Contact form response
#akathisia #restlessness #mentalhealthprofessionals #authorjacarterwinward All images are under copywrite and may not be used without...
Perfect Storm
A poem before AKATHISIA had a name The world doesn’t care, so you must. People closest can’t see the pain, the raging nightmare that is...
"TOO MUCH TRAUMA"
How trauma-based therapy modalities undermine our emotional and physical health I remember the celebratory feelings in the air when...
It's Alive
My brother used to say that when we'd hear my dad pull into the garage. "It's alive." It was a little mean, but so was my dad. And it was...
Akathisia = Restlessness
I was asked to define "akathisia" for someone today. We were being interviewed for the Black Box Warning Initiative and I began to talk...
Panic Room
This is probably the most vulnerable, personal blog I’ve ever written but it needs to be written. So, here it is. We need to talk about...
The Devil We Know
The young woman stood at the cash register ringing me up. Her short-sleeved shirt revealed multiple tattoos all up and down her arm,...
Suicidality and the Overlooked "Why?" Missing Information and Misinformation
How we get caught in the belief structures that have allowed suicidality to be a permissible side-effect.