Info Anna Schuleit’s Flower Art in “Mass Mental” Just before the infamous “Mass. Mental” (formally known as Massachusetts Mental Health Center) was being shut for good, artist Anna Schuleit created an art installation with nearly 28,000 potted flowers. Here are news items about the art event. Bloom: 28,000 Potted Flowers Installed at the Massachusetts Mental…
Too often I have rued, lamented, the fact that I am so demented. I wonder what the reasons are that cause me to be so bizarre. While other people act quite sane I do strange things that are inane. Against my plight I’ve raged and railed; I’ve grieved, protested, shrieked and wailed. I’ve searched for…
A poem by Tom Greening. DRUG EFFECTS I will ignore your righteous shrugs and keep on gulping lots of drugs. I know they are not good for me but they fend off reality. Some drugs are pink and others blue, but all I care is what they do. They cheer me up, they calm…
Why do I have these wild relapses? I blame them on my sick synapses. My brain lacks neural density resulting in sub par plasticity. With neurons frayed, flawed, and deficient my coping skills are insufficient. That’s why I want to kiss and hug the doc who gives me some new drug each month and blithely…
Although I think that I’m just fine my friends claim that I’m borderline. Each time I rant and rave a bit they say that I have had a fit. They diagnose me as a nut and then they try to drug me but I know that God is on my side and that I’ll soon…
by Tom Greening QUACK I could lose my license for offering this experimental treatment unproven by clinical trials and double-blind studies. No glossy brochures or stylish advertising with testimonials tout its benefits and safety. Still I go on peddling my home brew to those who suffer, and hope someday scientists will find a way…
A poem about how various family members abuse one member in the family, and then make that person out to be the mentally ill one because of how s/he reacts to their abuse. What’s Wrong With Bess? Author: Liz Purcell What’s Wrong with Bess? What’swrongwith Bess? They like to say. She seldom ever. Wants to . . . play. Or have her hair. Done up in curls. As is the way. Of normal . . . girls. What’s wrong with Bess? She sure is queer. It’s good the rest of…
Info Ron Unger is chair of the MindFreedom Lane County Affiliate, which has used movie showings to reach the public, even on issues that are usually avoided in the media. For several years, MFI has had successful film showings. Ron has compiled a brief list of tips, including how to obtain some of the DVD’s…
Info In Newsweek, 1 May 2011, famous performer Stevie Nicks disclosed how agreeing to a prescription for psychiatric drugs back in the 1980’s became one of the biggest mistakes of not just her performing career, but her life. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 38.1 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Document Actions Print this “Stevie” Nicks is well-known American singer-songwriter, who became famous with the rock band Fleetwood Mac and her impressive solo career. The magazine Newsweek has a feature in which a famous person talks about a major mistake they made. Stevie Nicks identified her experience in the 1980’s when she agreed to…