Tag: education

Voice Hearers -Mad In America

New research indicates that voice-hearers are at risk of epistemic injustice, are dismissed as unreliable sources of knowledge, and lack societal frameworks to understand their experiences meaningfully. The study, published in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology, explores how voice-hearers inside and outside the mental health system experience epistemic injustice.

The qualitative study results revealed that those who hear voices are highly stigmatized, lack a meaningful societal structure to make sense of their voice-hearing outside of the medical model, and are viewed as uncredible sources of knowledge. Despite this, access to spaces or “safe harbors” where voice-hearers experiences were validated and normalized was found to protect against the adverse effects of epistemic injustice.

The researchers, led by Pamela Jacobsen of the University of Bath, write:

“Research has highlighted the particular difficulties voice-hearers can have making sense of their experiences and integrating these into their self-understanding. Voice-hearers in receipt of mental health care, or ‘clinical’ voice-hearers, have reported having to explain their voices by adopting concepts that they may not feel entirely represent their experience, such as medicalized approaches, and being disempowered in conversation with professionals, causing distress and reinforcing self-perceptions of being ‘not normal.’”

https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/voice-hearers-unfairly-perceived-unreliable-reporters-experiences/

www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/voice-hearers-unfairly-perceived-unreliable-reporters-experiences/

Green Man

The Green Man is a legendary being primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, and my first foray into depictions of the Sacred Masculine.. He is most commonly depicted in a representation of a face which is made of, or completely surrounded by, leaves. Some speculate that the mythology of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate ancient cultures and evolved into the wide variety of examples found throughout history.

There are legends of him in which, like Osiris, he is dismembered and reborn; and prophecies connecting him with the end of time. His is the voice of inspiration to the aspirant and committed artist. He can come as a white light or the gleam on a blade of grass, but more often as an inner mood. The sign of his presence is the ability to work or experience with tireless enthusiasm beyond one’s normal capacities. In this there may be a link across cultures, because one reason for the enthusiasm of the medieval sculptors for the Green Man may be that he was the source of every inspiration.

.Where Mother Earth is the vessel which sustains all life and through which all life grows, the Green Man is the overseer, tending to the details of that growth. He is the spiritual warrior charged with defending Mother Earth and caring for Her creatures. He embodies the entirety of Her energy, and it is as this powerful warrior soul that I have depicted him.

His message is remembering that the

To me, he is the perfect embodiment of God on this Earth, and of the Sacred Masculine. And a perfect beginning to this artistic journey.

“The Green Man”

Mixed Media”

2022

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1 in 7 Dr use RX or alcohol to cope with stress

Our medical system was very lowly rated before COVID and has been highlighted in not being prepared for such events .

I’ve known these Drs and lawyers with real life issues and a very distorted view of their self importance .

Mind Body & Spirit are best incorporated for success as more holistic approaches are accepted

The education and training in our medical field is very flawed and in need of change

Focus on the nutrition , sleep -wake ratio and end the allied partnership with chemical companies who produce RX and speculators who decide prices etc

Much improvement to be had for sure .,,

www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/survey-finds-1-in-7-physicians-uses-alcohol-or-drugs-on-the-job-to-cope-with-stress