The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: mental health

  • My Visit to Northern State Hospital

    My Visit to Northern State Hospital

    You could be locked up for life in this asylum for arbitrary reasons, such as being post-menopausal.

  • A Desperate Plea to Future Mental Health Professionals from an Adult-Diagnosed Autistic

    There is a tsunami of adult autistic trauma out there. We need your help.

  • It Doesn’t Take Much to Feel Fulfilled

    Life satisfaction is closer than one might think.

  • Spring Fever in the COVID Era

    It’s more about the Fever and less about the Spring this year.

  • Dissociation

    It was an effective coping mechanism for me, as things go.

  • Hostile Poetry

    Don’t just bare your soul and leave it out there, exposed to the elements…

  • Weird Travel Syndromes

    They’re enough to make you want to stay home. Well, no they aren’t. But they certainly make you think.

  • Again

    Our children are dying. 18 school shootings so far this year. (But it must be noted that this number is controversial, and depends on one’s definition of a school shooting. Still, I think we can agree that even one is too many.) We are not even through February. What’s the magic number? How many have…

  • Reach Out

    I used to love to sit on my porch swing when I owned a house in Jacksonville, Florida. I could look out on the park across the street and take in a game of softball or lacrosse, or watch people come and go from the public library. I especially enjoyed seeing the various neighborhood dogs…

  • Pick on Someone Your Own Size

    Of all the collateral damage caused by our Grand Poobah, I have to say I feel the most sorry for Barron Trump. If he’s not being criticized about being sleepy at 3 in the morning, he’s being called “Poor Little Rich Boy” or being accused of mental health issues. Childhood is hard enough without being…