#mentalillness
I declined because I was ashamed of asking my mom. She would have been thrilled, and supportive. But that just how much I hated myself. That, plus anxietyn plus burn out: I did a really bad deprresion in 2019 which I'm just recovering from, because I didn't take my mental health seriously and concealed my issues from everyone. I got hospitalised three times in 2021 alone #mentalhealth #mentalillness #depression #anxiety #selfhate
I can't believe that the gold standard of care for people with repeat hospitalizations for #MentalIllness and #MentalHealth issues is Marsha Linehan telling us to fix our face, sit up straight, and feel better.
Sounds to me like an American is trying to keep people out of hospital (and therefore not spend more money on healthcare in the short-term) rather than actually heal (for the long-term).
Daily reminder that nobody is right all the time, including PhDs.
I got an HD on the paper I handed in last week. It was a critical analysis of the policy report from People with Disabilities Australia and Domestic Violence NSW.
I'm pretty chuffed with the comment I got from my lecturer 😊
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #Uni #Academia #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #DecoloniseAcademia
Hello everyone,
If you've been following my saga, you know that my world is sort of imploding right now:
My father passed away this morning.
My partner had to drastically cut back his hours at work last week and step down from a job he loved due to his PTSD.
We're so far in the hole with our landlords that we have less than a week to organize our crap, move everything out, and try to find somewhere to live.
Bills are coming due, seemingly all at once. Therapy bills, doctors bills, phone bills, oh my!
But since I've had to take time off from work for everything, we've already burned what paltry funds we had on hand. Just the fuel alone to travel back and forth to my hometown has killed us financially.
$300 - car insurance. We both need to drive to get to work in our transit-averse area.
$100 - partner's mental health therapy discounted rate.
$150 - various pet expenses.
$800 - first months rent at new place.
$120 - tire. My partner has been driving on his "donut" spare tire for months now. We got new tires for his car and within a couple weeks, it was destroyed by construction debris on his way to work. Since we couldn't afford to replace it, back on the donut wheel we go.
$150 - telephone service, we need this both for work purposes but also in case my family needs to reach me in the immediate future.
#MutualAid #MentalIllness #BPD #Depression
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SPECIAL REQUEST
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I realize seeing people constantly begging online is discouraging or inspiring cynicism. My hope is by cutting our rent in half, we can begin to recover and function like normal adults and not need to do constant digital panhandling.
Since we have very little time to waste under the circumstances and we need as much help as we can get, I'm asking all who read this to include cat and dog images, or really anything that you feel is interesting, useful or beautiful, in your replies.
It's a shameless ploy to elicit more attention to our circumstances, but also because my partner and I could use some cheering up. It's been a rough month.
ALSO: In celebration of my father's corny sense of humor, please also feel free to include Dad Jokes, bawdy humor, and trick stories (For example my Dad loved to convince people that someone had left a cooler on the side of the road with a human toe on ice inside it. Then once the listener gasped in horror and asked what happened next, he would cheerfully reply 'Oh, it was fine. They called a Toe Truck to come pick it up')
In summary; those willing and able to contribute would be immensely appreciated. The only reason we didn't get evicted last month was an unusually high donation. To that person: you kept us safe. Thank you.
I know many people aren't comfortable doing so but if you can donate via venmo @thegizmotwins you can make sure we continue treading water. Our GoFundMe is still active but funds can sometimes take a few days before accessing.
3K characters later: Thank you everyone once again for your boosts, your support, and your mutual aid contributions. I'm immensely fortunate to have my friends here on the fediverse.
#mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #mentalillness #Narcissist #narcissisticabuse #narcissism
Come, listen to this episode! I'm sure it relates to many of you..
It's amusing* that Mastodon can do so well** with regards to ableism and accessibility when it comes to alt-text on images, yet is so grossly ableist with regards to mental illnesses.
* by "amusing", I mean "fucking awful"
** by "so well", I mean "the bare fucking minimum
Met a very kind Psychiatrist today. Gave me a good amount of time. My 4 weekly Palliperidone depot is going up from 50mg to 75mg. Hopefully that will help. #ActuallyAutistic #Mentalillness
Also, being face to face in a room full of people for 8 hours a day, 2 days next week is:
- a HUGE fucking covid risk
- going to have me dysfunctional for the rest of the week
- a waste of the time I should be using to get my assessment handed in
#Centerlink #Unemployment #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ChronicPain #university #Academia
I have an appointment to see the psychiatrist tomorrow. I would be open to my lithium going back up from 800mg to 1000mg. Given I was on 1000mg when homeless I was tired but maybe a bit more stable considering. #ActuallyAutistic #Mentalillness
Please boost. I cured myself from life-long, all-encompassing debilitating OCD. I talk about it here and suggest practices to help you recover. Includes meditations, affirmations and thoughts on spirituality and the nature of the universe.
Please consider reviewing it on Amazon so it will keep coming up in searches!
#OCD #Obsessivecompulsive #mentalhealthweek #mentalfreedom #intrusivethoughts #mentalillness #manifestation #higherself
I wonder if any therapists ever consider treating severe social anxiety disorder as some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.
So much of the reaction to my anxiety has been to tell me it's irrational, it's unfounded, the things I worry about won't happen, people won't think of me like that; yet then when the situation occurs, more often than not, that's EXACTLY what ends up happening, my fears are proven correct & well founded. My last therapist witnessed this numerous times, including with 2 other clients of hers SHE suggested I meet with. THEY BOTH STOOD ME UP. She witnessed this! My fears were well founded! Yet when I complained, she said she didn't want to hear it anymore, they had excuses, I didn't.
I got this way through repeated bad experiences--trauma--with criticism, ignoring, & rejection. I did not imagine it. It was not just in my head.
So why does therapy treat it like it is?
THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH
https://disintegrated.fedipress.au/2023/09/20/the-sickness-unto-death/
@AnthonyFStevens @krans So nothing about the data or reasons to support #Labour....just nonsense about
Voodoo
Mental Illness
Hatred
Messiah's
....and stabbing
Oh, and everyone who is economically to the Left of #Stamer is a Corbynista ( so most** of the UK then)
#centrists are amazing -, the self-declared "grown-ups"
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"66% of the public want to see energy in public ownership, including 62% of [tories]"
#Starmer #Labour #UKPol #UKPolitics #Cult #MentalIllness #Centrist #Centrists
Here's the linbk to my new book on the US Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/OCD-Free-Eric-Gordon/dp/B0CJ47SW9B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36L5O7EN470IL&keywords=ocd-free&qid=1695060119&sprefix=ocd-free%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1
If you're shopping at Amazon in another country, put "OCD-Free" and "Eric Gordon" in the search field. Thanks!!!
#book #bookwriting #booklover #OCD #mentalhealth #selfhelp #mentalillness #meditation #affirmations #manifestation
MILD TO MODERATE BLEH
https://disintegrated.fedipress.au/2023/09/18/mild-to-moderate-bleh/
I noticed that Amazon premiered the hardcover version of my book at 20% off, so if you're interested, now is the time to get it! Softcover also available. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ47SW9B?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
#ocd #selfhelp #mentalillness #meditation #spirituality #affirmations #anxiety #mentalhealth
My body shook like I was riding on an ATV on rough trails.
A voice inside told me I needed to sleep.
How long has it been? I wondered.
My memory failed me, and my heart refused to care.
#Mania was taking over.
Read more...
#bipolardisorder #SpeakingBipolar #mentalhealth #mentalillness
I just submitted one of the two assignments I have outstanding from last year.
It's a critical analysis of "Women with Disability and Domestic and Family Violence: A Guide for Policy and Practice".
My lecturer has been incredibly supportive and patient.
My grade was automatically finalised because I had gotten enough marks to pass the subject without handing in the final assignment, and he helped me apply to have the grade reopened. He understands that my goal is for HDs so I can so honours (hopefully first class honours) and that I'd really like to graduate with the university medal.
Most of the time I get people telling me that I should just settle and just concentrate on passing, especially because of being a disabled student.. it's nice to have a lecturer who gets it.
I have another to submit in 3 weeks - it's an assessment of the media coverage of Kumanjayi Walker's murder.
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #uni #university #Academia #Criminology
GO PLAY OUTSIDE, DAMMIT
https://disintegrated.fedipress.au/2023/09/16/go-play-outside-dammit/
The new medication is not a right match for me, onto the new new medication I go.
COMPUTERS ARE THE WORST
https://disintegrated.fedipress.au/2023/09/15/computers-are-the-worst/
I didn’t do a good job on my makeup today, but also I kinda don’t care a whole lot. Just looking at myself thinking I could have done better. So maybe I do care. Or I’m just having one of the days where I don’t see myself as I really am. Or I *am* seeing myself as I really am, and perhaps I don’t like it. Idk. I think I’m getting into a bad mood state.
I Will NEVER understand why #Colorism is NOT listed as a #MentalIllness IT SHOULD BE along with #Racism and #Tribalism too! #BlackAmericans #AfricanAmerican #Race #Racism #USA #US #America #Africa #SelfHate #Africans #AfricanAmerican #BlackAmericans #Ghana #GhanaNews #Colorist #SkinBleaching 👇🏽#Blackmastodon https://tbobwoge.medium.com/my-6-hour-phone-call-with-a-black-writer-who-hates-light-skin-blacks-africans-tried-to-95dce37300da
When was your last vacation?
No doubt longer ago than you would like.
We all work too much and rest too little.
What do you do when you need a vacation but can’t go anywhere?
Look in your own backyard. #staycation
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#bipolardisorder #SpeakingBipolar #mentalhealth #mentalillness
People seem to think that “getting out of the house” is a panacea for most mental health issues.
I was just out of the house on basic errands and am reminded now more than ever that I have mental health issues. My psych is basically like, “Lions like you are stabilizing, the treatment plan is helping.”
Well, I quit working, I quit worrying about my life flipping upside down and imploding, I have mostly quit interacting with humans other than my children and people I have to interact with on errands. I do nothing as much as possible. Minimum stimulation.
I start to feel like maybe I’m getting better. Then I go to the store, and like, “Oh hey, there you are Mental Illness! Didn’t see you raising your hand in the back!”
And… yeah, I fucking hate being me a lot of the time.
Two recent books on depression look for the cause(s) now that the "chemical imbalance" idea has been refuted.
My 10-day hospital stay was over and so was my mini Florida vacation.
It was back to the real world, and I was anxious about what would come next.
This is the story of how my friend helped me adjust back to normal life.
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#bipolardisorder #SpeakingBipolar #mentalhealth #mentalillness
My bipolar disorder diagnosis came in the spring of 1995.
I was 23 years old, in a psychiatric hospital, and facing one of my toughest battles.
No one saw it, but there were years of symptoms leading up to the diagnosis.
Here are a few of the signals my parents missed.
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#bipolardisorder #SpeakingBipolar #mentalhealth #mentalillness #nature #forestbathing
I think a lot of my posts give me a really negative appearance. I'm actually a very positive, cheerful person. I sing at work. I dance and make jokes about how if I stop singing and dancing and bouncing that my blood will stop.
But behind all those smiles and laughs and good times, my family is prone to severe mental disorders. My grandmother had severe Schizoeffective Disorder, my sister severe #Bipolar, my brother severe #ADHD and myself severe #OCD.
My first symptoms arrived on schedule in 1st grade. They manifested to their fullness in puberty and now after 2 hospitlizations I've kinda fallen into a weird invisibility zone. A woman with a severe chronic mental condition that's nearing 40.
I did hella therapy but it largely just makes life livable with no medications. It will never erase my symptoms. My disorder has largely shaped my person for positive and negative but it's not something that's easy to live with. I've lost several partners and a marriage and after lots of therapy, I don't blame them.
My current partner and fiance, to aer credit did research on my disorder before I moved in. I had to teach aer how to deal with panic attacks because I have them frequently. There was a time of heavy stress with German Courses and overtime work where I collapsed in front of the fridge, blacked out and continued counting. Ae knows to grab ice to shock me out of severe panic.
The thing to really consider before saying "Yes, I can handle your chronic disorder" is really to understand there will be bad days. I got dumped by a woman whose brother also had severe OCD but it proved too much for her. You might appreciate my devotion to order, punctuality and perfection but can you handle that not going to MY grocery store or MY burger king or MY DM will cause me stress and even still if there are people messing with the order, say construction it's likely to stun me to almost non functional?
The photo included is from last night. I knocked a cup off the counter, a counter I was ashamed of because I did not have the energy to clean it, and then it moved a thing I owned from a "good" state of intact to a "bad" state of broken and just my girlfriend trying to make sure I didn't have a panic attack in broken glass resulted in 2 further panic attacks and a great deal of weeping and insomnia. Ae didn't even do anything really wrong outside of phrasing something a little differently than my panic attack brain could understand.
The thing is that I do a great deal of therapy. Not all of the things my disorder does to me are bad but I have severe trust issues and abandonment trauma not just from friends that thought I could be cured by triggering panic attacks but from partners that said "Yes I can love you" but ended up leaving instead. Dating a person with a chronic disorder is not all bad. I even like a lot of what OCD has done but it is still a commitment with a human on the other end of the bargain.
It doesn't matter if that person has chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, OCD or even Autism and backing out is human but being hurt by abandoment for something outside of my control is too. Luckily in my thirties I started finding partners that did love me, that did mean what they said, that did research instead of guess or just recommend ableism like sunshine and going for a walk as a cure but that doesn't mean it doesn't take me YEARS to trust someone.
#mentalillness #chronicdisorder
I was invited by a local county judge to present my caregiver perspective at a regular monthly meeting of the Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of Travis County, Texas. The group's goal is reducing the entanglement of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system. My wife joined me in presenting, yesterday, and we both thought it went great! We spoke about our personal experiences as parents and caregivers for an adult living with schizophrenia and shared data from author Seth Stoughton, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and the CAHOOTS program in support of improving the response to those in crisis. The committee members were engaged and we received enthusiastic applause at the end of our presentation. I hope we made a lasting difference. Our five wrap-up suggestions:
1. Reduce the contact persons with serious mental illness have with the justice system:
a. Certified Peer Support Specialists could be hired to conduct frequent telehealth wellness checks and paid a stipend by the minute for the time they spend on their cell phones with clients.
b. Caregivers could benefit from de-escalation training and access to help from outside the justice system, perhaps from a network of family and friends who undergo training to become Certified Family Peer Specialists.
2. Pledge that first-responders will acquire skills for an unarmed response to those without a gun. A mutual “no guns” agreement would require that no gun is available to a person with serious mental illness for there to be a private response. This would increase the safety of all stakeholders. Such a program is one that caregivers could get excited about.
3. Minimize coercion by making hospitality a leading feature of the diversion center. Make it a “living room” where persons want to go for help. Make it a place all stakeholders will encourage persons with mental illnesses to go for help. We don’t want any stakeholders to discourage use of the diversion center.
4. For those who hesitate to accept treatment, offer financial incentives for psychotic and homeless persons to try a long-acting injectable antipsychotic, like the incentives offered to blood plasma donors and in clinical trials of new medications—if they are competent to reject treatment, they are competent to accept treatment with an incentive.
5. Don’t forget the <1% with unstable psychotic disorders who have lost reality contact and are homeless. Unless they are already known to be non-responders to prior treatment, consider a brief involuntary commitment at a facility separate from the diversion center and with the approval of collaborating judges and physicians. Develop new ways to improve the lives of treatment non-responders.
#MentalHealth
#MentalIllness
#Psychiatry
#Psychology
#Criminology
#Homelessness
#Caregivers
#Schizophrenia
I saw a new psychiatrist today. This is the first interaction I've had with one where I actually felt listened to. I'm trying a new medicine that's meant to help treat my nightmares. The horrible dreams deprive me of sleep and stress my immune system, which has been causing seizures and ragdolling. My leggies are all bruised up >:(
Okay medicine, let's see if you work!
#chronicillness #mentalillness
#Judge blocks #schooldistrict’s #transphobic #forced #outing #policy
The judge said the policy lacks “a #clearpurpose." Garza also noted that the #conservative #evangelical #schoolboard described #genderidentity as a “#delusion” and a “#mentalillness” when discussing the #Hateful #policy.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/judge-blocks-school-districts-transphobic-forced-outing-policy/
Love can be challenging when fighting the bipolar monster.
Your mind can trick you into feeling false emotions
or make you feel none at all.
It’s tough, but love is vital for good mental health.
Read more...
#bipolardisorder #SpeakingBipolar #mentalhealth #mentalillness #love
I just had an interesting moment in therapy.
I said something, and my therapist responded with "oh, that's really well put.. do you mind if I just write that down quickly?"
I know that you can't win at therapy, but I feel like I'm at least getting a Distinction grade..
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #Therapy #psychology
Does anyone know anything about Shadow Work with regards to therapy?
I've been reading a little bit about it, and I think I want to raise it with my therapist.
[edit - I should have been more clear.. what I'm asking for is people who have actual experience (positive or negative) with Shadow Work]
#Therapy #psychology #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ShadowWork
This is a thing I've discovered to help with #tasks - especially as someone who deals with #ExecutiveDysfunction from #MentalIllness & #PTSD
THE HUMMINGBIRD METHOD
It's called hummingbirding because you're hovering over the task by being in the space the task is.
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #MentalHealth #Anxiety
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People with #MentalIllness in #England face ‘horrifically long’ #ambulance delays
Figures reveal services regularly breached response-time targets, with one person waiting three days
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/02/ambulance-delays-mental-illness-england #NHSEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction #BreakThenPrivatise
It’s just really not a good day 😩 #MentalIllness
Oh he fell into a "crushing depression" and "completely loses control of his emotions?" This was not a heat of the moment #murder. It was a pattern of #abuse over years by an obsessed man who planned to kill her bc he couldn't have her and she didn't want him in her life. I loathe when people use #Mentalillness as an excuse for abhorrent actions. He’s clearly not right in the head, but being sad didn’t make him this way.
For years now I’ve even showing up at work and saying absolutely nothing. Somehow it looked like I was doing something, because my boss would always pop in to me staring at my computer, and she’s say, “Hey, do you got a minute to help me with something? Are you too busy?”
*Uhhhhhhh, yeah, I’m quite busy doing absolutely nothing…*
I’d say, “No problem, I can help.”
Then I’d help her put an attachment on an email. That right there was the most functional I have been at work in years. Helping navigate email.
I haven’t even really checked my email or work phone messages for years, only if somebody it specifically asked me in person, “Hey, did you get that email I sent? What do you think?”
“Ohh, yeah… I saw it pop up but didn’t have a chance to sit down with it.”
Monthly I have been deleting 400-800 unread emails. Of
Nobody talked to me in person it wasn’t important, because otherwise the email sits there like a lion ready to pounce on me, my anxiety through the roof.
I became afraid of my emails, afraid of my work phone, which I had turned off for nearly 2 years straight, became afraid of the field work I was supposed to be doing. I was afraid of the field work for many reasons, some would take too long to explain, but… I was too paranoid of being attacked by bees, too worried about ticks, afraid of mosquito swarms, afraid of the lions and bears. And after being outside for a few hours, I became certain I was feeling hordes of invisible mites inhabiting my lower body half, mostly legs.
Most of my office time was occupied by me:
—Staring at computer for hours.
—Reading news and catastrophizing.
—Researching my latest obsession or paranoia.
—Being confused as to what the fuck I was supposed to be doing, and how I could get myself to do it, then shame over not being able to do it.
—Feeling physically sick because of the mental bullshit, and getting ready to bail the fuck out of work.
—Occasionally napping because my meds.
—Occasionally crying and curled in a fetal position on the floor wondering how tf I was going to continue living like this.
Anyways, there are some rambling thoughts, and much respect to you for making it this far.
Been off work on disability for 2 weeks now I think. Not missing the 120 mile daily round trip commute.
Also not missing work one bit either. Work became impossible quite some time ago. It evolved into me basically being literally afraid of working.
Raise your hand if you crashed this week, or are teetering on the edge of a crash 🖐️. Maybe if we band together we can crash together and lighten the load.
#disability #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #mentalIllness #mentalHealth #NEISvoid #chronicIllness #chronicFatigue #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain
Am I being dense but I wish you could like quote posts? Like quote tweets? Unless I’m missing something? #question #askmastodon #askfediverse #askmeanything #newbie #newbiequestions #helpneeded #helpwanted #advice #advicewelcome #adviceplease #questionandanswer #qanda #supportneeded #mastodonhelp #mastodonhelp4newbies #twittermigration #twittermigrant #madtwitter #madmastodon #disabled #disability #spoonie #mentalhealth #mentalillness #bpd #bpdfam #chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #cfs
Massively depressed this morning and clearly didn’t get enough sleep.
A fundamental obstacle to good mental healthcare policy in the USA is the desire for a simple approach to a complicated issue.
I'm confused. As someone who has 2 close family members with #DissociativeIdentityDisorder previously called #MultiplePersonalityDisorder Where did all of these people with #plural in their bios come from recently? Is this a common perception of other #MentalIllness too? Is it a lifestyle thing? Are people just more comfortable to be seen now?
#OSDD
#DID
#Plurality
#PluralTalk
#pluralgang
#psychology
#psychiatry
#MentalHealth
#psychotherapy
#Therapy
#neurodivergent
#neurodiversity
I am not very productive these days. Illness takes over my creativity most of the time. Managed to draw this simple drawing few days ago.
#ColouredPencil #TraditionalArt #MastoArt #MentalIllness #Depression
I can't believe I painted this four years ago. It was the night before I was due to go into hospital for my first round of TMS (Transcranial magnetic stimulation). I had a few more rounds of it in subsequent admissions but it didn't really do much for me.
My recovery in the last two years is a bit fraught with controversy so I don't really talk much about the details. It's been a journey trying to figure out who I am without all the anxiety keeping me locked up.
I'm new here, so here's a little info about me & this account, in case you’re wondering whether to follow or not.
I like creating & posting my #DigitalArt, (usually in the form of desktop & mobile wallpapers) & graphics. I also like to #crochet.
I post about #MentalIllness because I struggle with #OCD & #depression.
I’m #disabled & #ChronicallyIll (#PanHypoPituitarism, #AdrenalInsufficiency, #hypothyroidism, #GERD, #HipDysplasia, #arthritis, #osteoporosis, pituitary #dwarfism, #HoH), a #trekkie, #geek, #introvert, & a girly girl who loves playing with #makeup.
Feel free to follow & interact, but don’t be a jerk please. Thanks. 😊
What people don't know, they don't know. Anyone can be #Homeless at any given time. My experiences have made me into the person that I am today.
https://mysticscapes.medium.com/february-2015-ad1c2b7ea34d
#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthSupport #MentalHealthMatters #AUDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #PTSD #CPTSD #DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #Twitter #Mastodon #Threads
How to cope with #ADHD & #CPTSD in a neurotypical world when you clearly do not fit in.
Https://mysticscapes.medium.com/adhd-coping-6a13d0e7c027
#ActuallyAutistic #PTSD #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #AUDHD #ADHD #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads
Sometimes you gotta take the necessary steps for your protection. It is what it is.
https://mysticscapes.medium.com/no-contact-order-f761a74ab14
#PTSD #CPTSD #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #Autist #AUDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic
https://mysticscapes.medium.com/the-encounter-d8049e7ec222
Please read for added awareness & insight. Thank you
#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #ActuallyAutistic #AUDHD #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads #Tellonym #Medium #Saturday #Caturday
In the past when I was depressed I would write a lot on my livejournal, tumblr, then twitter. Nowadays I am less inclined to share what's going on in my head because I don't want to bum people out. I don't know how many different ways to write "I am struggling with my existence" without boring people.
Stuck in bed and feeling uninspired? Art Date time!
#ArtSchoolFromBed #art #artist #artdate #getinspired #motivation #chronicillness #mentalillness #library #books
Book 7 for July 2023
Marilyn: Norma Jeane by Gloria Steinem
I would not normally have read a book about Marilyn but I was looking for stuff by Gloria and found this
It is a pretty serious look at her horrible life and the various things that really affected her.
It was a cooperation with George Barris who photographed Marilyn not that long before she died. The photos are nice but the prose takes up the majority of the book and it is actually worth the read.
I learned new things
#NonFiction #Biography #MarilynMonroe #Movies #Abandonment #FosterCare #MentalIllness #Suicide
@bookstodon #Books #Bookstodon #Reading
I can't remember where I read this. But telling mentally ill people to eat well and exercise to boost their mood is like giving someone a new pair of scissors that is still in the packaging. The person needs scissors to open the new scissor packaging. This is not a helpful thing to do at all.
#mentalHealth #mentalIllness #Neurodiversity #neurodivergent
@georgetakei So, first, #autism isn't a #mentalIllness. That aside:
I have a high-functioning #ASD child (now an adult) who doesn't need to be "cured". The rest of us need to change a lot more than my kid, who is kind and brilliant and thoughtful.
But I'd be reluctant to tell the parents of a non-verbal #autistic child that their child only needs empathy and understanding, and not—if not a complete cure—therapies that are curative of the worst symptoms.
Empathy and understanding are the baseline we should all use in all of our interactions with others. ASD folks demand a bit extra from us in that department, and we should be prepared to provide it. And, for those who need it, we should be looking for tools to make their lives happier and more productive—which in some form may indeed look like "cures".
The MAiD law in Canada is genuinely one of the more horrifying devaluations of human life going on in the entire world, right up there with China's reproduction policies and Denmark's Downs Syndrome genocide.
I hate how it is so normalized that a straightforward description of what it does would be agreed to by those who endorse it, but so horrifying that many unaffected simply can't believe in it.
#Canada #MAID #Eugenics #morality #ethics #Disability #Disabled #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Death #Life #Poverty #ChronicIllness #Doctos #HealthCare #Politics #CanPoli
The Struggle to Relax: Why #ADHD Makes it Tough https://youtu.be/X9WSVb1A9Mc #MentalIllness #MentalHealth
I openly talk about my #MentalHealth in order to raise #MentalHealthAwareness and to fight the stigma. I use my blog posts to share my story of #parenting with a #MentalIllness both good and bad sides. At the moment I am pursuing an assessment and diagnosis of possible #ADHD.
I choose to talk about Mental Health and openly discuss it to help others believe that they can too. My mental health doesn’t define me, but it is part of me, and #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
Another great episode from ADHD Big Brother - An #ADHD Path To Doing Boring Stuff - Interview with Skye Waterson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/skye-waterson-n%C3%A9e-rapson-026286204/ ) - https://pod.link/1537032730/episode/58bd22afc155b4645756acee7489d7b6 #MentalIllness #MentalHealth
It’s not that often, or perhaps it is, that we have actual delusional, paranoid schizophrenics in the US House of Representatives. But here you have it: “The far-right US congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene appeared to say she thinks she is being spied on through her television, possibly by the US government, and that someone may soon try to kill her.” #MGT #Republicans #politics #USHR #House #MentalIllness #conservatives #ConservativesReallyAreThatBad #MAGA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/26/majorie-taylor-greene-implies-tv-spying
I deeply appreciated this episode of the slight change of plans #podcast - Highly recommended: https://omny.fm/shows/a-slight-change-of-plans/mental-health-managing-mental-chatter #MentalIllness #mentalHealth
It’s Been 50 Years Since #Homosexuality Was #Declassified As A #MentalIllness.
#SICK follows the story of #entertainment #journalist and #gayrights #activist #RonGold, who was subjected to #barbaric #gay #aversiontherapy, including #electroshock #treatments, as a young man.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture
I had such an amazing conversation during today's Mental Health in Tech #podcast recording. I wonder, how did we get to a place where we have a predatory fear of being vulnerable? #MentalIllness #MentalHealth
"While it is likely that only a subset of people diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychotic disorders have an underlying autoimmune condition, Markx and other doctors believe there are probably many more patients whose psychiatric conditions are caused or exacerbated by autoimmune issues." —Richard Sima for The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/01/schizophrenia-autoimmune-lupus-psychiatry/
The question I’ve been asked the most from disabled readers is “Where do I find stories that star folks who are like me?”
Well, have I got news for you!
With Nothing Without Us and Nothing Without Us Too, you get a total of 49 stories by authors who are #disabled, #Deaf, #Blind, #neurodivergent, and/or who manage #Mentalillness! #AmReading
@fulelo ⬆️
#RogerWaters is the second member of #PinkFloyd to suffer from #mentalillness. Sad.
Stop telling me I can leave if I don't like the US #healthcare system. No I can't.
Most countries restrict immigration by #disabled #fat #chronicIllness #mentalIllness and #older folks. Literally everyone has decided we don't belong.
By way of introductions:
My name is Rory, and I am a teacher. I don't work in a classroom with children, though. Instead, I work with adults who have survived some bull$#!+, to teach them new skills, and ways to improve their relationship with themselves, their loved ones, and their goals.
My work is @uproryus on YouTube.com, where I bring some of the skills I teach every week to the internet to make the information more widely available.
A large - and mostly overlooked - segment of homelessness is caused by high rents, not addiction or mental illness.
Drug addiction and mental illness exists everywhere. Grinding, Dickensian poverty does not.
#rent #rents #RentSeeking #homelessness #homeless #unhoused #poverty #capitalism #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Addiction #DrugAddiction #Austerity #Neglect #PrivateProperty
So after the latest incident, all New Yorkers with good will and basic decency know what NOT to do if someone's acting erratic on the subway. But what SHOULD you do?
Here you go: https://gothamist.com/news/how-approach-mental-health-crisis-on-subway-without-tragedy-jordan-neely #NewYorkCity #NewYork #subway #MentalHealth #MentalIllness
It's both sad & telling that a person in NYC honestly believed the way to help someone with #mentalillness was to choke them to death to shut them up.
This is #America today. I'm sure he'll claim "self defense" or some other bullsh*t.
"After a life spent as a pillar of Bend’s civic life, Mr. Coyner had somehow reached a point of near total destitution, surrounded by the prosperity he had helped create." —Mike Baker @nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/us/bend-oregon-mayor-homeless.html
I can't put into words how proud I am of my amazing wife, Kate. For 2 years she has worked to rebuild her life from serious #mentalillness. Now, she's joining me and some swim pals to participate in the #NorthEastSkinnyDip on Sunday September 24th 2023. There'll be around 1000+ people at #DruridgeBay stripping naked and running into the #NorthSea to raise money for #MIND mental health charity. Kate's story and #JustGiving funding page is here:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Catherine-Kerins
"What reasons do you have to be anxious about?"
Well, let's see...
- Traumatic memories
- Death and destruction
- Russia
- USA
- Discrimination
- Bullying
- Mood swings
- Mental disorders
- Various triggers
- Cloudy days
- Not eating properly
- Not sleeping properly
- Not enough rest
- Upcoming work days
- Stock
- Troubling thoughts
- News of the world
- Social media
- Me, myself and I
- Why did I say that
- OCD
- Things that I can control but have no energy for
- Things that I can't control, but somehow have the energy for
- Things that I should have not be anxious about but I am anyway
- Lists
Lucía selfie reboot
I post my pics for therapeutic reasons mostly. I have a distorted self image, like an actual distortion of what I look like. It’s not self esteem, it’s not a low confidence issue, it’s just that my brain lies to me and shows me something warped often enough that I do not know which me is the actual me that people see. I don’t do it for the attention, although I do not complain about it, except for when it is somebody being a shit.
I post certain photos because it’s like an accountability record: “This one time, Lucía, you had this one feeling about yourself, remember?” But if there is no evidence of it, no evidence that can be verified by an outside observer (somebody other than me), then there is a chance that I might not believe I ever had that thought or feeling.
Anyways, yesterday I did a hard thing. I went into a couple quite busy places with a lot of people, not covering up my obvious but small bosom, wearing makeup, a somewhat form fitting shirt, and full well knowing I look like a non passing trans person. I smiled back at everybody who looked at me, even if it looked like they were disgusted.
I am a 6’5”, quite queer looking walking sore thumb everywhere I go like this. Usually I am swaddled in hoodie and I probably just look like an alternative femme leaning dude. But yesterday I felt *absolutely exposed* and vulnerable. But I also felt really good about the hard thing I did afterwards.
Whether intended or not, somebody made me feel like shit here on my post yesterday with this pic. I still do feel like shit, because the switch has already been flipped, the chemicals have burned my brain, and I can’t just make it go away. She made me feel ugly and dumb, and for a while my brain tried to make me think really shitty things.
I felt cute yesterday. Today I look at this pic and fortunately I still feel like it’s a cute pic.