Resource Compilation of links and resources

[myopybyproxy]

A flowchart I made to help deal with disordered eating: http://take.quiz-maker.com/Q7ZP1VMM

A flowchart someone else made for general functioning and self care: https://philome.la/jace_harr/you-feel-like-shit-an-interactive-self-care-guide/play/index.html

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Psychiatric Survivors Network | Resources

Resources on how to safely and effectively reduce psychiatric medication.

www.psychiatricsurvivors.net

Soteria House (locations worldwide) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria_(psychiatric_treatment)
Alternative to Meds https://www.alternativetomeds.com/

Please feel free to add to this list! I know I'm unaware of many resources that are out there. And unfortunately a lot of the resources there are (such as the latter two I posted) aren't available to many. I'm trying to find more that aren't as limiting.

 

[myopybyproxy]

Hearing Voices Groups – National Hearing Voices Network

Mad in the UK

Fundamentally re-thinking UK mental health practice and promoting positive change. Blogs. News. Artwork. Podcasts. Part of the Mad in America family.

www.madintheuk.com

Home

Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad). We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society, and that scientific research, as well as the lived experience of those who have been diagnosed...

www.madinamerica.com

benzo.org.uk : Benzodiazepines: How They Work & How to Withdraw, Prof C H Ashton DM, FRCP, 2002

 

[myopybyproxy]

Psychiatry survivors support organisations and other links (many of which contain further links - even if you don't intend to seek help or recover, it is still a fantastic rabbit hole to traverse should you ever have too much time on your hands and an inclination to amusement at websites whose user interface and graphics are from the 1900s)

Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener

weglaufhaus – Das Weglaufhaus "Villa Stöckle" ist eine

National Empowerment Centre - learn about emotional CPR here

Scroll all the way down for more links even if you don't speak Italian - https://senzapsichiatria.blogspot.com/2010/02/hotel-magnus-stenbock.html

I wasn't able to find a link for Hotel Magnus Stenbock nor its parent organisation Riksførbundet før Social och Mental Hælsa, but this is likely due to my poor internet searching skills and complete ignorance of the Swedish language. Same for A Lélek Hangja, just substitute Hungarian in the previous sentence. Or I could just be stupid and unable to read / comprehend that it has closed years ago or never existed and was but a theoretical concept in the mind of a utopian author - I'm that desperate to believe that there are viable alternatives that will actually help people like me no matter where they are in the world. And even if I can't save myself, I would like for this information to be useful to others. If even one other person benefits from a single thing I mention here, that will be sufficient.

MindFreedom chapters worldwide; international link here: https://mindfreedom.org/

Find decent mental healthcare providers here: https://mindfreedom.org/resources/gateway/ (international)

Alternatives to psychiatric imprisonment: https://www.peerrespite.com/ (United States only it seems)

National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery: https://www.ncmhr.org/resources.htm

List of authors, speakers, etc and organisations with many more links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Network_of_Users_and_Survivors_of_Psychiatry

Self-help website and blog about Dabrowski's Positive Disintegration: https://tragicgift.com/

 

[Foresight]

Wow thanks for all this info. It's good to see you in the recovery section.

 

[myopybyproxy]

Wow thanks for all this info. It's good to see you in the recovery section.

Feel free to add more to the thread if you know of any resources I've not listed - or if you use one of these resources, to leave a review of your experience.

Thanks? Not sure what to say to that.

 

[Foresight]

Feel free to add more to the thread if you know of any resources I've not listed - or if you use one of these resources, to leave a review of your experience.

Thanks? Not sure what to say to that.

I'll definitely check this out, especially those flowcharts. I used to be subscribed to those subreddits. I don't find modern day therapy techniques helpful. I'm moving back into mild medicine for my ptsd because I simply couldn't master it with no pharmaceuticals. I was against medicine for mental health to a fault and have been doing better with low dose clonidine.

Oh sorry, just saying it's good to see anyone exploring ways to feel better and sharing to help others. I appreciate threads like this.

Those flowcharts are actually really cool. I need something like that. I tend to get hooked on my phone when I'm in a bad mental place so it's definitely something I'll use.

 

[myopybyproxy]

Inner Compass Initiative

Inner Compass Initiative provides information and resources that help people make more informed choices regarding all things “mental health”.

withdrawal.theinnercompass.org

i dont want to post only one link but i dont have the energy to look for any others right now

 

[Mixo]

These resources are really great, thank you so much for posting all of these. It may be worth contacting a mod to add these to the stickied resources on this section as well.