In this book, I have described effective ways that I had come up with to get out of depression. I tested them on myself for several years by trial and error. I had to discover a whole new world of dealing with emotions, which was often at odds with what Western civilization has been telling […]
Will Hall is a therapist and a researcher. As a young man Will was diagnosed with schizophrenia, prescribed antipsychotic drugs and told he would never recover. A year later he stopped taking all medication and began the journey of coming back to full mental health using holistic methods. Will is also a world-known specialist in […]
Theoretically, we have no control over the mind and it may seem that we are helpless against extreme emotional states, just as we are unable to consciously control the heartbeat. However, it is known that you can speed up or slow down your heart rate by breathing or by taking certain physical exercises. We can […]
A good psychotherapist must have courage to follow the patient into the world of fear and must have some sense of humor to be able to understand a metaphor. As Joanne Greenberg says, ‘I had the map and my psychotherapist had the light’. What is it like to be schizophrenic? What does it take to […]
‘Depression is like a barometer. It’s something that indicates that everything is not right within your life, that something is going wrong’, says dr Joanna Moncrieff, a psychiatrist and a professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London. Is depression a disease of the brain or a state of mind? What are antidepressants […]
Artykuł zamieszczony w portalu Mad in America, organizacji charytatywnej działającej na rzecz pacjentów psychiatrycznych. For over thirty years now I have been a journalist, traveler, and writer. I have written over a hundred books, most of them self-help books about reprogramming the subconscious mind, a healthy lifestyle, travel adventure books, cookbooks, and courses in foreign […]
Recent research shows that: • Antidepressants are psychoactive substances that change the way the brain works. • The cause of depression (or schizophrenia or other mental illness) is not known. • Antidepressants do not 'fix chemical imbalances’ in the brain, but rather cause changes in the brain that affect emotions, personality and how the body […]
Beata Pawlikowska is a writer, journalist, traveler, and author of over one hundred motivational, travel, culinary, and language books about her solo trips to various ends of the world, her life transformations, and her healthy lifestyle. Beata does her own photographs and drawings for the books. Beata is the President of the Hope and Knowledge […]
Life under pressure is like an emotional prison from which there seems to be no escape. All you can see is the walls around you, you feel stuck, with nowhere to go, everything seems pointless, and you fall into chaos, sadness and powerlessness. I used to feel that way too. Until I discovered that the […]
I am a happy traveler in the journey through life. I have a small bundle of things that I need for today. I travel light, looking around with curiosity. I can see some red poppies in the grass, a magpie looking for food for its children, I can see fluttering little green leaves on […]
