13/04/2026
This hits close to home.
This was my life once - medicated, disconnected, and told this was 'normal'.
Before I understood my nervous system, before I had language for trauma, I coped the only way I knew how - addiction.
I don’t hide my recovery - it’s part of my truth.
But it’s also why I speak up.
We need a different conversation. One that honours the body, not just numbs it.
One in five Americans, along with millions of children, are prescribed psychiatric drugs daily, and often for a lifetime. MEDICATING NORMAL follows the stories of five high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems such as stress, mild depression, insomnia and grief with devastating impact on their lives. This is the untold story of the serious consequences that can occur when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress.
[Link to full film + trailer in comments]