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"Dear [lastest in a succession of over a dozen head-shrinkers]"

Posted on Mar 13th, 2009 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

note to Dr. --------- subject line: life without skin -- a new angle Dear [Doctor], Please indulge me for a few minutes, here.   Allow me to ask you to recall any of the situations... More »

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"Up to periscope depth!"

Posted on Mar 12th, 2009 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

Another drive-by, flash transmission from the bottomless depths of this ridiculousness (this so-called " refractory depression ") . . . "Can your brain become inflamed? Can you have a sore or swollen brain—like a sore... More »

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Doctor Shopping -- Still Battling the "Blues"

Posted on Dec 12th, 2008 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

"Doctor shopping" typically invokes opiate "addicts" finagling a number of physicians to prescribe them an "abusive" amount of drugs, well beyond what is considered medically "indicated." "I'm scoring 8 different 'scripts from 3 internists, 2 dentists, and an... More »

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Breaking Q. -- Flash Message

Posted on Dec 11th, 2008 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

ˈkwär-ən-tēn isolation, especially in order to prevent an illness or disease from spreading Recently traded emails with . . . Dr. Alexander J. Bodkin subject: Buprenorphine Treatment of Refractory Depression (related: The Buprenorphine Effect on Depression... More »

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"wilber, depression" snippet

Posted on May 14th, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

  from here :    The final stage of the personal is (6), the Vision-Logic Stage.  Wilber often calls this stage centauric because it is based on an integration of mind and body not previously... More »

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waking up wherever you are

Posted on Apr 26th, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

"how do i," you might be asking yourself, " wake up to this disposition that seems all the rage -- the 'Big Mind,' the 'Innate Great Perfection,' the 'One Taste' of 'Non-Dual Realization?'" Wilber prattles... More »

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the serotonin tapes

Posted on Apr 26th, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

seems that, genetically and by training, i subsist on a very slow-drip of the "feel good" dope that courses through our blood -- my own bio-psychological chemistry a bit choked or bolluxed, somehow. seems, too,... More »

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picayunish details of this small fish, shallow backwater life

Posted on Apr 26th, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

two of the broader themes of this blog: my encounters with depression (a hardscrabble, job losing, divorce rending, property abandoning struggle with "mental illness"), and this dance, my dance, with Awakened Realization. is the first... More »

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"a depression switch?"

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

this is not an endorsement, just a link: A Depression Switch? , by David Dobbs excerpt: Finally, in the spring of 2004, Deanna's psychiatrist at the hospital, Dr. Gebrehiwot Abraham, received a fax from a... More »

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trading notes with saniel

Posted on Apr 2nd, 2006 by rhobherto : karmic furnace rhobherto

     ~ saniel bonder ~ have recently traded emails with and got a phone call from saniel bonder.  can say at this point that he is stunningly gracious and clearly walks his " mutuality "... More »

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