Monthly Archives: November 2013

Thanksgiving in Cambodia

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Kathy

#15 in my book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home,” Chapter 3 “Once again”  I thought, “Fall 2008 surely was the end of my world. Surely it could get no worse than this.”  So ended “Isolation Row,” my last … Continue reading →

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From the Butt End of Evolution

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Kathy

Fear with a capital F has been bred deep into our neurons since man first walked the earth. Neurobiologists call it the “negativity bias” of the brain.  For most of history, our brains needed to fear a stick far more … Continue reading →

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Substance Abuse or Survival?

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Kathy

Substance Abuse or Survival Mechanism? What the ACE Study Tells Us About – Ourselves …  November 8 Last Friday Nov. 1, down the road from county Mental Health Services in San Diego, CA, eleven local activists from the mental health, … Continue reading →

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Isolation Row

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Kathy

#14 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” Last week my second therapist Dr. Rita was telling me to “heal yourself” to where I was reduced to singing Verdi arias about being doomed to live alone … Continue reading →

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