Wanderlust, Medicalized.
I meant to write a post about “wanderlust” long ago, for the most part to show you this amazing music video. If you do not like Bjork just turn the...
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...
Top 10 Hospitals In the US
Every year, U.S. News and World Report does a ranking of the best hospitals in the United States. They subdivide these into areas of expertise. Using their rankings, we will go through...
Free MMPI Online
Take the MMPI for free online by following the linked files below (Minnesota Multi-Phasal Personality Index, a psych evaluation standard for any job that requires such “high risk” clearance, such...
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...
*Just Released*…
…from the psych ward (where else?). Allow me a few days to sum up the private apocalypse that landed me in the place of pills in paper ketchup cups, code...
How I Pulled Myself Out of the Gutter: Part One (The Gutter)
Part One is Dedicated to Wendy M. that I met at the “Hotel Vic” (unit six and Winnipeg’s Victoria General Hospital) and who has been a close friend ever since:...
Why Am I So Bored?
That is the question. Today, it is 30º Celsius (around 90-something Fahrenheit) and I have the wonderful chance to spend this August long weekend in Canada (Monday is “BC day”,...
Practice of Madness: Upcoming Survivor Memoir Announcement
This winter, I will be penning my second survivor memoir, spanning the past decade. My first is available here for free – bear in mind I wrote it seven years...
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