The sky is blue; the sun is bright; the greenery is lush and the strawberry crop is in. I will recover—but there should not be anything I have to recover from. One weekend I was visiting my sister. She cooked … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, mental illness, patient
Tagged accountability, Intimate relationship, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient, psychotherapy, sex, Sexuality, therapist, therapy, truth
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Carol Hayes Collier, Truth and Sex: Answers to Questions
What to do if you catch patients having sex on a psych unit If it appears consensual, then honor the celebration of life, walk away and keep your mouth shut. If it appears nonconsensual, scream bloody murder to get staff members to come break … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, CPEP, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged anger, Carol Hayes-Collier, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, drugs, emergency care, freedom, George Ebert, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, nonviolent communication, NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS OMG, Office of Mental Health, OMH, Patient, Paul Cohen, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, recovery, sex, St. Joseph's Hospital, T, The Alliance, TLS, Transitional Living Services, truth, Unique Peerspectives, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center, violent radical
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Replying to the Recovering Psychiatrist
In regard to the good fairy, honorable physicians, and other fictional creatures—we are an immature nation that still wants daddy to take care of us. That’s the whole book right there. Physicians and the American medical industry get away with … Continue reading
Posted in depression, doctor, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, mental health, mental illness, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry
Tagged Allah, American medical industry, Antidepressant, antidepressants, arrogance, Bhagavad Gita, Brahman, brain, Christian, church, death, deity, depression, doctor, drugs, family, God, healing, Holy Bible, Holy Koran, homosexual, inpatient psychiatry, Jesus, lesbian, Living Buddha Living Christ, Medicaid, Medicare, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Methodism, Methodist, neurotheology, Patient, pharmaceuticals, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Qur'an, recovery, Ruth Woodlen, sacred texts, sex, spirituality, Yahweh
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Men, Women and Doctors
The sun has risen on a skiff of snow covering the houses and hills outside my window. My home and I are quiet this morning. James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend” accompanies tea. Rainbows are dancing off the prism … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, drugs, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist
Tagged Activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Ativan, bipolar, Bipolar disorder, bully, complaince, Conditions and Diseases, Disability, doctors, Drug, drugs, God, Health Care, Lorazepam, Medicine, men, MS, multiple sclerosis, patients, pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, physician, physicians, power, psychologist, relationships, sex, side effects, sleep, sleep apnea, Sleep disorder, spirituality, therapist, Values | Tagged antidepressants, women
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After I Stopped Taking Antidepressants, 2001-2008
Instead of drugging myself into insensitivity, I had to deal with the real, raw emotions of life. There was an enormous amount of anger. I became a student of anger, learned what it was for, why we have it, what to … Continue reading
Posted in mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, psychiatric patient, Support line
Tagged acupuncture, anger, antidepressants, Bipolar disorder, chiropractic, creating health, depression, Disability, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, Dr. Paul M. Cohen, Dr. Stephen Wechsler, drugs, family, gardening, hypnotherapy, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mind, power, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, self-respect, sex, Wise Woman
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