Psycholicious Mary

Mental Health Diction Mental, retarded, psycho, and mad are just some of the terms that were changed in decent diction used for mental health in the past century or more. I came across an interesting concept which explained that it has nothing to do with the word but the meaning attached to it by an individual or the community in general. It could be to express humour, disgust, anger,  and even to  insult and instigate  someone, it's very petty if you pay some attention but it is the reality of our lack of empathy as well as awareness.  It is definitely funny that if I call you diabetic, it isn't as humiliating but if for example, I say "you're bipolar " (mood disorder) it is immediately offensive, we feel accused, targeted and whatnot.  So it's wise to ask yourself, when can you joke about mental health? What is the boundary between being insensitive and realistic? Is mental health labelling used for sympathies?  These are important questions as we're a...

                                                     Why seek within yourself?                                                 Your mental health today is not a consequence of what happened this morning or last night, that's mood dear reader. It is determined by so much more: genetics, environment, childhood experiences, core memories, relationships with others, and self. That's not all though! I have 5 years of experience in counseling and I have seen clients stuck at what happened when they were 9 which created their schema i.e. their perspective on life based on what they witnessed or endured at that time. You see, everything is connected and sometimes nothing is. It could be a plain neuro-chemical imba...