Odd Thoughts and Unheard Voices: a collection of unenfettered opinions of a non-normative consumer

Often, the voice of consumers is unheard. The voice of the greater powers and the more knowledgeable persons prevails - even in the realm of where the focus is meant to be on consumers and their recovery.

I am an advocate for/with those who are identified as consumers in the mental heath system. This is a record of my 'odd' thoughts. They are my opinions and they are most commonly different in many circumstances. Odd can mean different and strange, but I like to also reference the phrase of 'odds and ends' - things that may not fit well in other places. Currently, I see this as a journal, but as time goes on, I intend on it to become a forum for other unheard voices to be heard so they can be taken to mind and heart.

Odd Thought: Enabling Personal Responsibility

Sometimes I think there are certain people in charge that naturally are very driven as competitors or as achievers and that these people will often expect others who are having trouble doing basic life tasks to pull themselves up by their boot straps when they may have had their boot straps cut or that the replacement boot straps they have been given by the people in charge are inadequate.

I have a model about the transition from dependency to interdependency. Most people are aware of the need to move from a dependent condition to an independent condition before you can arrive at an interdependent condition. I believe there are some other stages along the way, and adjustments need to be made in how empowerment can be facilitated for persons still on their journey to it.