MIAP —

For my thesis project I'll be exploring: Mental Health & Well-being from the perspective of men of colour instagram.com/imprisonnomore

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👤 Kindness matters. Kindness is free. It starts with us.

Everyone is fighting unspoken internal battles that we know nothing about, so always be kind.

#ImprisonNoMore

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In honour of June being Men’s Mental Health Awareness month 👤📦⛓ #FreeYourself ⛓📦👤

Free yourself from the shackles of other people’s unsolicited opinions, judgements, negativities, advices, and projections onto you. These usually have absolutely *nothing* to do with you and more so is a reflection of themselves, their own insecurities and problems. At the end of the day, only you and the Man above truly know who you are, what you are capable of—and that’s all that matters. Lean on Him and his loving grace. Focus on your own opinion of yourself. Embrace and love yourself as you are, right now. You are enough. YOU MATTER. 🫶🏿

#ImprisonNoMore

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👤 MIAP Pocket T-shirt available now! Pre-order here:

https://shopdomedia.bigcartel.com/product/masculinity-is-a-prison-miap-black-pocket-t-shirt

#ImprisonNoMore

[imprisonnomore]

👤 MIAP Long Sleeve Pocket Shirt available now! Pre-order here:

https://shopdomedia.bigcartel.com/product/masculinity-is-a-prison-miap-black-pocket-long-sleeve-shirt

#ImprisonNoMore

[imprisonnomore]

@thelastscorpianking - what size would you like?

Please let us know if anyone else wants one!

Thank you.

[mentalhealth]

remember that you are the love of your own fucking life

[imprisonnomore]

👤 re·lapse

/ˈrēˌlaps/ noun

A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement.

Example : "He responded well to treatment, but then suffered a relapse."

What does it mean to have a relapse?

“A person who's trying to stop using drugs can make mistakes, feel bad, and start using again. This return to drug use is called a relapse. Relapse is common and normal and happens to a lot of people recovering from drug addictions. People will often have one or more relapses along the way.”

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[letgoness]

You are thinking, ‘I am a person and I should be like this and doing that.’ You are building a prison of angst and discontentment. A person is unbound emptiness that merely appears to have a shape. Use all the strength at your disposal to see that you are not limited to what is nameable or describable. There is nothing you have to be like. The only prison is the one you have created through blind acceptance.  

Nisargadatta Maharaj

[imprisonnomore]

👤 Not someone else’s mental health — YOURS. YOU first before anyone else, always. Love on yourself. YOU, too, deserve the same love you give so freely to others.

Everything we do always begins internally through our mental first, and the rest follows externally. Thus, our ideas, actions, and daily interactions are a direct reflection of ourselves and our minds. We essentially attract who we are as others act as our mirrors of perception. It is important to evaluate both your positive and negative thoughts, words, beliefs, and manifestations. Our subconcious minds will believe whatever it is that we tell it. Exercise your mind like you do your body. Mind your thoughts and what you tell yourself. “What we think, we become”.

Self-awareness is key to knowing and understanding self, and the reasons for our own behaviours. CHECK YOURSELF first before unnecessarily projecting onto others. Be accountable and own your mistakes. Forgive yourself. The goal is to have a clear, conscious headspace with a mindset of intention and purpose. Prioritizing YOUR mental health first IS NOT selfish, but IS necessary; to fully function, complete tasks, and extend yourself to others.

And remember, you’re never alone. YOU MATTER. 💛

#WorldMentalHealthDay

#ImprisonNoMore

[imprisonnomore]

👤 MIAP Long Sleeve Pocket Shirt available now! Pre-order here:

https://shopdomedia.bigcartel.com/product/masculinity-is-a-prison-miap-black-pocket-long-sleeve-shirt

#ImprisonNoMore

[imprisonnomore]

👤 MIAP Pocket T-shirt available now! Pre-order here:

https://shopdomedia.bigcartel.com/product/masculinity-is-a-prison-miap-black-pocket-t-shirt

#ImprisonNoMore

[lora-mathis]

from the zine No Mist by Lora Mathis (2017) Available here.

[naturaekos]

““Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.””

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[imprisonnomore]

👤 Until further notice.

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[imprisonnomore]

👤 MIAP : the handbook.

[imprisonnomore]

👤 triggers and mindfulness.

[clem-style-deactivated20191229]

[self-healing]

stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.