Lord this is just too funny. I realize I may lose friends over this.. I hope not. this is just the funniest thing I have received in awhile and also I want to promote it because I think its hilarious. yes I am a 'mental health consumer' and/or survivor among many many other things! I have experience with this that is both good and bad. ultimately, I promote freedom of mind and thought. and i always promote having fun ^^
PLEASE, THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE HURTFUL OR OFFENSIVE TO ANYONE! If it is, please feel free to let me know.
this just made me laugh so I wanted to share it. ^^ I do currently take meds for various things mostly related to a really bad car crash and other issues, so please don't think I'm AT ALL prejudiced against meds. Im just pro choice and anti-stigma.
if you manage to read to the bottom to where you see the 'normality screenings' (performed with genuine rubber chickens) I helped invent those a few years ago at the local fair! glad to see they are still being used
apparently this will show up on youtube at some point so if you are creatively maladjusted, show MindFreedom some support! they are a good group. I am so tired from last week but hmmmm.... I might even go if I am not really tired tomorrow.... mmmm@@@@
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NEWS REMINDER - immediate release
[link] FREE ACTIVIST EVENT IN EUGENE OREGON:
"Mad Pride" group plans public street theater for YouTube
broadcast.
Worship of "Big Giant Pill" during skit called "The Norm-a-Thon"
to poke fun at power of psychiatric drug industry.Feeling a little crazy? What with war, climate crisis and economic
chaos, who isn't.
No worries! You are invited to bring all of your problems to an
enormous replica of a psychiatric pill in a free public skit to be
held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, TOMORROW, Saturday, 17 May 2008, at 4 pm.
The street theater -- called "The Norm-a-thon" -- is organized by the
nonprofit coalition MindFreedom International as part of an
international "Mad Pride" movement that encourages everyone to exlore
their "creative maladjustment." It's a unique way to celebrate May,
which is considered "Mental Health Month."
Update: An out-of-state participant will be part of The Normathon:
Long-time activist Ted Chabasinski from Berkeley, California will be
one of the players. Ted has been a psychiatric survivor activist for
35 years after experiencing ten years of abuse by the psychiatric
system as a youth. Now an attorney, Ted is a legend in our mad movement!
The Norm-a-thon: A peaceful protest prank we will broadcast globally on web via
YouTube!
Bring your problems to our Big Giant Pill while a mental health
worker chants.
Speak, sing, scream or act your real true feelings in a videoed
Mad Minute.
Oppression Olympic Trials! Win valuable prizes, like a nonviolent
revolution.
Cheer for a performance by Youth Committee of Psychiatric Survivors.
Free "Normality Screenings" using authentic rubber chickens.
After 1,000 screenings, none has been found.
Join a Bed Push so a mannequin named Norm tied in restraints can
escape.
WE NEED YOU -- YOU CAN BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC SKIT!
Just show up!
The skit will include a "Bed Push," in which a manequin named "Norm"
strapped onto a bed with wheels will be chased through Eugene by
mental health workers in white coats, along with their Big Giant Pill
of course. Mad Pride Bed Pushes have been held in UK, Canada and USA
to challenge human rights violations in the mental health system.
The organizers intend to upload a video of The Norm-a-thon onto
YouTube, as part of an international Mad Pride movement that now
stretches from Canada to Australia, from Africa to Europe. The Mad
Pride events are promoted by the International Association for the
Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM), chaired by
International physician, clown and celebrity Patch Adams, MD.
Mental health worker Ron Unger, a moderator at the event, will chant
psychiatric labels as participants worship the Big Giant Pill. One
of The Norm-a-thon organizers, David Oaks, director of MindFreedom
and psychiatric survivor, said,
"We promise to question reality,
normality, media and psychiatric drug industry bullying... and have
fun at the same time. We are pro-choice about personal health care
decisions. A number of our members take prescribed psychiatric drugs.
But we all agree it's time to call for more choices in mental health
care besides drug, drug, drug, drug, drug or drug."When not using humor, MindFreedom is also involved in serious
campaigns this month, including the launch of an international United
Nations treaty on disability and human rights. MindFreedom is the
only group of its kind that is accredited by the UN as a Non
Governmental Organization.
[[[god I love my town
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More info on web about The Norm-a-thon including poster you may
download:
[link]More info about Mad Pride:
[link]More info about Patch Adams and IAACM (which was first named by
Martin Luther King, Jr.):
[link]More info about MindFreedom and United Nations disability treaty:
[link]NEW YORK TIMES covers Mad Pride!
Read the article on MindFreedom's web site at
[link]
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I used to know a few people from there. They make it sound like hippie central
sounds like it will be interesting, i will await the video!
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I support using treatment as any other treatment, to help an individual feel their best and be most productive in the ways they wish to be in their life. not to keep them quiet or compliant or docile or some externally defined idea of 'normal' which does not exist. there have been some very bad human rights violations in psychiatry, luckily these days that has gone way way down. but just in the 50's, they were still giving people lobotomies... without even requiring their consent.. @@ psychiatry is really coming out of the dark ages recently and realizing that NOONE is totally "normal"!! its all just how you choose to function and feel in your life
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