Against the Wall
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Against the Wall
with her clients, she says, “three lacks” are typical—lack of control, identity, and self-worth—along with a need to numb pain. “In a relational world . . . the human psyche devises a brilliant means to emotionally survive,”
Gabor Maté • The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
To deconstruct my definition of suffering as mental illness was also to deconstruct my definition of getting better. If healing doesn’t mean a reduction in symptoms, what does it look like? I wasn’t going to find out by tripping or reading books or having therapy, but by stepping away from it all and living.
Rose Cartwright • I Was the Poster Girl for OCD. Then I Began to Question Everything I’d Been Told About Mental Illness
