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My experience with psychiatry

When I was 23 years old I was granted a disability pension on the basis of psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia. I was diagnosed as such at 19 years old. Why? And, how is that I now live without medication....

22 comments    mental illness schizophrenia
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Life before asylum

http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Doree-Inferno/ Old Books in the Public Domain This is off the cuff again, I have told this story many different ways, so many times. I'll breeze over the early bits, I could but...

16 comments    depression mental illness acid
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How to Use a Neti Pot to Help Cure A Cold Flu or Allergies

What is a Neti Pot? The Neti Pot looks like a cross between Aladdin’s lamp and a teapot. You use a Neti Pot to perform a healing sinus wash called nasal irrigation or “douching”. Cleaning out your sinuses with liquid is really nothing new; in fact, nasal irrigation goes back thousands of years beginning with the ancient Yogis

10 comments    swine flu cold flu neti pot
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Insane Asylums -America's Most Notorious Hauntings

Haunted Insane Asylum Insane Asylum Death, illness and tragedy have long permeated the history of American insane asylums. Beggining in the late 18th century buildings that housed the criminally and mentally insane swept...

17 comments    death ghosts illness
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Causes of Menstrual Spotting

 Menstrual spotting is something that happens to most women at some point in their lives although it can be more frequent for some women than it is for others. Because menstrual spotting is common, it is not...

11 comments    health life women
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Psychosis Vs. Neurosis - Definitions & Differences

Do you know how psychosis or neurosis are defined, on a medical level, what the signs and symptoms are, or how they are treated? Simple definitions and the differences between the two are highlighted below.

16 comments    health anxiety psychology
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Structuring the mind

As a follow up to my last hub “The 8th Chakra” I though it would be logical to give you a view on the structure that I related to. It is always a good thing to visualize what we built in our mind along...

0 comments    energy process mind
Alanis Morissette95

Celebrities with Eating Disorders - List and Pics

Brief bios and pics of eating disordered celebrities.

67 comments    entertainment pictures photos
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How Important is Sleep?

As more and more is discovered about sleep, scientists are realizing the importance of sleep on our overall mental and physical health. Unbelievably, we spend one-third of our life sleeping or approximately...

14 comments    sleep diabetes obesity
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Yes, Virginia, There Is Something Called Clinical Depression

Just recently I was part of an online discussion about whether or not depression is a real medical disorder as opposed to simply being “a wrong mindset”. Having suffered from clinical depression for 20+...

13 comments    depression mental health therapy
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