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...
Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing? (full documentary)
For anyone else who needs a smile, have a great big belly laugh. Famed existential psychotherapist and cultural hero R.D. Laing was a man of many talents. It is hard...
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...
“in conversation with Native Son” (Guest Post)
Hello all, I am busy fundraising to cover the $1200 fee I must pay to publish my survivor memoir, Inkling, in early spring 2013. Please note that for the next...
Six Feet Under: Television for Serial Insomniacs, Christmas Rejects, and the Terminally Insane
It is 4:25 am. My lucky number, 25. Cat Power is singing in my ears and my dad is sound asleep in the hotel bed beside me, as I listen...
Now Reading… “The Psychopath Test” by Jon Ronson
Since tapering off both Effexor XR (took almost a decade) and Seroquel XR (took a couple of weeks), I’ve been able to do something I haven’t been able to for...
Mad Pride in Toronto, July 10-15, 2012…
As you may well know, Toronto, Canada’s got Mad Pride, especially this weekend, when “Mad Pride Toronto” rallies in various venues throughout the city. I would love to do a...
Tori Amos Plays “Datura” Live?
And now for a little Tori, and a little scarsarestories… Anyone else have a tear in their hand after she sings, “I dyed my hair red, today”? A few days...
This Business of Making Money Online, Making Money Blogging, In-Text Link Ads, Sponsored Reviews, and other options, publishers and bloggers!
> I figured out how I could get around the admittedly difficult task earlier of not writing during my slightly shameless-feeling online campaign “please donate!” with Paypal and an animated can,...
This Is The Song (That Never Ends)
Once upon a time there was a disillusioned grad student, screen name: scarsarestories. Blocked from carrying out a government scholarship funded project on children and psychotropic medications by a right-wing...
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