Psychiatry has taken our emotional/spiritual problems and made them biological/brain problems. When you take a person’s emotional suffering and blame it on their lack of cognitive ability due to unproven biological reasons (chemical imbalance), more psychological/mental damage can occur, along with potential physiological damage from the side effects of medication.
The following is a list of things that helped me become professionally “undiagnosed” by a psychiatrist from Bipolar Disorder and off medication.
(Do not EVER stop taking your medication cold turkey or without professional help!!!)
- Belief in a higher power
The Mental Health Benefits of Religion & Spirituality
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2016/The-Mental-Health-Benefits-of-Religion-Spiritual - Talk with a psychologist
Psychotherapy
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/psychotherapy/about/pac-20384616#:~:text=Psychotherapy%20can%20help%20treat%20most,as%20depression%20or%20bipolar%20disorder. - Exercise
Is exercise more effective than medication for depression and anxiety?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-exercise-more-effective-than-medication-for-depression-and-anxiety
Harnessing Neuroplasticity: How Your Workout Impacts Brain Function
https://www.americansportandfitness.com/blogs/fitness-blog/harnessing-neuroplasticity-how-your-workout-impacts-brain-function
- Decrease sugar and processed food consumption
The impact of sugar consumption on stress driven, emotional and addictive behaviors
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763418308613
Sugar Is Wreaking Havoc on Your Hormonal Health
https://observer.com/2018/02/sugar-is-wreaking-havoc-on-your-hormonal-health/
- Understanding the link between trauma, flight or flight response, cortisol, & inflamation
Len Losik Ph.D
Mental Illness A Creation by the Fight-or-Flight
Free with Kindle Unlimited
Childhood Trauma, the HPA Axis and Psychiatric Illnesses
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.748372/full
Stress System Malfunction Could Lead to Serious, Life Threatening Disease
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/releases/stress
Inflammation in Mental Disorders: Is the Microbiota the Missing Link?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7475155/
Cortisol as a Biomarker of Mental Disorder Severity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584322/
- Practice gratitude
Effects of gratitude intervention on mental health and well‐being among workers: A systematic review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582291/ - Stop worrying about things out of your control
How Worrying Affects the Body
https://www.webmd.com/balance/how-worrying-affects-your-body - Control your anger
Anger – how it affects people
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/anger-how-it-affects-people - Practice forgiveness
Forgiveness can improve mental and physical health
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/01/ce-corner - Prayer & meditation
New Study Examines the Effects of Prayer on Mental Health
https://psychcentral.com/blog/new-study-examines-the-effects-of-prayer-on-mental-health#1
We must stop believing that a diagnosis has to be life long. You have to do your own hard work and research to get to the root cause and solutions. Medication may be necessary for some time and there is nothing wrong with that. What works for one, may not work for all. Always believe there is hope.
Here are a few videos I highly recommend
Medicating Normal
https://youtu.be/E6dvbeGpsO0?si=DlER5N9lZMx-OCVW
The Marketing of Madness – The Truth About Psychotropic Drugs
https://youtu.be/M_61ONB3b1c?si=9mDP6TcjKZ_Be6Yt
Psychiatry & Big Pharma Exposed
https://youtu.be/-Nd40Uy6tbQ?si=Zre3sC2d2Cy1GQKM
These and the books on the group background picture are full of invaluable information.
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