My Personal Perspective on the Rejection of MDMA Therapy by the FDA
Please note: I refer to "MAPS" below, although I'm aware that there has been a rebranding of some sort and "Lykos" is the organization...
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Crystal
- Aug 27, 2023
- 6 min
If "Everything" Is Trauma....(Part One)
I see so many snide remarks about the concept of trauma being over-extended. I find it helpful to reflect: what does this mean and why...
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Crystal
- Apr 16, 2023
- 13 min
Posts About Resilience and Resilience Overdose-Oct 2019 and Jan 2021
Brief Note on Vulnerability, Resilience, and Defiance (Originally posted on another site on Oct 19, 2019) I struggle a lot with beating...
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Crystal
- Apr 8, 2023
- 8 min
My Approach to Mental Health Messaging: Embracing the Contradictory Multitudes, Sept 2020 post
(Originally posted on another site on September 13, 2020) I'm relatively new to acknowledging that I have a mental health condition. I...
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Crystal
- Mar 17, 2023
- 4 min
The Harms of "Only" "Always" & "Never" (Re Judith Herman's "Trauma & Recovery"), Dec 2020 post
Note: I wrote this post on December 2, 2020 and published it on my other blog site I love Judith Herman's book "Trauma and Recovery"...
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Crystal
- Mar 4, 2023
- 8 min
Complex Trauma Therapy as "Work" and "Change"
I'm going to say something controversial: I'm not in therapy to "do the work" and I'm not there to "change." Don't get me wrong: I'm not...
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Crystal
- Feb 20, 2023
- 7 min
Hopes and Fears about Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (by Crystal)
I've been fortunate/privileged enough to have been able to benefit from (medically prescribed-) ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP)...
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Crystal
- Dec 10, 2022
- 6 min
First Generation Law Student/Lawyer
When I started law school nearly twenty years ago, I had a different background than most of my classmates. Unlike many of them (as far...
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Crystal
- Dec 10, 2022
- 8 min
"Healing" Space (from Psychiatry)
Imagine a version of science that in conquering a subject matter and reducing it to a set of simple equations and "truths" inherently...
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Crystal
- Nov 12, 2022
- 6 min
Tethered (Another Trauma Metaphor that Has Helped Me) - by Crystal
Something I struggle with immensely with respect to my trauma is how dramatically different my experience of it is at different times....
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Crystal
- Jun 12, 2022
- 6 min
Guest Post: Hannah Green "Human in an inhumane system: The importance of trauma-informed healthcare"
The below was originally posted by Hannah Green on Medium here: https://medium.com/@h_green21/human-in-an-inhumane-system-fe250ef9ccd4...
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Crystal
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
Seeking Input and Contributions
This is a new community and we have yet to launch it properly. We'd love this space to include other voices/perspectives (in addition to...
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Sadie
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Sandwiches & Sadie
"But Crystal, can I put cheese in mine?" I’ve always been great at connecting with strangers online, which is a far greater asset for a...
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Crystal
- Sep 30, 2021
- 8 min
Meet Me at the Sandwich House (My Most Healing Metaphor)
This blog post first appeared on my previous site and was written in Sept 2021 There's a place that has become extremely important to me....
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Crystal
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome
This is a space for survivors and those who wish to help support and empower them. We don't have any answers. We don't know what's best...
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