Knowledge Used is Power

Empowering you to reclaim your life and challenge the mental health/ addiction system's false narratives.

Being Stuck in Life and Lessons Learned from Sledding

When I was a kid, I lived in a house on a very short, dead-end street. Walking past my house, one would enter a wooded field. In the...

7 days ago4 min read

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Where Self-Destruction Comes From

For those who don’t believe that our very early years, especially if there was trauma involved, affect our adulthood, I suggest you...

7 days ago2 min read

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No Such Thing as Addiction—Just Choice

I know this is going to piss some people off but, oh well, let's talk about "addiction", or more accurately, what we’ve been told...

7 days ago3 min read

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Bring "Neurotic" Back

Bring "neurotic" back! We’ve pathologized every single human emotion under the sun and called it mental illness . You're not allowed to...

Apr 202 min read

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The Overdiagnosis of Mental Illness

Let's cut the b*llshit: America has a mental health problem, but it's not about untreated illness — it's about overdiagnosis ,...

Apr 202 min read

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― Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne

Hi, I’m Dena

A mental health blogger. Passionate about sharing thoughts and information on everything that makes my days better.

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