Travels Through Psychiatry

  Ask for help. Such a simple statement, but in the context of reaching out to mental health services for help, it’s quite complicated and daunting. Where I live, and on my disability income, my choices for services are limited to who takes Medicare, and out of that, who has openings, or what kind of waiting list I’ll be added to, and not about being able to search out styles or reputations of practitioners. So, what do I face if I’m struggling and take the suggestion to reach out for help? To aid in simplifying the answers, I’ll divide my response into three problematic aspects of mental health treatment. Did I say problematic? Yes. These three aspects are:      1)       inpatient psychiatric hospitalization      2)       medication      3)      therapy   If I call a crisis line or 911 or tell someone it’s really bad, I feel like ending it all, or I want to or have already hurt myse...

  I created all these memes over the last couple of years. Please feel free to save/share any. _____________________

  I've made these kinds of graphics and videos for over 2 years, since a psychiatrist stopped meds cold, and I awakened to what psych treatment had been doing to me. They are self-explanatory. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

  The Book of Terror (THC) is a collection of pictures I drew from May 2000 to April 2001. During this time, I was living in the San Francisco Bay area, in and out of psych units, and struggling to stop smoking weed constantly when I was out. Although, I have to say, probably the cannabis kept me more sane than anything as it focused me on making art, and helped me eat a little, and helped me get through the end stages of my mom's terminal cancer. The rest of this post is all the drawings, in the order that they appear in the book. ________________________________