WELCOME!
I am a mental health professional, researcher, writer, coach, and advocate, and have worked with those dealing with homelessness, mental illness, and addiction issues for over 20 years.
Some of my posts are personal stories or experiences. But, most of what I write is backed up by real, actual science and research - not the lies and manipulations perpetrated by the mental health/addiction systems and Big Pharma.
About This Site: Exposing the System. Breaking the Spell. Empowering the Individual.
Welcome! This is a place for people who know the system is rigged, and who are ready to fight back.
This site was born out of lived experience:
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Coerced into diagnoses just to receive help
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Trapped in cult-like “treatment” centers posing as recovery
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Watching veterans and unhoused neighbors be pathologized and discarded
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Told that we are powerless unless we obey
But we are not powerless. And we are not alone.
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Here, we dismantle the myths that dominate the mental health industry.
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We uncover the money trail behind your diagnosis.
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We call out the cult tactics of rehab centers and shelters.
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We offer alternatives that don’t require you to become a patient to get better.
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We combine radical truth-telling, research, and rebellious art to challenge the narrative and offer a different path—one based on presence, self-awareness, and human dignity.
If you’ve ever felt like something wasn’t right with how “help” is handed out…
If you’ve ever questioned your diagnosis…
If you’re ready to recover on your own terms…
You’re in the right place.
Why I Started This Site:
At the age of 20, I was sent to and became trapped at a place called The Seed. The Seed was a cult in Florida in the late 1980s which had evolved from Synanon. The Seed was touted as a “people-program.” Four years of being torn down and programmed to believe I was worthless. That my old friends and family were evil, education was evil, EVERYTHING but what The Seed taught was corrupt.
They convinced me I was garbage. That I had no mind of my own. That freedom was death. That love was control. That obedience was recovery.
They made me believe I was a piece of shit. That I couldn’t trust my own thoughts. That the outside world would chew me up unless I clung to their system of control.
They were wrong.
I survived — barely. But the emotional damage? That’s forever. They stole years of my life. I dealt with terrible anxiety, night terrors, derealization and depersonalization, overusing alcohol and other behaviors to cope. They rewired my brain. And they wrapped it all in the sick, sanctimonious lie of love and betterment.
They broke me down.
But here’s the thing:
They also gave me my purpose.
My personal mission became shining a light for people trapped in these systems — cults, programs, institutions — that feed on fear and shame. To remind people that their worth isn’t something these systems get to define.
To help others see what I couldn’t see back then:
That you are not broken.
That you are already enough.
That you have the power to walk away — and thrive.
This site exists to provide people with the knowledge and courage to question, to fight back, and to reclaim their minds, stories, and lives.
Not because someone “saved” them — but because they finally realized they didn’t need saving in the first place.