treatments
The past, present and future of psychiatric diagnosis and beliefs about treatment in every culture and pocket of society.
Am I unwell? or, is the Australian Mental Health System?. Content Warning.
Content Warning: The following article discusses suicide and may be triggering for some readers. If you, or someone you know is in danger or needs support, please call 000 or a crisis helpline such as Lifeline on 13 11 14 immediately. More information on support can be found at Lifeline’s website: https://www.lifeline.org.au/
By Rowan Huxleyabout a month ago in Psyche
Watch Out Wednesdays - 2/4/26 (Opinion)
We are smack dab into the first week of February! I hope that everyone is preparing to watch Super Bowl LX (60) on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. This game will definitely be decided in the fourth quarter.
By Adrian Holmanabout a month ago in Psyche
Homework Assignment - Right, Wrong, or Grey-zone?
So my autism therapist gave me some homework for a new form (to me at least) of therapy. It is an Internal Family Systems parts mapping exercise and I have no idea if I am doing it correctly or not, but I just wanted to write about my experience... *smile*
By The Schizophrenic Momabout a month ago in Psyche
A Headache, New Medication, and a Happy Outcome
As of Saturday, I had a headache. Again. Or maybe still? I had a new prescription that was finally approved that I was really hoping would help with my headache, but was a headache to be approved for in and of itself. The paperwork had been delayed by a week. The paperwork had been completed - and then rejected because one item wasn't "clearly" marked.
By The Schizophrenic Momabout a month ago in Psyche
Pancreatic Cancer Cure: Truth, Hope, and Hard Questions
When people search for a pancreatic cancer cure, they are rarely just browsing. They are often scared, awake late at night, reading quietly while the house sleeps. This disease carries a heavy reputation, and the words around it feel sharp and final. But the full picture is more complex than the fear suggests. Outcomes are changing. Treatments are improving. Some patients do reach long-term survival, and in certain cases, doctors can remove the disease completely. Hope exists, but it lives beside realism, not fantasy. This article explains what a pancreatic cancer cure really means today, how treatment works, when cure is possible, and why research still matters deeply. Clear information does not remove fear, but it replaces confusion with understanding.
By Muqadas khanabout a month ago in Psyche
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Psyche
Resistance Is Not the Enemy
Iron sharpens iron. Brakes save lives. Friction preserves form. Modern culture treats resistance as failure. Anything that slows momentum is framed as obstruction, anything that introduces friction is assumed to be opposition, and anything that interrupts progress is labeled a setback. But this instinct misunderstands how both physical systems and human growth actually work. Resistance is not inherently hostile. In many cases, it is the only thing preventing collapse.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Psyche
The Refiner’s Fire Is Not the Whetstone
There is a difference between being sharpened and being transformed, and confusing the two leads to frustration when growth does not feel productive. Sharpening implies refinement of existing form. Fire implies change in composition. Both processes are uncomfortable, but they operate on different levels and for different purposes. When people expect sharpening and receive fire instead, they often assume something has gone wrong, when in reality something deeper is taking place.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Psyche
You See From Where You Stand
"The room remains full whether you can see it or not." One of the most persistent misunderstandings about perception is the assumption that seeing is the same as knowing. People often believe that if something feels clear, it must be complete, and if something feels obscure, it must be absent. But awareness does not work that way. What you perceive at any moment is not a measure of what exists. It is a measure of what your current position allows to pass through.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Psyche
