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Here’s a truth the U.S. mental health system does not want you to sit with for more than five seconds: People diagnosed with schizophrenia do better in countries that don’t over-drug them. Not “a little better. ”Not “in some cases. ” Substantially better.  More recovery. Back to work. back into relationships. Back into actual, enjoyable lives. And this isn’t some fringe, anti-science rant. This comes from their own data  — data that has been quietly minimized, buried, or expl

Enough with the polite language! The modern mental health system is not failing by accident. It is doing exactly what it was built to do : move massive amounts of psychiatric drugs into human bodies while calling it care. This isn’t about “a few bad actor s. " It ’s abo ut a business model that requires people to stay sick, dependent, and compliant . And if that sentence makes anyone uncomfortable— good. It should. This Is Not a Medical Model. It’s a Sales Model. Let’s start

Every time that headline appears — “Over one billion people worldwide live with a mental disorder”  (WHO, 2025) - I feel something close to rage. Not because people aren’t hurting. They are. But because this headline turns human suffering into a neat, sellable crisis — a story that just happens to benefit all the right industries. It treats pain like a commodity. It treats fear like a funding strategy. It treats humanity like a diagnosis. And I’m exhausted by it. 1. The worl

When did we decide that being human is a disease? Seems to me about 20 years ago. Every mood, every quirk, every hard season—now stamped with a code from the DSM and billed to insurance. Sad? You have depression. Angry? That’s a mood disorder. Nervous before speaking? Social anxiety. Can’t focus on boring bullshit? ADHD. It’s the industrialization of human emotion. The factory line starts with a checklist. End point: a diagnosis, a prescription, and a monthly bill. The proble

In working in the human service field for over 25 years, I have seen this happen 100s and 100s of times to people who deserve to live full lives, NOT be stuck in a system that disempowers their clients. It usually starts innocently: You’re overwhelmed. Grieving. Anxious. You’ve been through a breakup, the death of a loved one, a job loss, some other traumatic event, or maybe just feel like something is “off.” A well-meaning friend or doctor says, “You should talk to someone.”

Let's not pretend anymore that the mental health system is one of healing. It isn't. It is one of profit. And if you ever do start...

We've been told for decades a straight-up lie: depression is caused by a "chemical imbalance" in the brain—a low level of serotonin....

They rarely warn people of the horrible side effects of prolonged (so-called) antipsychotic medication use. You go in for help. You’re struggling—maybe with anxiety, maybe you’ve had a "psychotic break", maybe you’re just scared and overwhelmed. A doctor in a white coat gives you a diagnosis and a prescription for an “antipsychotic.” They say it’ll help stabilize you, calm you down, maybe even “rebalance your brain chemicals.” What they don’t  tell you is this: These drugs ca

We're drugging children to fit into classes, not to help them thrive as human beings. We don't design schools for movement, for...

Does mental health medication work? For most people, the answer is NO! Certainly not in the way we have been told they do. Let’s get one...

Let’s stop pretending. The mental health system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as it was designed: to medicalize suffering, profit off...

When we talk about homelessness, addiction, or mental illness, the conversation often centers around what we can see—substance use, lack...

Let's stop sugarcoating it. Let’s talk about the modern mental health system. Not the glossy brochures. Not the polished websites. I’m...

Depression Isn’t Just in Your Head — It’s in Your Life: What Johann Hari Gets Right We’re often told that depression is a chemical...

Let’s stop pretending. Let’s stop nodding along with the lie that antidepressants are the magic bullet for depression. Because they’re...

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association made a quiet but brutal change: it removed the bereavement exclusion from the DSM-5. This...

When we talk about medications for psychosis, we usually hear the word antipsychotics . But the older and more accurate term —...

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

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