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She's fabulous! Smart, funny and a great advocate. Thanks for posting, Esther.

Such a powerful article and so well-written. THank you @dave30th for going there, for writing this, for doing all this. Writing through tears, and gratitude.

A friend of mine was riding her bicycle in the bike lane of a major city and was "doored" by a taxi patron. She was flung from her cycle and tore her ACL, so was on crutches for a very long time. She also repeatedly experienced the unexplainable refusal from bus drivers to push the button that...

That was a great inaugural episode! Thank you Gary, Jen and Robert :party::emoji_champagne_glass:

Just FYI, the brain dye was likely a radioactive substance. Angiogram uses iodine.

Oh, so good to hear that. I moved last fall while my helper was away, it was horrible. I did have some help here and there, but even with movers (just to move, not pack) it was a lot to manage. Having the movers pack and unpack is the greatest gift you could give yourself :angel: Wish I had done...

Great news, Dechi! I wish you abundant helpers and cheerleaders for the move!

I think one of the most important issues to consider in this therapy is that it is has been historically used without the person's consent (since the victim is usually deemed "mentally ill" and therefore magically unable to have an opinion about their body or health care.) Considering some of...

I'm sorry but a pregnant woman going into convulsive seizures for any reason, let alone electrically induced ones, is not going to do any favours to a growing fetus. I don't require science to explain the risks yea or nay.

I still cannot comprehend how it is allowed (legally, morally, rationally) for a group of people to decide that once people are labelled "mentally ill" in some way, they somehow magically can never have any sort of medical condition or needs that might require treatment? It is so nonsensical...

I would ask ahead of time what the dye is, and do a little research. For me that would be the main area of concern.

There is such an atmosphere of retrogression in western culture right now. We are truly in some hideous dark ages of human mind and culture, despite all our technological advances, which are far outstripping our capacity to use them wisely. In the sixties, a friend's mother was sectioned...

One and the same.

The father (Asa Watkins) of a friend of mine was a conscientious objector during WWII. He was sent to "serve" at a terrible, abusive mental hospital where conditions were horrid, and went on to be an activist for mental health reform. (He was in an excellent documentary about this called "The...

I guess it never occurred to them, as now, that the effects of a toxic nerve agent on the central nervous system might have led to its weakening and vulnerability to the very real horrific effects of war/trauma? I think psychs exist primarily as an ideological propaganda barrier against all the...

I think a coordinated group effort at the level of the AMA would be the best approach. In the end this ought not to be a state-by-state issue, it is a human rights issue and thus correct policy should be instigated across the country (and world!) I think your instinct is correct that an...

It's more than moralizing. Despite the Obama-Era "protections", many state-legal dispensaries and grow operations have been raided. They seize assets (including cash), throw a bunch of people into private prisons, and even raid data bases for members' info.

Expert liars lie to themselves first. Then they practice those lies on others so that the lies gain weight, refining the details as they go. Each telling convinces themselves ever more. In this way they are able to convince themselves completely the big fat whoppers they tell are the truth; but...

By doing his job and letting congress know the areas where increased funding is needed. He doesn't increase the funding, congress does. But he does present his expert opinion for their consideration.