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, 20236 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, 202313 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, 20238 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, 20234 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, 20238 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, 20237 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, 20226 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, 20228 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, 20226 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, 20226 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, 20223 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, 20212 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, 20218 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, 20212 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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