Nov 17, 2012

Do-it-yourself brain repair is happening right now

What’s in humanity’s mental health toolkit?

How are ordinary folks helping people with mental illness symptoms make progress in their lives?

The one thing I know for sure is that the list I came up with is not long enough.
  • Accountability
  • Community
  • Companionship
  • Conversation
  • Courage
  • Curiosity
  • Education
  • Emotional connection
  • Employment
  • Family life
  • Friendship
  • Habit
  • Hugs
  • Journaling
  • Kindness
  • Labor
  • Love
  • Medicine
  • Mentalizing
  • Mother’s love
  • Nutrition
  • Observation
  • Physical activity
  • Planning
  • Prayer
  • Reading
  • Reflection
  • Religion
  • Responsibility
  • Ritual
  • Scaffolding
  • Scientific method
  • Scripts
  • Sex
  • Shame resilience
  • Social interaction
  • Spirituality
  • Storytelling
  • Sympathy
  • Teaching
  • Tenacity

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