Medicine labels everything a disorder, I guess that’s better than nothing. Unfortunately it often leads to treatments that cause cognitive impairment and emotional blunting, (two ways of saying the same thing) precisely the tools we need to heal.

My experience and research has lead me to believe that humans exist along a spectrum of “normal for them” behavior.

Behavior manifest as a result of the biological changes are body (the brain is part of the body) makes to cope with the trauma, biological or emotional really, both are the same as one begets the other.

The adaptations are real and effect how the brain and the whole body develop and function,

The problem with turning everything into a disorder is that we try to heal it with medical interventions when what is need is to help the brain heal itself.”

We know how to do this but no one makes any money from a simple, but not easy, way to heal.

I’m sure there are times when medical intervention is warranted, but most psychiatric medications actually make it more difficult to heal.

Numb is not healing, it is often just much needed relief from the suffering.

The only way to cure, yes cure, mental illness is to help the brain and body heal.

Again science has made it clear what is needed, but if everyone heals, the self-organizing system we call the pharmaceutical industry will suffer and no system be it biological or self-organized wants to suffer, so it fights back and we get sicker and sicker.

I think we can change this.

I hope everyone lives in peace and good health.