Comments on: Straight Talk about Psychological Trauma http://psychologicalhealingandyoga.com/straight-talk-about-psychological-trauma/ Enhancing Your Power To Change Mon, 24 May 2010 06:05:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://psychologicalhealingandyoga.com/straight-talk-about-psychological-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-70 admin Sat, 16 May 2009 19:52:33 +0000 http://psychologicalhealingandyoga.com/?p=30#comment-70 You're right Tim, mental health issues have long been in the background of public discussion in America, and in Canada as well (although slowly but surely more and more compassion is being shown within our larger culture for the psychological and social struggles facing this population). This for many reasons, including the politics of mental illness and the negative stigma that it still carries today. In my work as a counselling therapist I hope I'm doing my part to normalize psychological experience for the folks who work directly with me. It's a daunting task to bring this issue further out of the closet, as there are political forces surrounding it to keep it where it is. My hope is over time this blog will be a venue for a wider audience to find hope filled reasons for understanding and accepting their inner worlds, and in this way contribute to ushering this important social issue a little further out of the closet. I congratulate you on the publication of your most recent book, and applaud the progress you've made so far in healing yourself from within. You’re right Tim, mental health issues have long been in the background of public discussion in America, and in Canada as well (although slowly but surely more and more compassion is being shown within our larger culture for the psychological and social struggles facing this population). This for many reasons, including the politics of mental illness and the negative stigma that it still carries today. In my work as a counselling therapist I hope I’m doing my part to normalize psychological experience for the folks who work directly with me. It’s a daunting task to bring this issue further out of the closet, as there are political forces surrounding it to keep it where it is. My hope is over time this blog will be a venue for a wider audience to find hope filled reasons for understanding and accepting their inner worlds, and in this way contribute to ushering this important social issue a little further out of the closet. I congratulate you on the publication of your most recent book, and applaud the progress you’ve made so far in healing yourself from within.

]]> By: Tim Olen Pickett http://psychologicalhealingandyoga.com/straight-talk-about-psychological-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Tim Olen Pickett Fri, 15 May 2009 22:22:51 +0000 http://psychologicalhealingandyoga.com/?p=30#comment-69 Thinking disorders: Mental illness, affects 26%, or 57 million Americans yearly. These disorders cost 15% of our GNP, trillions world wide. This is more than all the cancers combined, yet we seem to over look this issue, like we have done from the beginning of time. At 54, I have been fighting mental health issues for 30 years, depression, anxiety, racing thoughts. A few years ago, my body shut down, I lost memory, ability to put sentences together, adding money was a problem, and I lost lots of weight. I was dying and I am not out of the woods yet. During this time {Last few years} it came to me to compile old thoughts and new writings. "A Blessing in Disguise" is available now at several Walden book stores. Internet comments, A Walk in the Spirit, Powerful. These make me realize how important it is to bring Mental Health Issues to the forefront of American discussion. Please help me help the millions now suffering by bringing this issue out of the closet. Sincerely, Tim Olen Pickett Author "A Blessing in Disguise" ISBN 1606727494 Thinking disorders: Mental illness, affects 26%, or 57 million Americans yearly. These disorders cost 15% of our GNP, trillions world wide. This is more than all the cancers combined, yet we seem to over look this issue, like we have done from the beginning of time. At 54, I have been fighting mental health issues for 30 years, depression, anxiety, racing thoughts. A few years ago, my body shut down, I lost memory, ability to put sentences together, adding money was a problem, and I lost lots of weight. I was dying and I am not out of the woods yet. During this time {Last few years} it came to me to compile old thoughts and new writings. “A Blessing in Disguise” is available now at several Walden book stores. Internet comments, A Walk in the Spirit, Powerful. These make me realize how important it is to bring Mental Health Issues to the forefront of American discussion. Please help me help the millions now suffering by bringing this issue out of the closet.
Sincerely,

Tim Olen Pickett
Author
“A Blessing in Disguise”
ISBN 1606727494

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