Monica Cassani
@monicac.bsky.social
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Individuation is not individualism.
We often punish, exile, imprison, crucify, assassinate, or devalue humans who have committed to walk an individuating path.
We often punish, exile, imprison, crucify, assassinate, or devalue humans who have committed to walk an individuating path.
Alone Together — What A Shrink Thinks
We need each other and we harm each other. We serve each other and threaten to devour each other. We yearn to rely on each other, and we profoundly disappoint each other. We can't live with each other...
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Individuation is not individualism.
We often punish, exile, imprison, crucify, assassinate, or devalue humans who have committed to walk an individuating path.
We often punish, exile, imprison, crucify, assassinate, or devalue humans who have committed to walk an individuating path.
This is how to use the site
Many people still ask me for my “protocols.” The message I communicate for healing is that we are all different and our paths are also, therefore, going to be endlessly diverse.
This is the journey of your life. It will be unique.
beyondmeds.com/2023/07/19/h...
Many people still ask me for my “protocols.” The message I communicate for healing is that we are all different and our paths are also, therefore, going to be endlessly diverse.
This is the journey of your life. It will be unique.
beyondmeds.com/2023/07/19/h...
How to use the site - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
Many people still ask me for my “protocols.” The message I communicate for healing is that we are all different and our paths are also, therefore, going to be endlessly diverse. How to use the site...
beyondmeds.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is how to use the site
Many people still ask me for my “protocols.” The message I communicate for healing is that we are all different and our paths are also, therefore, going to be endlessly diverse.
This is the journey of your life. It will be unique.
beyondmeds.com/2023/07/19/h...
Many people still ask me for my “protocols.” The message I communicate for healing is that we are all different and our paths are also, therefore, going to be endlessly diverse.
This is the journey of your life. It will be unique.
beyondmeds.com/2023/07/19/h...
Reposted by Monica Cassani
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
This is the second of the “IT GETS BETTER” series. The “It gets better” collection is a series of republished posts from when I was gravely ill from the psych drug withdrawal process and the following protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome. beyondmeds.com/2015/03/20/r...
It Gets Better series: psychiatric drug withdrawal, the journey - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
The “It gets better” collection is a series of posts from when I was gravely ill from the psych drug withdrawal process and the following protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome. So many folks...
beyondmeds.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is the second of the “IT GETS BETTER” series. The “It gets better” collection is a series of republished posts from when I was gravely ill from the psych drug withdrawal process and the following protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome. beyondmeds.com/2015/03/20/r...
The system has made Sylvia Plath an ICON; something entirely separate from humanity. According to them, she is clinical depression, suicide; she is tortured genius. Even worse, she is entertainment. beyondmeds.com/2011/02/27/s...
The dehumanization of Sylvia Plath - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
the dehumanization of sylvia Plath by: altmentalities ~~ Sylvia Plath was a human being. She lived and breathed, she feared, she loved, she picked daffodils.
beyondmeds.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The system has made Sylvia Plath an ICON; something entirely separate from humanity. According to them, she is clinical depression, suicide; she is tortured genius. Even worse, she is entertainment. beyondmeds.com/2011/02/27/s...
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
spiritual texts are male dominated and therefore miss a whole lot of subtleties. What's worse is when women achieve high positions they tend to continue to parrot men rather than trust inherent differences in connectedness and union. A problem with all non-matriarchal societies.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
spiritual texts are male dominated and therefore miss a whole lot of subtleties. What's worse is when women achieve high positions they tend to continue to parrot men rather than trust inherent differences in connectedness and union. A problem with all non-matriarchal societies.
Stephen Morgan has died. He was a rare individual, loved by everyone who knew him. A beautiful light gone from this plane too soon. I've never forgotten the first time I met him. beyondmeds.com/2025/11/12/s...
Steven Morgan: friend, colleague and super human being - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
Stephen Morgan has died. Here is the Facebook Announcement from Intentional Peer SupportHe was a rare individual, loved by everyone who knew him. A beautiful light gone from this plane too soon
beyondmeds.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Stephen Morgan has died. He was a rare individual, loved by everyone who knew him. A beautiful light gone from this plane too soon. I've never forgotten the first time I met him. beyondmeds.com/2025/11/12/s...
"Herbalism is based on relationship ~ relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. ... beyondmeds.com/2015/04/03/h...
Healing is relationship, healing is community building - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
Everything matters because everything is in relationship with everything else in our environments and our lives. Systems of healing that include herbalism understand this fact. Indigenous and shamanis...
beyondmeds.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"Herbalism is based on relationship ~ relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. ... beyondmeds.com/2015/04/03/h...
it can still be a rough ride and not look anything like we might want or expect. So it’s okay to think it sucks sometimes too…because it can. Breaking down old habits and beliefs is hard work. Being able to see the wonder even in the midst of hell...however. beyondmeds.com/2012/12/09/l...
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
it can still be a rough ride and not look anything like we might want or expect. So it’s okay to think it sucks sometimes too…because it can. Breaking down old habits and beliefs is hard work. Being able to see the wonder even in the midst of hell...however. beyondmeds.com/2012/12/09/l...
update 2025 : searched ~ stats are upheld with some flucuations in number of years. This article is based on a study from 2006. there hasn’t been another news cycle that got excited about it. Sad because it’s a significant reality & is ignored by society & psychiatry beyondmeds.com/2011/03/16/2...
Early death among those who take psych meds - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry
"The seriously mentally ill die, on average, 25 years earlier than the general population..." (exploring the source of a statistic)
beyondmeds.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
update 2025 : searched ~ stats are upheld with some flucuations in number of years. This article is based on a study from 2006. there hasn’t been another news cycle that got excited about it. Sad because it’s a significant reality & is ignored by society & psychiatry beyondmeds.com/2011/03/16/2...
Reposted by Monica Cassani
This is so perverse.
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is so perverse.
Reposted by Monica Cassani
Seasonal Affective Disorder and depression? or are we fighting nature?
I don’t use the term depression for any darkening of my experience, but I do find that there is a big natural shift in winter that encourages going inward and slowing down.
beyondmeds.com/2018/12/16/s...
I don’t use the term depression for any darkening of my experience, but I do find that there is a big natural shift in winter that encourages going inward and slowing down.
beyondmeds.com/2018/12/16/s...
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Seasonal Affective Disorder and depression? or are we fighting nature?
I don’t use the term depression for any darkening of my experience, but I do find that there is a big natural shift in winter that encourages going inward and slowing down.
beyondmeds.com/2018/12/16/s...
I don’t use the term depression for any darkening of my experience, but I do find that there is a big natural shift in winter that encourages going inward and slowing down.
beyondmeds.com/2018/12/16/s...
from the right perspective, everyone's life is as ordinary as it is extraordinary
and the part that counts in everyone are the invisible parts
ego will tell you otherwise and so we perform
all we ever see (if we are not intimate friends or lovers) is performance ( 1 of 2)
and the part that counts in everyone are the invisible parts
ego will tell you otherwise and so we perform
all we ever see (if we are not intimate friends or lovers) is performance ( 1 of 2)
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
from the right perspective, everyone's life is as ordinary as it is extraordinary
and the part that counts in everyone are the invisible parts
ego will tell you otherwise and so we perform
all we ever see (if we are not intimate friends or lovers) is performance ( 1 of 2)
and the part that counts in everyone are the invisible parts
ego will tell you otherwise and so we perform
all we ever see (if we are not intimate friends or lovers) is performance ( 1 of 2)
Reposted by Monica Cassani
wholesome praxis
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
wholesome praxis
Joel Marcus, MD prescribed the drugs that harmed me.
Many lives have been harmed by psychiatry. Too many have been abused, sickened, disabled (died too) by and no one takes responsibility while most of society refuses to acknowledge it’s happening. beyondmeds.com/2018/08/10/j...
Many lives have been harmed by psychiatry. Too many have been abused, sickened, disabled (died too) by and no one takes responsibility while most of society refuses to acknowledge it’s happening. beyondmeds.com/2018/08/10/j...
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Joel Marcus, MD prescribed the drugs that harmed me.
Many lives have been harmed by psychiatry. Too many have been abused, sickened, disabled (died too) by and no one takes responsibility while most of society refuses to acknowledge it’s happening. beyondmeds.com/2018/08/10/j...
Many lives have been harmed by psychiatry. Too many have been abused, sickened, disabled (died too) by and no one takes responsibility while most of society refuses to acknowledge it’s happening. beyondmeds.com/2018/08/10/j...
Reposted by Monica Cassani
Pete Hegseth appears to have found a great workaround for racial integration at military events: When the rules won’t allow you to put up a “No Coloreds” sign, you can just ban soldiers with shaving waivers instead.
Hegseth bars bearded troops from Air Force event
Petty Pete strikes again.
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pete Hegseth appears to have found a great workaround for racial integration at military events: When the rules won’t allow you to put up a “No Coloreds” sign, you can just ban soldiers with shaving waivers instead.
I'm hungry. I'm hungry for justice. Not revenge. Justice. It's easy, you know. Those with more than their share need to return it. Return what is not yours. That's all.
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm hungry. I'm hungry for justice. Not revenge. Justice. It's easy, you know. Those with more than their share need to return it. Return what is not yours. That's all.
I don’t actually much like the word recover. I use the word TRANSFORM more often. beyondmeds.com/2025/10/26/r...
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I don’t actually much like the word recover. I use the word TRANSFORM more often. beyondmeds.com/2025/10/26/r...
In a world where everything matters, there is no such thing as (just) “psychological”. It’s understood in yoga, for example, that our “issues are in our tissues.” The body matters.
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In a world where everything matters, there is no such thing as (just) “psychological”. It’s understood in yoga, for example, that our “issues are in our tissues.” The body matters.
This is a wonderful essay — Judi Chamberlin changed the landscape for survivors of psychiatry with the book On Our Own.
Confessions of a non-compliant patient:
beyondmeds.com/2011/01/23/c...
Confessions of a non-compliant patient:
beyondmeds.com/2011/01/23/c...
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is a wonderful essay — Judi Chamberlin changed the landscape for survivors of psychiatry with the book On Our Own.
Confessions of a non-compliant patient:
beyondmeds.com/2011/01/23/c...
Confessions of a non-compliant patient:
beyondmeds.com/2011/01/23/c...
