Greetings Earthlings,
Here's a few handy sites -
Become your own therapist by Lama Yeshe
{The main page I had in mind is here}
The healing of schizophrenia as 'soul in crisis'
Find serenity now {Added June 2003}
Normal personality disorder & a few links on similar theme :)
The value of psychotic experience by Alan Watts
Click Here for Lama Yeshe presenting a Buddhist perspective on "mental illness"
1st Person website - this site has a large collection of poetry & first hand accounts of experiences of mental illness, including some by yours truly
Fabulous article by Les Mitchell about Spirituality & healing in mental health services
Successful Schizophrenia website -this website aims to contact psychiatric survivors who are "weller than well," people who achieved successful schizophrenia, who had a breakthrough, not a breakdown, who were transformed to a better level.
Worst Things to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed
June 2003 - that link seems to have been removed ... try clicking
here
Here's a link back to Andrew's main page ... "when the sadness just won't stop"
June 2003 - that also is now a defunct link ...
click
{Feb 2003 - that link seems defunct? So try this one}
{... or how about this page}
Mary Ellen Copeland's site
Very extensive list of alternative therapies for depression - including Yoga, breathing, acupuncture, exercise, diet ... you name it :)
Joseph Campbell's view on the experience of schizophrenia
The Healing Breath by Ravi Shankar is also a useful technique - it MUST be - I saw it on the telly once :)
Instead Laugh - articles are specifically written for you if you are struggling with suicidal urges, while depressed and anxious
Tools for a happier life - the creator of this page says "I know if you've been depressed for a long time this can look like I'm making light of what you're going through. What I'm really doing is showing you another pathway out of the darkness. I don't just offer platitudes. I offer specific instructions that when followed create a very different experience ..."
Some stuff from the 1999 ERMHA writing group (plus some interestin linx)
Interesting guestbook has some sites listed ...
Her'es a couple more:
Beyond Prozac {added April 2003}
Douglas Bloch {added April 2003}
Larry Dossey {also added April 2003}
Come let us leap across the Abyss
Lama Surya Das on depression & meditation
Some of the above sites came from this little search
Depression - the way out of your prison
Speaking of which ... try these sites