PD person not illness

Personal Medicine

Personal Medicine is the things we do to get well and stay well.

Personal Medicine supports recovery-oriented practice, is evidence-based and has been shown to increase activation which leads to more robust health outcomes. The practice of Personal Medicine meets SAMHSA’s criteria for recovery-based practice and the core competencies of peer support.

Personal Medicine supports recovery-oriented practice, is evidence-based and has been shown to increase activation which leads to more robust health outcomes. The practice of Personal Medicine meets SAMHSA’s criteria for recovery-based practice and the core competencies of peer support.

Personal Medicine

Human resilience does not end once we are diagnosed with a mental health challenge. We humans have a fundamental self-righting capacity that helps us through times of adversity.

The practice of Personal Medicine helps us tap into that resilience and our inner wisdom.

We are not objects to be fixed.

We are not diseases in need of a cure.

We are fully human subjects who can act, and through action, change the trajectory of our lives.

Discovering that is what recovery is all about.

Personal Medicine is a way to get active and to become the authors of our lives.

Personal Medicine is the things we do to get well and stay well.

Personal Medicine supports recovery-oriented practice, is evidence-based and has been shown to increase activation which leads to more robust health outcomes.

Personal Medicine is what we do to get well and stay well. Personal Medicine can be the big things that give our lives meaning and purpose. It can also be the smaller things we do to take care of ourselves.

Here are some examples of powerful Personal Medicine (although they seem simple) :-

  • Taking a walk in the morning helps me clear my head and get ready for the day
  • Playing the saxophone helps me control my breathing and reduce anxiety
  • Spending time with my kids helps me feel needed and loved and helps to keep me out of hospital
  • Using an earplug in one ear helps me not get distracted by the voices

Personal Medicine is a specific activity, not a feeling or a state-of-being.

Personal Medicine is something we do, not something we take like medication, herbal remedies, alcohol or tobacco.

It’s also something we do NOW in our lives, not a future goal.

Personal Medicine is not a generic coping skill – it’s personal and includes how it helps us.