Celebrating Twenty Years of Hope, Love, and Humanity
This reflection is written in the style of gratitude and honour for the exceptional family based organisation that is MindFreedom Ireland; and for all the caring and dedicated people that have contributed to MindFreedom Ireland throughout the years. Mary and Jim, and MindFreedom Ireland, congratulations on your 20 years serving humanity in the most noble […]
Survivors/Victims Of Psychiatry Speak Out
http://www.mindfreedomireland.com/personal-stories-from-around-the-globe/ We have often been told that informed lawmaking requires information on the subject of the law. Even as the law engages with the lives of persons with a psychosocial disability it is an involvement which is informed by voices of the non-disabled world and presumes the silence of disability. Unless this silence is broken […]
Freedom
A stumble on my path Filled my father full of fear His tactics had me locked away Head down I felt his shame I couldn’t get my story heard Voiceless,fearful, I was numb with pain New tablets tried to soothe the pain To force me on a productive path The Powers persuaded and got heard […]
Breaking News
20th Anniversary Celebration, Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork. 28th May 2023. PROGRAMME. 2.00. PM — WELCOME, INTRODUCTION AND MUSIC 2.15. PM — PERSONAL TESTIMONIES 3. 00. PM — COMMEMORATIONS AND MUSIC 3. 15. PM — MUTUAL SUPPORT AND INTERACTION 4. 00. PM — MUSIC AND CLOSE
Protest against human rights violations in psychiatry at the GPO on Sunday, May 28th at 2 pm.
MindFreedom Ireland is a victim-led organisation against psychiatric malpractice. Some of the malpractice in psychiatry include forced chemical poisoning with mind-altering toxic drugs, electroshocking, where high voltage shocks are sent through the brain, causing severe brain damage, forcing the most vulnerable, lonely and isolated individuals in society into seclusion rooms and psychiatric coercion. MindFreedom Ireland […]
The Dangers of Not Informing People of Their Rights
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 53, Issue 3, April 2023, Pages 1546–1551, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad026 Published: 15 May 2023 Article history Issue Section: Article Having been abused as a child by parents, family and teachers I’ve always been very intimidated by heavy-handed authority. Whilst I recognise the importance of rules in many situations, I believe […]
Deprived of Our Humanity
https://antipsychiatrieverlag.de/foreign/articles/others/pdf/martensson-neuroleptics-be-banned.pdf “Have I not reason to lament, what man has made of man?” William Wordsworth ( We have much more reason to lament today.) “My way of joking is telling the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.” George Bernard Shaw “Neuroleptic drugs must be distinguished from other classes of psychiatric drugs. […]
Heart and Soul
From the minute I found freedom from psychiatric control its toxic, mind-altering drugs and electroshock in the year 2000 I have put my heart and soul into everything. I can feel the spirit in myself, all around me as I touch it surrounding me in the air I breathe, the water I drink or when […]
Time Is Love
There are people who want Power, Maybe it is to ease the pain, They look at other to instil Fear, They separate to generate Hate, They have lost the ability to truly Love, They strike a pose to cherish Self They know not that to honour Self. Is the root of personal Power And opens […]
A little Help From Our Friends
I remember the day well when I met Karen Mc Carthy for the first time. Dylan Tighe was in Cork working on his project called Record. He asked a group from MindFreedom Ireland to speak with him about our personal experiences as survivors of psychiatry. Karen was in the audience. She felt on the same […]