The New York TimesJan 1, 2024 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português I was nursing a 4-month-old baby when Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election in 2018. It was a disaster, and I knew it right away. My daughter — let’s call her Potato — kept on sucking while I shed tears over […]
Posts Tagged ‘depression’
I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.
Posted: 29th dezembro 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: antidepressants, anxiety, depression, evil clowns, Jair Bolsonaro, ketamine, mental health, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychiatry, psychotropic
I became an elephant, an octopus, a balloon. I grew giant hands. But I couldn’t shake my sadness. The New York TimesDec. 26, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil — My first encounter with ketamine did not go well. A lifelong depressive — I […]
A woodpecker to fix my brain
Posted: 28th setembro 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: depression, Gipsy Kings, psychiatry, psychotropic, TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
The International New York Times September 28, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It felt as if a woodpecker had mistaken my head for a tree, and was tapping frantically at the area above the temple. Or maybe as if a tiny soldier were firing a tiny machine gun at […]
