Fear of Cotton Balls is Called Sidlongophobia, et cetera
For my fellow fearers of certain textures, specifically those that cannot touch cotton balls, here is the link to the article on sidlongophobia, or fear of cotton balls. For anyone...
Blame the Victim!
This morning a good friend alerted me to the fact that there is a new website up. S/he was concerned it seemed to look almost identical to a website put...
The American Hikikomori
The American Hikikomori Michael Orion Powell [Jennifer L. Reimer's thoughts on the topic, posthumously, appear in italicized brackets] Welcome to my first post with Practice of Madness. Jen was kind...
Emotional Invalidation Questions, Take Two
<emotional invalidation: /the failure to recognize the legitimacy of someone else’s feelings or consider their unique experience (phenomenological theory in practice). The best examples are very simple, and include the...
The Funniest Psych Med Advertisement…
Sure, this one’s a giggle… And this one’s a real chuckle: …but the, what is the funniest psychopharmacological print ad I’ve seen since “Thorazine for Cancer”? (hint: it features two...
Neon Lights for a Single Mom: The Best Poetry I’ve Read for a Long Time
<first, whowhatwhenwherewhy> And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a word document so shiny I close mine at once. Work documents, never clean enough, downright dirty sometimes, like...
April, Bipolar Women, and Persephone: Good News for Everyone…
…trickle down economics invent Sky Gods that throw paper down from storm clouds. It turns out that invented Gods will not save a market in a “waning” phase. ”Growth” is...
The Mysterious Female Libido: An Allison Hammond Guest Post
The female libido is a mystery to many men and women. It often seems as though men can be turned on in an instant while women require complicated calculations and...
Practice of Madness: It’s Time For Me to Write a Book. But I Need Your Help.
Greetings my lovelies… Today, I got word from my boss that the hours of my my full-time mental health writing job are being slashed. Actually, überslashed. Because of budget cuts...
Iyanla: Don’t Fix My Life
I caught the tail end of the OWN network’s new Monday night headliner, “Iyanla, Fix My Life” tonight, and I’ve seen the ads for the past several weeks, during which...
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