THE DRESS by Phoebe Sparrow Wagner (formerly Pamela Spiro Wagner) I will never forget The Dress. Worn only once, with three quarter-length sleeves cuffed in white, and a demure white collar, it had two layers of navy blue crepe skirting, with a dropped waist and a sash. This was the first “dressy” dress I ever … Continue reading Award-Winning Short Story — 1 page — and art
(I myself think she’s full of sh— and worse, but if anyone wants to discuss this with me, please read below, or find the podcast and listen to it, then come back and tell me what you think.) Look for First Person, a New York Times podcast, and the February 16, 2023 broadcast, as I … Continue reading DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WOMAN, THIS “LOVING MOTHER”?
Translation below the French. Dites moi, s’il vous plaît, pourquoi tant de gens pensent qu’il est correct, qu’il est même acceptable, de commenter mon corps. D’accord, ce n’est pas tout le monde mais partout – partout! et surtout quand je m’y attends le moins – je reçois des commentaires, jamais désirés ou invités et jamais … Continue reading JE ME PLAINS DES COMMENTAIRES SUR MON CORPS
first published at https://www.blog88.org by Phoebe Sparrow Wagner I used to be “crazy.” Labeled CMI, chronically mentally ill, prone to psychosis, i was a revolving door mental patient, one who spent almost as much time in her adult life in the hospital as out of it. Although I had various diagnoses, the … Continue reading CRAZY OR NOT, HERE I COME
RONDEL (mon premier essai après avoir lu le “Rondel” de Charles Guinot et d’autres poètes.) L’automne a dérobé le vert Dans lequel l’été s’habille Ses bruns et roux deviennent, l’hiver, Des blancs sur toutes les brindilles Il faut les neiges de l’hiver Pour les roses et les jonquilles L’automne doit dérober le vert … Continue reading Poème
La vie est belle Thomas Nassi (translated by phoebe who takes all responsability for errors ) Mon banquier pense que j’aurais besoin que l’on m’aide My banker thinks that I need someone to help me Tandis que mon psy dit que j’aurais plutôt besoin qu’on m’aime While my shrink says that I really need someone … Continue reading Another great song/video with translation
Not sure why link is not working but if you click on it you will get to Disability Arts Onljne, from there go to magazine, then click on newest reviews. The second one in, so far, should be about O-rings and Cathode Rays, that is to say, the review. i will try posting … Continue reading Review of my Last Book
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Continued from previous post: Here’s what SAMHSA the substance abuse and mental health services administration publication has to say on seclusion and trauma: “Studies suggest that restraints and seclusion can be harmful and is often re-traumatizing for an individual who has suffered previous trauma… “Further, there is a common misconception that seclusion and restraint are … Continue reading Institute of Living, 2013, Torture and Illegal Confinement Part 2
FIXING YOU – A REWRITTEN POEM Recalling my month-long “treatment” at New Britain Hospital a.k.a Hospital of Central Connecticut on Grand Street, in May 2014, under the supervision of Dr. Michael E. Balkunas Only nine days after that last adders-pit hospital — You still wear … Continue reading New Poem by Pamela Spiro Wagner
SPIRO, Marian Wagner, 89, of Madison, CT and Amherst, MA died on June 18, 2017 at the Hospice of the Fisher Home after a lengthy illness. Marian was born in Fall River, MA on February 16, 1928 to Oliver and Carolyn Wagner. She was raised in Fall River during the Depression and graduated from BMC … Continue reading The Obituary of an Extraordinary Woman, My Mother…plus
This miniature scene from Tuscany was painted on an up-cycled shoe polish tin, with acrylics, and metallic paints. The tin was also lined with velvet cut from a cast off dress I had been saving to use for such things. c 2.5 ” in diameter. (I have really crappy brushes that splay out all the … Continue reading New Art from Pamwagg: Upcycled Shoe Polish Tin
Here is the source for the article i have posted below: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/muslim-passenger-southwest-airlines-khairuldeen-makhzoom-arabic-phone-uncle-baghdad-cair-statement-a7347311.html?cmpid=facebook-post Southwest Airlines kicks Muslim off a plane for saying ‘inshallah’, meaning ‘God willing’ in Arabic A Muslim man was told to leave a Southwest Airlines flight after another passenger overheard him speaking Arabic on his mobile phone. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a 26-year-old Berkeley graduate, … Continue reading Injustice, and how to fight bigotry, one headscarf at a time
ELECTROSHOCK AS HEAD INJURY http://ECT.org/effects/headinjury.html Report prepared for the National Head Injury Foundation September 1991 by Linda Andre Committee for Truth in Psychiatry INTRODUCTION Electroshock, variously known as electroconvulsive therapy, ECT, shock treatment, or simply shock, is the practice of applying 70 to 150 volts of household electric current to the human brain in … Continue reading THANK YOU DOC, ECT SAVED MY LIFE…Ooops! Maybe not…?
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2015). The range of conditions includes depression, which the CDC estimates will soon become the second leading cause of disability in the world… Folks, below this I post part of Hillary Clinton’s … Continue reading THIS IS COMPLETE AND UTTER BS!!
Please note that i am reposting this frorm a week ago as it got accidentally deleted, but i cannot repost the comments. Anyone who wishes to recomment is welcome to. It all started when i bodily “escorted” the nurse,KJ out of my bathroom, where I had situated my mattress, and had her leave my lunch … Continue reading Restraint Chair Use at RRMC
Dear Reader, This is only part of what i have not been able to write about for months. And there is a great deal more. Now that “Mike” is formally being charged with Assault, i feel i can share this much. In the future i will say more. But for now, at least i will … Continue reading My Statement to the Police About July Assault in ER
In the next few days I will be writing and having a guest post from someone but today I want to write about a frustration that has got my goat bigtime. It has to do with the letter that I wrote to Kathryn Power, “bigwig” at SAMHSA or, for those of you who wonder what … Continue reading I Will Be a Gadfly or Die!
Dear Kathryn Power, In May 2014, mute and psychotic, I was taken to Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain’s Emergency Department by ambulance. My visiting nurse, in concurrence with my outside psychiatrist, had called 911, concerned about my safety and my ability to function because I had not spoken for weeks and was not … Continue reading Open Letter to Kathryn Power of SAMHSA
Patients placed in Seclusion or Restraints are to be debriefed afterwards. To see standards of care, see below this reprint article. I moved to Brattleboro Vermont on February 4, 2015, leaving my home state of Connecticut where I’ve lived for nearly 60 years. l had to move because of the horrific psychiatric abuses I experienced … Continue reading Hartford COurant Article (that won’t be) about Michael E Balkunas, MD, Chief of psychiatry at HOCC
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One minute info blogs escaping the faith trap
Kate Greenough's daily drawings
portraits & figures by an older woman artist, with blue collar roots
Apprenez les langues !
Life is too short to be petty-minded
What sense in chaos.
A pause to admire nature's unparalleled beauty.
Strange Anatomy, Awkward Perspectives
Yeah nah...
Thoughts on all things Autism and mental health
Not your third grade paper mache
Artwork, data analysis, and other projects by Jon
My Life is Art, My Art is Life
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