the muse and the mad hatter : Reflections on the currren state of psychiatry

The current psychiatric model’s stigmatization of conditions like schizophrenia overlooks the potential for creative cognition and personal significance in hallucinatory experiences, suggesting a need for a more nuanced approach that acknowledges individual strengths and the complexities of these disorders.

BALANCING HEART, INTELLECT, AND INSTINCT

I’m lying in bed and wake up to the sound of rain. It’s a cold Spring, the rain is icy and it’s a holiday. The sound of the rain brings a feeling of duality. Feelings of coziness and the knowledge that winter continues even though it’s officially spring. I’m thinking that it’s never been this cold on this particular holiday. It’s usually sunny and bright and flowers are starting to bloom. The world is awakening slowly from winter. We are also well into the year of the dragon. The dragon, the most powerful sign of the Chinese zodiac, is unstable, … More