SPace's PsychoHealth Blog

"Saying No"  -Pearl Jam He says to her he wants it easy He expects her, to be easy He wants it, to be, easy But she says no, but she says no, I don't want to She says no, she says no, I don't want to He expects it too, easy... But she says stop, you gotta stop When he says go, you still gotta stop When she says stop, you gotta stop When he says go, you still gotta stop... I am not proclaiming to be an expert on sexual assault or rape, nor do I specialize in it in my practice.  But from time to time I do see clients who have been the victim of rape.  It incenses me and frightens me every time I hear about it.  I see how scared and embarrassed and helpless they are and just imagine this happening to my daughter.  I don't know what I would do if this happened to her, but as a professional to my clients, I want justice for them.  I want them to see the perpetrator held accountable for their heinous actions.  I want my clients to

From time to time, I may post a topic that you may not find entertaining, but you will be informed. In these posts you will not see my usual wit and sassiness, but instead my passion.  There are certain things I feel strongly about, and reflect my commitment and desire to help those individuals who need/want to be helped.   Recent events have led me to write about the stigma of mental illness, and the mentally ill.  I do not really need a current event to discuss this topic, but when a traumatic event occurs, this topic is brought right to the forefront.  The stigma placed on the mentally ill is as old as time.  In ancient times, mental illness was believed to be a supernatural phenomenon, caused by spiritual and demonic possession. The treatment at the time was a procedure called Trephining :   a hole chipped into the skull to create an opening to release the evil spirits and cure the person's psychiatric symptoms. Greek physician Hippocrates later changed that belief