Tag: Health

Eyes :Soon I’ll be reconditioned!

Last week I had an eye exam. I get them as I can afford them and my vision demanded to get an exams.

My prescription changed very little . The scratched lens wasn’t the only reason for my blurred vision .

I have cataracts in both eyes and k my vision is blurry . Quoted the out of pocket , I feel I can make it happen soon .

I have come to realize that I experienced 3 health issues that were resolved Jan 15 and could have died from any one of the 3 .

So while I’m uninsured , have Type A Medicare , and have not been able to add a better plan and supplemental .

Just as my credit was clearing , largely to loosing my health care in a divorce that was ignorant of the truths and being targeted in said divorce to insure I’d fail .

The 2nd reason beyond a very bad experience of trying to acquire health insurance and my alliance with natural – holistic health and healing .

My hospital and rehab experience was as it should have been . Over 30 days after surgery I cancelled an MRI to receive a call from Drs office saying a lesion had been found on my liver but was probably nothing !

Seriously ! A $10,000 MRI required when no mention was made of the liver lesson for 30 days !

Then I received a packet of forms from a cancer specialist and I cancelled that Dr

I have a Dr I have confidence in and feel confident of our treatment plan

I am using topical testosterone to help build muscle mass and am not at all treated to adverse reactions .

I have had sweet lessons and some harsh ones and am releasing energies whom ever they be that are not aware of my change and worth

I’m not gonna loose faith due to medical debts but my income is stretched to the max which allows this “ ground hog day “ financial crisis and was gratified to note an increase in my income last year which was unexpected in this 2nd year of contract that should not increase nor decrease!

I’m focused on finding a home as prices fall and not trying to stress over many examples of lower energies who do much harm

Spiritual attacks are a reality but I am freed .

I’m winging it again as my helper had pressing personal problems including relocating.

All is well with my soul 🙏😘❤️

Blessings & Peace

Dona Luna

Colonial Psychology- Mad in America

Around the Web, from Psychology Today: “Psychological theory, research and practice have been increasingly criticized for their narrow perspective and biases, many of which are reflective of WEIRD culture (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic [sic]; Henrich et al., 2010). There are alternative approaches to psychology.

In his new book, A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth, Arthur Blume (2020) provides both a critique and an alternative psychology, based on how psychology has been practiced for thousands of years by Indigenous/First Nation communities. Blume contrasts the premises of Indigenous psychology with what he calls colonial psychology.

Colonial Psychology

The field of psychology was founded by White males and continues to be dominated by people who are descendants of White Europeans. Only 0.1% of American Psychological Association membership is American Indian/Alaska Native. From the beginning the field tried to establish itself as a science, but not the kind of science Native Peoples practice.

Blume identifies several perspectives of the ‘colonial’ worldview he considers myths because they are contrary to the longstanding psychologies of Native Peoples.

Blume calls nature ‘creation,’ to ‘grant it the respect it deserves as the entity from which we derive our existences’ (pp. 4-5).

Here are key constructs within the field of ‘colonial’ psychology. Note that it can be difficult to recognize one’s own cultural assumptions unless one is immersed in a contrary culture. Again, these are contrary to Indigenous psychology.

— Creation must be improved.

— The individual self is central.

— Life is compartmentalized.

— Ownership is possible and desirable.

— Time is bounded.

— Existence is hierarchical.“

www.madinamerica.com/2023/03/colonial-psychology-the-psychology-we-all-recognize-darcia-narvez-phd/

New Recommendations for prescribing psychiatric RX

New recommendations for deprescribing and tapering antidepressants, benzodiazepines, z-drugs, gabapentinoids, and opioids have been made based on input from service users and a global survey.

These recommendations were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE by a team of authors from the United Kingdom, including Ruth E. Cooper, Michael Ashman, Jo Lomani, Joanna Moncrieff, Anne Guy, James Davies, Nicola Morant, and Mark Horowitz.

The authors not only documented the current state of deprescribing and tapering but also aimed to identify factors that contribute to successful outcomes for service users who go through the deprescribing and tapering process.

“In the UK, a recent Public Health England (PHE) Report identified the scale of the prescribing of drugs that can cause dependence and withdrawal as a significant public health issue. It found that one in four adults in England were prescribed at least one prescription of a benzodiazepine, z-drug, gabapentinoid, opioid or antidepressant in 2017–2018,” the authors write.

“In the USA, it is estimated that 10.4% of people are using benzodiazepines, and benzodiazepine-related deaths have risen, which has generated concern. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated a boxed warning for benzodiazepine medications to add information about the risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions…In Norway, due to dissatisfaction with aspects of mental healthcare, including high rates of prescribing of psychiatric medication, service user groups successfully campaigned for the introduction (from 2015) of medication-free mental health services into national policy.”

Global Survey Leads to New Recommendations for Deprescribing Psychiatric Drugs

www.madinamerica.com/2023/03/global-survey-leads-to-insight-on-deprescribing-psychiatric-drugs/

Energy Amping Up

“The cosmic weather is very intense. At the moment, many are preparing to receive more of our soul essence flowing through our body. Feeling exhausted for no reason, lost, emotional, not sure what you’re doing or why you are here, is completely normal. Cold and flu symptoms may appear, a runny nose, headaches, swollen throat and blocked sinuses. It is important to activate the lymphatic system. Keep it healthy. Avoid all toxins. Only eat high vibrational food.”

Mental Campaigns – Mad in America

An article published in New Ideas in Psychology hypothesizes that mental health awareness efforts in Western countries may be partially responsible for the rise of mental health problems those countries are experiencing. Psychologists Lucy Foulkes from the University of Oxford in the UK and Jack Andrews from the University of New South Wales in Australia wrote the article.

Foulkes and Andrews argue that the increase in mental health problems in places pushing greater mental health awareness likely involves at least two precipitating factors. First, more people with mental health problems accurately report symptoms that would have been under-reported, ignored, or dismissed if not for greater mental health awareness. Second, some people with mild forms of distress incorrectly interpret their experience as a mental health problem.

According to the authors, the latter case can lead to mental health problems that would have otherwise not existed due to the power of labeling. They write:

“First, we argue that mental health awareness efforts are leading to more accurate reporting of previously under-recognized symptoms, a beneficial outcome. Second, and more problematically, we propose that awareness efforts are leading some individuals to interpret and report milder forms of distress as mental health problems. We propose that this then leads some individuals to experience a genuine increase in symptoms because labeling distress as a mental health problem can affect an individual’s self-concept and behavior in a way that is ultimately self-fulfilling.”

Mental Health Awareness Campaigns May Actually Lead to Increases in Mental Distress

www.madinamerica.com/2023/03/mental-health-awareness-campaigns-may-actually-lead-to-global-increases-in-mental-distress/