From the archives, 2022: ”We know now from decades of clinical practice, and now over the last couple of decades of research, that the earlier that we affirm someone, the better outcomes they have in terms of mental health and physical health.” https://www.texasobserver.org/healthcare-for-trans-kids-is-not-abuse/
'Because of saneism, mad people are often denied the ability to define their own experience — as evidenced by the push to cure autistic people of something much of the community doesn’t view as a disease. Of her own experience, Yakas said that the messaging she received was, “I have a broken brain. Nothing that I’m saying is real. Everything is irrational.” '
"One in 5 mothers in the United States report being ignored, threatened, forced to accept treatment they didn’t consent to, physically abused or otherwise mistreated by their providers during pregnancy and delivery, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
Reading about #NarrativeTherapy, of which I knew very little and am learning much, but never expected to end up reading about #Foucault and #neoliberalism as the theoretical underpinnings of this practice. It makes me hopeful for my future as a #MentalHealth therapist.
Quote from #JohnWinslade: Neoliberalism transforms people into less #democratic, more governable, docile, more consuming, neoliberal subjects who nevertheless believe themselves to be free because they have consumer “choice.”
I’m just going to put the whole quote here. It’s from a handout in a workshop he did with the #Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy (2016), from the book Narrative Therapy (2nd ed.), by Stephen Madigan:
I've had better weeks chicks.
It's rare having a dip this low but it's hit hard.
Make sure you speak to the right people if you ever feel the same. #mentalhealth
Oh, and just checked my email - to find an organisation I sometimes have #MentalHealth dealings with has just managed to have a bloody wonderful privacy breach, managing to send out a newsletter with everybody’s email addresses exposed. I am Not Happy. They “sincerely apologised” but that’s hardly the point, is it?
I go to this spot some evenings to get away and help my mind decompress and untangle.
It's at the top of a local hill.
A few other people go there too, I suspect for the same reason as they are always peaceful and calm, watching the sea and sun, some chomping on a sandwich or sipping from a thermos.
My mental health thanks me for deleting my TikTok account. It's such a relief to get off that platform. Some good things, sure, but the bad ones were too much. Anyway, it's over. It's finally over. 🙌 ❤️
I have a multiline file that I’ve loaded into a string using String(contentsOfFile:encoding:)
I'm trying to split the string using “someString.components(separatedBy: "==========\n“)
But it... just doesn’t. I know that particular string does exist in the file multiple times.
If I change the separator to just a linefeed it does split the file into 1600 items just fine. So for some reason it's not finding the "==========\n“ ?
I’ve been journaling my daily work using Logseq for the past year or so. It has transformed how I work. It’s a log of the little wins I’ve tackled, notes on what was the route to success, and links to where the solution is, whether that is a Confluence doc, a PR on GitHub.
It is also a “memorium pool”, I no longer have to stress about remembering things. It has a powerful note linking mechanism that is automatic, I can find related notes easily and visualise how they are related to each other.
If something comes up during the day, I can tag it as /TODO and it will add that note on a calendar view so I can quickly glance if I have things I need to take care next week.
Give it a go. Remind yourself you win every day. Remind yourself that things do take time. Remind yourself that what you do today matters.
This post is not sponsored. It’s just me grateful for open-source. Want start your journaling today? Go here: https://logseq.com/
Lets talk about myself for a change because I should put myself out more.
I've become 36 years old today. I strongly prefer this new year to be better than last. I went through a divorce, got into a depression and only recently started to love myself again. I do not wish this upon anyone.
I'm picking myself as the priority from now on. I will have fun again and find passion projects. I'll take care of myself, my surroundings and my kids. All other stuff comes after this.
@CommissarBas hi! Thanks for sending a follow request. I've followed back, sounds like you're hard at work on your life. I'm in the same age category and have a similar (although completely different) story. So this should be interesting! If you ever need a place to vent, slide in the dm's.
@anathema_device
Don't plan to but even w/ meds I've been in hospital twice this year. One added a bad med, the other a decent med. But dinner is still 8 pills of 4 meds, and breakfast is 5-6 pills of 4 meds.
It gets old, not helped by ads for meds that specifically treat bipolar I/II with mixed episodes.
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@Vivaldi I applied for a job at Opera, Grünerløkka. Application was rejected. I wasn't organised enough, I expect. If Vivaldi wants a talented programmer now, I'm prepared to step up.
@Vivaldi The built in reading list is an amazing feature. Recently you've added the ability to share links directly to the reading list, which is a fantastic addition. I love being able to add a link from any app (usually my feed reader) on my phone easily to the reading list and just pick it up and read it next time I'm on my computer or tablet.
My gramps gave me the best advice I gonna try and follow .
Here it is ..........
Jaden .Deal with shit when it happens. Don't think about it before or after .
Fck ! That fking hits ! That's it !!!!! That fking simple!!!
Yall can do this you gon be happy af .
My grammpa a genius 👏🏾 🙌🏾
I need a hashtag I can share dis shit wide ???? #mentalhealth#mentalhealthawarenessmonth
@Jaden3 He is right, and we know it. Thinking about what may happen eats up your energy, and afterwards is no use as it happened.
This is how I live too.
High-five to your gramps.
Your grampa is smart! That’s part of Stoic philosophy that Epictetus was talking about thousands of years ago.
I was just sharing that recently with someone who was nervous: if you worry and it doesn’t happen, you worried for nothing. So don’t worry. You can deal with shit when it happens.
I think this NPR story comes close to getting everything right about the dilemmas of involuntary treatment of psychiatric illnesses. I highly recommend it.
More tails from the misery that is indefinite imprisonment in England and Wales. Introduced by Labour (Blunkett) and since repealed with no thought for those imprisoned.
@Wen I’m crying! What cruel punishment. Ministers and Home Office officials need to be held accountable for their actions. Why is it taking so long to remedy this?
