July 2011
36 posts
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madnessisintelligible:
What a great idea!
Apparently, according to Paul Gambaccini, Amy Winehouse suffered from “a weak and addictive personality”. Thanks for that insight, Paul.
♡Amy, Amy, Amy. →
wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow:
I don’t understand how so many people can say, “yeah, but it was her fault because of the drugs.” How can you not have any empathy for someone with an addiction problem? Actually, it must be pretty easy to say that if you’ve never seen someone you love or respect struggle with that, but if you…
Substance.abuse disorder is a mental illness. I don’t...
Coming to Terms with Depression
totheexperts:
Coming to Terms with Depression
**Trigger warning for depression, ableism, privilege-denial**
The whole story, which kind of explains my occassional absence from Tumblr, can be found right here. Displaying this post under a cut, in case the mild details of my experiences are triggering.
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privilege and radical sobriety vs. straight edge
mrdthgrvs:
combat—wombat:
I’ve been sober and drug-free for about a year and a half. My personal sobriety is something that’s really important to me, but I really don’t care if you drink/smoke/use drugs (although I get super uncomfortable if people are intoxicated around me, especially straight men, especially in safer spaces). Although I’ve identified as straight edge in the past, I’m torn...
lookoutsideyourself:
I’m tired of the language used to describe people with emotional disorders like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
We’re not “complicated,” at least not in the way that has that negative connotation attached to it.
We don’t have “issues.”
We’re not “fucked up.”
We’re not “crazy.”
We don’t have “emotional baggage.”
We’re not “weird.”
We don’t have “problems.”
...
SAMHSA- Campaign For Mental Health Recovery →
getridofthestigma:
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE:
Encourage, educate and inspire 18-25 year olds to step up and support friends they know are experiencing a mental health problem.
Deranged and Dangerous: When Do the Emotionally...
Severe mental illness alone is not generally enough to cause violent behavior.
Earlier this year a 22-year-old college dropout, Jared Lee Loughner, shot Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords through the head near a Tucson supermarket, causing significant damage to Giffords’s brain. In the same shooting spree, Loughner killed or wounded 18 others, including a federal judge and a...
lostgrrrls:
speakgirl:
Confession: I did not know that uppity was racist. I also didn’t know what it meant, apparently, because the way it was used by my parents & grandparents when I was growing up was in reference to anyone who was being overly excitable or high-strung.
File under: Things that would have been good to know before I was 23 years old -_-;
File this under things I didn’t...
Care to help out a trans woman?
stfusexists:
thehumorlessfeminist:
artoftransliness:
I copied this post off of susan’s
“My local radio station is having this contest, “The Breast Summer Ever” in which the company will fully fund the breast augmentation of the winning woman, on a voting system. I just wanted to bring to your attention that anyone can vote, and one of our own, a transwoman named Avery (#4) has made the top...
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thenightingaleandtherose replied to your post: thenightingaleandtherose reblogged your post:…
What indywasthedog wrote was definitely helpful - I had no idea you could see an intern for less money. Just chipping in :)
Yeah, I had no clue either! To be honest, I’m sad that we even have to be having these conversations, you know? As an English person, I’ve never had to consider...
thenightingaleandtherose reblogged your post: indywasthedog replied to your post: You talk so…
$20 a week if only affordable if you have that $20 to begin with. For some people that money is the difference between eating that week or starving. Echoing the original post, the internet is a great resource. It pays to be weary since there’s a lot of misinformation on the internet, but if you...
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indywasthedog replied to your post: You talk so much about seeing a psychiatrist for help as your #1 line of defense, but what about us Americans who can’t afford insurance, and therefore can never afford to see a therapist?
sliding scale clinics do exist, where you would see an intern who is in the process of completing a degree, but is supervised by a licensed therapist. thats why i do, i LOVE...
Anonymous asked: You talk so much about seeing a psychiatrist for help as your #1 line of defense, but what about us Americans who can't afford insurance, and therefore can never afford to see a therapist? I'm currently in a deep depression, but it would take several thousand dollars to afford to see a doctor weekly. I can barely afford food and my medication at the moment. And there are no free...
Dealing with Flashbacks
reasonstohide:
Here are a few suggestions to ease the shock of a flashback.
You may have already thought of these (sometimes it just takes another person to state it for it to sink in):
Remind yourself that you have been triggered. Be gentle and patient with yourself. You were triggered unknowingly and you haven’t done anything wrong to create it.
Look for signs of safety in your immediate...
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Panic Attack Relief
reasonstohide:
I call this my “instant panic relief pouch” (IPRP). It’s an idea I took from learning about self-soothing, which I’ve posted about in the past. I decided to experiment with ways that I could self-sooth on the go when I sensed oncoming panic or fear. For me, feelings of panic come up both at home and when I’m out at work, school, or with friends. If you feel uncomfortable panic or...
How to Save Yourself from Your Manic Episodes
conquerbipolar:
I got a request to do a list post about what I to do to stop myself from going crazy during a manic episode. The fact is, there’s very little I can do while the episode is happening but there’s a lot I can do to prevent the shame, regret and embarrassment I feel afterwards. Here are my tips.
1. CALL YOUR PSYCHIATRIST. This might seem obvious, but as soon as you feel even mildly...
Watch[Trigger warning: Discussion of LGBTQ discrimination / generally sad film]
feministslut:
synchroneity-:
dirrrtypop:
This is so sad, LGBT senior citizens are being forced back into “the closet” in their last days due to bullying from fellow seniors & caregivers. Worst part is, they are being bullied by healthcare providers. The people who are paid, trusted, & responsible for their...
This July, MIND is travelling the country and... →
llwynogod:
If you’re in London tomorrow, pop along to Regent’s Park and check this out!
Anonymous asked: Do you have any tips to deal with the stress of living with a drug addict?
The addict is my sister, and I find I'm at the end of my rope being patient with her. She was an active drug addict when I was a young teenager, and now for the past two years she escalated when she began using again. I have a mental illness and my mental health has been deteriorating rapidly. I really...
The addict is my sister, and I find I'm at the end of my rope being patient with her. She was an active drug addict when I was a young teenager, and now for the past two years she escalated when she began using again. I have a mental illness and my mental health has been deteriorating rapidly. I really...
Anonymous asked: do you have a diagram of which part of the brains control what functions and thoughts etc?
“In old age, when he was suffering from Alzheimer’s, E.B. White liked to have his...”
– Some Pig…Terrific…Radiant…Humble: Maureen Corrigan reviews a new book about the life of E.B. White and the origins of Charlotte’s Web.
theoceanandthesky:
I really dislike that people use the suffering of others to shame people for having MENTAL ILLNESSES like Depression. You cant just snap out of depression cause youre shown a picture of someone who has it worse.
Has anyone considered that the guilt for being depressed can actually make the depression WORSE? “Who am I to feel bad when I have a good life? Wow, I am a piece...
“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. It is that...”
– J. K. Rowling
Self-Care →
killyourinspiration:
I want to start out by saying that writing this at all feels like a revolution. I have not written anything longer than a few sentences in months, and I am apprehensive about putting it here, instead of in my old friend, my livejournal, but it feels right somehow.
I don’t share much about myself or my life on tumblr. I am in some ways a very private person. I would...
albinwonderland asked: I actually agree with the point you made, I would like to start zoning this ableist language out of my own vocabulary, as well at the word 'lame'. I'm going to have to work on finding more appropriate substitutes.
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albinwonderland:
#reasons I love my boyfriend. I was creeping through his facebook to find a photo to use as his contact photo on my phone when I saw that he corrected one of his dudebro friends for using the word ‘gay’ in place of stupid or dumb
I mean I know that he does this on a regular basis but SIGH DREAMBOAT
… But ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ can also pretty...
A resource for finding gender neutral bathrooms in...
anythingnonbinary:
All you need to do is type your city and it shows you a list of gender neutral washrooms in your city, whether they’re accesible, if you can go in without purchase and where they are located in the building.
http://safe2pee.org/new/
Hope this helps,
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Youtube user KingsNJazz talks about finding... →
