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keezybees · 6 months

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I am so happy to announce that one of my autobio comics, Sunflowers, is being published by Silver Sprocket (one of my favorite publishers)!

"Sunflowers is an autobiographical comic about one person's experience living with bipolar I disorder. From mania to depression to the balance beam of the everyday, Sunflowers explores the human complexity of an often misunderstood disorder with honesty and vulnerability."

You can preorder the book here.

#bipolar disorder #bipolar #mental illness #mental health #comics #autobio comics #mania #depression #psychosis #hypomania #stigma #mental illness stigma

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schizopositivity · 10 months

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*YouTuber talking about creepy things on the internet* and he was SCHIZOPHRENIC, he was clearly DELUSIONAL *shows a human being displaying symptoms of a mental illness* this footage is TERRIFYING it's like he's IN ANOTHER WORLD

*the comments* omg chilling, I would be so scared if I saw him in public, this is why I keep guns on me at all times, this man is a danger and I would have killed him on sight, it's scary that those dangerous psychotic people are just out there

#tw guns #tw murder #tw violence #tw sanism #tw ableism #schizophrenia #mental illness #nd #neurodivergent #schizophrenic #psychosis #actuallyschizophrenic #mental health awareness #pseriouslypsychotic #schizo-spec #schizoaffetive #mental illness stigma #schizophrenia stigma #psychosis stigma

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ghostisventing · 8 months

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Pro tip: don’t call people with social anxiety/selective mutism/autism/nvld assholes or other names just because they can’t respond to waiters.

I don’t think you guys actually know what these conditions are. It’s not “using mental illness as an excuse”, many people with social anxiety and selective mutism are literally UNABLE to talk back. It’s not a choice. Many people with nvld and autism don’t do “normal social rules” BECAUSE THATS LITERALLY WHAT DEFINES THOSE DISORDERS

Mentally ill and neurodivergent people aren’t being rude. We’re not intentionally ignoring you.

And if you’re gonna pull the “if it’s so hard why are you out in public” bullshit, then don’t. We’re allowed to be in public. We’re allowed to challenge ourselves. And if we can’t do it? It’s not the end of the world.

Telling someone with social anxiety or selective mutism they shouldn’t be in public is quite literally the worst thing you can do. Every therapist I’ve ever had recommended the OPPOSITE. To go out MORE. That’s quite literally how people overcome it.

You guys are all “mental health matters” until it’s not mild anxiety or depression. Stop judging people who struggle in social situations. All it does is make it worse.

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jenniferleecopping · 10 months

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new zine for sale in the shop

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chronicsymptomsyndrome · 23 days

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Getting really tired of seeing “mental health advocates” vilifying mental health conditions, especially narcissistic personality disorder. Please fucking stop

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shititskat · 5 months

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I’m definitely just ranting, feel free to ignore me.

My mother is firmly “pro mental health support” (in her opinion). She supports my ongoing (probably lifelong) need for medication and therapy.

But yesterday at Kmart. A woman was clearly in significant distress. Shouting about how someone threw her baby in the trash. Patrons are generally uncomfortable while security is helping her. They genuinely seemed to be helping. I checked.

My mother laughs. Not a nervous laugh, just laughing, and says “jesus, some people know how to make a scene.”

I remind her that I suffer from the mental illness which is usually blamed for people acting this way. A mental illness she knows I have and am medicated for.

Her response? “Yeah, but you’d never do something like that”. I dropped it because that Kmart didn’t need a second distressed and screaming person that night.

BUT JESUS FUCK WHAT. I HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA. A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER. AT BASICALLY ANY POINT I AM A MEDICATION ISSUE OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AWAY FROM BEING THAT WOMAN.

It would not be something I could control, it can just HAPPEN. And to act like it wouldn’t happen to me, for any reason, is both naive and shockingly disrespectful of the severity of this kind of condition.

I’m extremely upset about it. Both on a significant societal level and a personal level that I can’t quite understand.

#mental illness #mental illness stigma #schizophrenia #psychosis #angry rant #sad rant?

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mischiefmanifold · 2 years

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Some of you are really taking the social model of disability way too far. I’ve seen people go so far as to say that we shouldn’t say “mental illness” anymore.

Why? What makes you so uncomfortable about acknowledging that you have a genuine disorder that does in fact impair your life?

I feel like a lot of this is internalized ableism/saneism.

#disability #social model of disability #mental illness #internalized ableism #ableism #saneism #sanism #mentally ill #mental illness awareness #mental illness stigma

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fancyfade · 7 months

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Superman goes to a shrink :P

Superman #176

"Well, I meant that is that there must be a category of people who are always more dehumanized than those sympathetic to the reader and more beyond saving"

Anyway, what he clarifies is he's worried he wouldn't be inspirational to people if they knew he needed to see a shrink and like. I know from personal experience that when you're seeking out mental health care, you're often used to thinking of yourself as someone who doesn't ~need~ it and the dominant narrative in culture does demonize mental illness and if you can't pass for NT, you're in the category of ~crazy~ and therefore unworthy of sympathy.

anyway mostly posting just for my own future reference that he went to therapy I Just couldn't resist commenting on this narrative

#dc comics #fade reads dc comics #superman 1987 #superman #clark kent #dr foster #mental illness stigma

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autumnbell32 · 6 months

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I've had bad depressive episodes- more than I count- since I was 12. The hypomanic episodes- I don't know how long I've had them. Sometimes, since my baseline is usually sadness and anxiety peppered with neutrality, it is hard for me to tell the difference between feeling happy and hypomania- Am I just feeling good? Am I scrambling to get everything done before the next depression hits or is this maniacal energy? The past few days...there has been NO question that I'm hypomanic, perhaps even experiencing full blown mania.

These are the worst symptoms I have ever had. I've heard things before...during a bad depressive episode and during times when I am overstimulated or sleep-deprived. They've always caught me by surprise- I hear them internally, of course, but imagine being completely alone and hearing a voice that isn't coming out of your own mouth or your phone. I've always paused after it happens, at least momentarily. Before this week, they had been nonsensical words and phrases that weren't contextual. Today, though. I woke up after few hours of sleep and immediately I was in eye-bulging, hand-trembling, panic city.

I couldn't stay in bed anymore. I got up, pulled my hair back, and went and got my usual iced coffee. LIKE AN IDIOT. Sure, lets add caffeine to this mix of heart palpitations and paranoia. Dum-dum. By the time I got back home I was sitting in my car, hearing a voice telling me I was "loveless." "It's just a voice...a biochemical issue...a brain glitch from new meds and genetics and lack of sleep." Yeah, I started bawling anyways. Loveless? Add into the fact that I have zero confidence right now and feel the most unmarketable I have ever felt and feel super attracted to someone I am talking to who, I'm pretty sure, thinks I'm a soft 4 (if that). And then someone on the Youtube replied to a non-inflammatory comment I made about Pete Davidson's fine self with insults of me being ugly and fat. I stared at the vegetarian breakfast sandwhich I had in the seat next too me, felt nauseated and it was waterworks. Fuck, I'm just trying my best. The psych meds have put weight on me.

I called my mom, asked her if I seem hypomanic. "Nope you seem happy." I called my brother, with his steady, calculated tone and told him my symptoms and told him I was scared. I mean, they aren't equipped to deal with this but I don't talk to many people. OH and I messaged the person I am talking to, who also deals with similar issues, and had a meltdown. I mean, things are great 👍. I went inside, called a nurse line and messaged my therapist, both advised ER. I can't. I can't miss any work. I'll go to this 6 hour short shift and drive myself to ER afterwards if I still feel like my brain is rolling out of my skull and down into a ditch. I have the next two days off. I called my insurance's helpline that is staffed with LCSWs, telling her I can't miss work, and we came up with a plan. Which I have written down on a notecard to keep in my pocket today. Listen, my aunt was late onset schizophrenic and her daughter was as well, I'm not going to pretend like I'm not scared. But all I can do is try to support myself and handle it. And not panic.

I had plans to go to a haunted house/Halloween theme park tonight as well. I love love love horror, but I'm guessing that could be triggering for me right now so I canceled. I feel so badly, he got tickets. But I have to coddle this organ under my skullcap right now. It's the only one I have.

I feel like I'm going to vomit.

#bipolar disorder #auditory hallucinations #mental illness stigma #mental health awareness #mental illness advocacy #disability advocacy #mental illness and relationships #please god let me hold onto this brain #i really do like it sometimes #things were getting better-ish #give me a fucking break #writer #writeblr #writing #creative writing

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perhapsiamaplant · 28 days

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im so tired of hearing that "mental illnesses are a red flag." this is something ive heard multiple times, and its so frustrating.

like I understand if someone doesn't want to date a mentally ill person because they can't handle their symptoms, understandable- coming from a severely mentally ill person- I get it, it can be a lot. sure it hurts and it sucks but I understand some people just can't deal. but to call it a "red flag" is just wrong

mental illness is not a red flag, toxic behavior is. mental illness does not inherently make you toxic or dangerous or whatever other bullshit people say. and I wish people would understand that

just because someone has psychotic symptoms does not mean they're crazy. just because someone has trauma does not make them a red flag. just because someone has DID or bipolar or BPD DOES NOT MAKE THEM BAD PEOPLE.

please stop generalizing!!! it sucks!!!

#mental illness #mental health #mental illness stigma #stop it #stop generalizing

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keezybees · 2 months

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My book is out today!! I wrote about my experiences with bipolar 1, including mania, psychosis, depression, stigma, treatment, and self-acceptance. Silver Sprocket did an incredible job making this a beautiful book, and I'm so happy to share it with you 💛

It's sort of my way of reaching out past the stigma, and to try to connect with people despite it. I hid it for so long, and it still feels both scary and freeing to talk about it publicly, but every time someone says they felt seen, or that they're better able to understand a loved one, I feel joy. Partly because it means I'm not just crazy all by myself, and partly because all most of us want is to be loved and accepted, and I hope this book can help make that dream more real.

You can find Sunflowers at the Silver Sprocket store (here) or you can request it at your local bookstore or comic shop.

#bipolar disorder #bipolar #mental illness #mental health #mania #depression #psychosis #hallucinations #delusions #comics #comic books #comic book art #autobio #autobio comics #autobiographical #mental health stigma #mental illness stigma #stigma

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marius-was-unhinged · 4 months

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I'm not saying substance abuse is good. But. I meet a lot of otherwise cool anarchists who want to exclude people abusing substances from their spaces and calling them "fake punk". And bruh imo it's extremely anti-anarchist and anti-punk to disrespect and stigmatize ppl due to their addiction or mental illness.

#there were discussions about creating a squat and many people suggested completely banning substances in it #like many poor people are also addicted #I'm gonna live there so in this case i would either try to take things in secret or somewhere on the street and that's more dangerous #tw substance abuse #mental illness stigma #mental illness #cluster b #actually bpd #actually aspd #aspd #bpd #personality disorders #junkie #anarchist #anarchist squat #punk #actually punk

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lifeonkylesfarm · 1 year

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i'm not the romanticized version of a mentally ill person. i don't stare out of windows while it rains. i don't get to just fall in love and suddenly its all gone. it's ugly. it's real fucking ugly.