One of the best articles I've read on this forum. Thanks so much.

The loss of oneself in psychiatric treatment is a real threat to our sanity,
I think. The slamming of the door to creativity as this lady expresses is
a real experience for some of us, and I know exactly what she's talking
about. It does take time to recover the self.

Recovery of the self is the major reason that I went on a journey to get to the bottom of what was happening to me on psychotropic medications.
Hence, the changes in diet, eliminating the things that are known to cause depression, adding the things that stabilize blood alkalinity, and
reducing medications to the lowest possible dosage that kept a good
balance were all part of the effort.

I've written so much about it, but would hope that some have begun
to do their own research on these matters.

I would begin with going to sites with answers to such questions as

"Are there foods which cause depression?"

"Benfits of the vitamin B series"

"Benefits of lemon juice"

"Acid-reacting foods"

"Alkaline-reacting foods"

"What are exorphins"

Those will lead serious people on a challenge to correct the diet which
has gone far astray from the best chemistry of the brain.

Thanks very much for this post. I intend to go back later and read
the artist's full explanation of how she managed to get her self back.