17th Jun 2013
wanderlust

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...

26th May 2013
courtesy Jennifer L. Reimer - direct queries @jenniferLreimer

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...

23rd May 2013
appeal_to_pity_by_chaser1992-d60at50

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...

21st May 2013
hospital__by_imaginarythought

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...

07th Mar 2013
L_and_the_MMPI_II_closeup_by_minetruly

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...

19th Dec 2012
every-penny-counts

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...

14th Dec 2012
pills-in-paper-cup

*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...

05th Oct 2012
Photo on 2012-10-02 at 23.28

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:...

04th Aug 2012
Boredom_by_kmye_chan

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”,...

22nd Jul 2012
Practice of Madness: Upcoming Survivor Memoir Announcement

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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