#Grief

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

I'm not crazy about best-of lists. @NewYorker framed it better: "The Best Books We Read." Except for lists made by the pathologically omnivorous, that should be standard. The best "best-of"

Amanda Litman

amandalitman

In NY's primary, I didn't vote for Biden. (I believe in voting your in primaries, even in long-over races.) But I want to tell you a story -- in

Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

JacquelynGill

I'm seeing a few folks I really admire worrying about burnout and the long-term impacts of trauma on their work and advocacy, so I wanted share my experience of the

Cali 🦒🎮

calilovespan

A few days ago, one of my closest friends passed away. After hearing some of the things people have said to her family, I realized that too many people say

Jules Middleton

redjules

This thread is for the benefit of some journalists who can’t seem to do proper researchThe church is NOT CLOSED/door shut/clergy sat in the safety of their own homes etcThis

Toby MacNutt

tobywm

Seeing a lot of talk about new activist burnout lately and I think, as a disabled & mentally ill person who was raised to idolize workaholism and perfectionism and who

hannah anderson

sometimesalight

Was thinking again today of the tragedy of confusing the trappings of Christian nationalism & middle-class lifestyle w/ following Jesus. It occurred to me that a lot of parents may

Joanna Buscemi

Joanna_Buscemi

My dad died unexpectedly 7 years ago—3 months before my wedding. Here are my raw, unedited thoughts about loving & losing someone with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)—a severe form of

Nicky Clark

MrsNickyClark

I followed Tiffany yesterday because I was talking about Brexit food shortages & the impact on autistic people & she talked about her autistic daughter. As a disabled woman I’d

“Merry” Meredith Rose

M_F_Rose

One of the hardest things about not seeing family for the holidays, I think, is that the psychological comfort of the holidays for many (not all) of us is entwined

NIKKI 🤷🏻‍♀️

brahman_kanya

During difficult times, our mind is usually disturbed, our intelligence confused, and our ego hurt.....For the mindMind has three functions: thinking, feeling and willing. Keep thoughts positive, be hopeful:*Hope can

Tarek Younis

Tarek_Younis_

[thread] I'm going to briefly explain my issue with saying there's a "mental health crisis" in this pandemic. Psychology talk is often a convenient means of sucking out the politics

Kojo

_lanvell

I really hate how #SuicidePreventionMonth every year is reduced to “check on your friends” and not universal health care, accessible mental health services, and peer support programmes. Access to mental

Super Nurse; Super tired 😴

MomRobe

They come in, hypoxic. We give then oxygen, decadron, IV fluids, Remdesivir, plasma, lovenox, protonix.. you name it. High flow oxygen, then intubation-sedation-proning. They stay for days if not weeks.

Zoé

ztsamudzi

The affective power of the mothers’ group singing lullabies and standing before the police relies on white women’s innocence and the sancitity of white motherhood as its driving force. It’s

Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury

johnniejae

Gonna get real. Do not feel you have to hold it together. If you are not able to focus, if you feel lost, unmotivated, emotional or as if you are

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