| I would never encourage anyone who is currently | | | | There are natural alternatives to medication. |
| on a strict regime of psychiatric medication, to | | | | Beating psychosis and low mood demands a |
| give this up. Medication can be necessary and | | | | commitment. |
| beneficial in times of crisis. However, one's long | | | | An integration of healthy activity on a DAILY |
| term goal should be to live a life completely free | | | | basis with good nutrition and an Omega 3 and |
| of psychiatric intervention. This is a desirable state | | | | multivitamin supplement is part of the approach |
| of affairs for a variety of reasons, some of | | | | that you can adopt in order to break free from |
| which are presented here. | | | | the need for medical intervention in your life. |
| Stigma. | | | | Insight |
| Everyone knows how mental health is stigmatized | | | | Nobody likes to consider that they are unwell...but |
| by the mainstream media. Here is an interesting | | | | there is no shame in breakdown...Formula One |
| question...how many of those London knife killings | | | | Cars break down and they are supposed to be at |
| we keep hearing about are perpetrated by people | | | | the razor sharp edge of technical achievement. |
| who are under the care of psychiatric services? | | | | Sometimes even the best drivers will hit the dirt. |
| As far as I am aware, there was little mention of | | | | A golfing genius will not win every tournament. |
| any mental health problem in relation to | | | | Manchester United will sometimes get thrashed. |
| perpetrators of this spate of killings (well over 20 | | | | Life is imperfection made perfect. Once you |
| in about half a year). | | | | come to terms with your psychosis, the quicker |
| Yet when the media gives us one report of a | | | | you can kill it off. |
| mentally unbalanced person who commits an act | | | | Read everything you can about your condition. |
| of violence, every man and his dog is fleeing for | | | | This will arm you with the knowledge you need to |
| his nuclear bunker at the first sight of a full moon. | | | | wipe it out. Conditions of the brain are defeated |
| It is not in your interests to be under the long | | | | by utilising the brain itself. Get your brain |
| term care of psychiatric services. If you can | | | | functioning, get it stimulated. |
| summon the drive and energy to break free, | | | | When you are tired and depressed, read anyway, |
| then you put yourself into the daylight, you take | | | | even if it seems like the most tiresome thing in |
| control of your life and nobody can point a finger | | | | the world. Everybody has a brain. Unfortunately |
| at you. The nature of our society encourages | | | | not everyone knows how to use it for their best |
| mental ill health, but society does not want to | | | | advantage. If you have never heard of Neuro |
| clean up after itself. It would rather throw labels | | | | Linguistic programming, now is the time to check |
| around and put you in a straitjacket for the rest | | | | it out. |
| of your days. Do not accept this double standard. | | | | Medication is artificial and while it might offer |
| It is bad enough that society stigmatises and | | | | temporary relief, those who are armed with true |
| ridicules people with mental health problems, so | | | | insight and the will to be free and independent, will |
| the last thing you need is them dosing you up to | | | | find everything they need to survive out there in |
| the eyelids with chemical nastiness forever and a | | | | the natural world. |
| day. | | | | Once you give your mind and body all the breaks |
| Medication is a short term answer. The side | | | | that it needs, everything you need to sustain life |
| effects of anti-psychotics and mood stabilisers | | | | can be found in the supermarket and your health |
| can in fact be more ruinous than certain aspects | | | | food stores. |
| of mental psychosis. | | | | |