#Illness

Amu 🐝🐝 (Decolonize)

LoveAmuSystem

Society misrepresentating mental illness and making it seem "trendy" (example: "I'm so OCD! I always clean!") is not the same as destigmatizing/normalizing mental illness.In fact, this is a huge part

Melissa Geschwind

MGeschwind

For this year's #BellLetsTalk I want to delve a bit into the "Mental illness is no different than diabetes or heart disease" trope. The greatest value in this analogy

Jam

thatguyjamari

The perfect introduction to the underground scene. (thread) The title is Eastern Medicine, Western Illness by Pressrvation. It uses a ton of eastern samples with perfect transitions in its production

Adhiti

AravindAdhiti

If you hate Deepika, you can mock her for various things. Tell she is not good actor, can't dance, takes maal, is pr queen, did skin whitening - any lie

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bikenesmith

“mental health” activism needs to decenter depression & anxiety and center schizophrenic people, obsessive compulsive people, & people w personality disorders quotations bc i have a bone to pick w

libs🌹

stinkzofbeanz

tips for dating someone with depression (thread) remain flexible with your plans. you may make plans one day but when that day rolls around your partner might have difficulty getting

nylah burton

yumcoconutmilk

This is actually every single thing that is wrong with the “destigmatize mental illness” shit. Y’all only want to destigmatize fairly mild anxiety and depression and burnout. You actually have

Christina Watkins

CWatkinsWDSU

Kim K. posted about @kanyewest’s bi-polar disorder and addressed those calling for family members to help. She was SPOT ON. “Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know

Cara Lisette 🧜🏻‍♀️

CaraLisette

I talk a lot more about anorexia than bipolar disorder on this account because it’s had a bigger impact on my life overall (and currently), but it is very hard

AssCat

theasscat

Racism is not a mental illness. Mental illnesses are organic brain disorders outside the influence of parenting and environment. They are neuro dev illnesses causing serious impact to normal cognitive

Callie 🏳️‍🌈

chronicallycal

#NEISVoid thoughts:One thing I’ve learned to be mindful of in chronic illness spaces is that different people have different perceptions of the same diagnoses.I know that, for many, fibro was

Community-Centric Fundraising

comm_centric

HOW NONPROFITS FAIL THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (A thread - from an essay by Ashley Lugo) Like any disability, mental illness is associated with shame & stigma. Since it’s

melon 2.0

aItmeIon

Tw// mental illness, s*icideHi!, i don't really like to talk about sensitive stuff but i guess it'll help me a little bit.Recently I've been going through some scary times with

Omar Bazza

bazzapower

[THREAD] I want to talk about a few things that we shouldn’t tell people who are going through mental health issues because it can either make the situation worse or

Vinay Krishnan

vinayrkrishnan

I feel like OCD is an accessory illness in pop culture. It’s tacked on to characters to augment their plight but then removed for the majority of the story. You

Steven Gilbert OBE FRSA

stevegilbertobe

1/ Serious mental illness robs your physical health tooYou may have seen the photo I posted of my bloody tooth extraction. What I didn’t explain was why I showed it.

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