#stigma fighter

[therapyshitgetsreal]

When group therapy is on Zoom and you see more of people’s home lives than you want to.

Welcome, Vermin. Glad you’re here.

[tuactiveminds]

Thank you, Steph!

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[therapyshitgetsreal]

Showering at the psych ward be like

[therapyshitgetsreal]

When a new psych asks me what meds I take

Always got that list. 

[therapyshitgetsreal]

Explaining my art therapy project I completed 10 minutes before group

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When I slip into my addiction cycle.

I FEEL ALIVE:

Mmmm ok yes I’ll just be in here marinating in my shame:

[lovementalhealth-blog]

As a fellow stigma fighter I like to find even the smallest ways I can combat stigma about mental health. I bought this shirt and wrote type instead of thing because I have bipolar disorder type 1. when I wear this to school, people are going to ask me about it and I’ll happily explain to them what it means. therefore, striking up a conversation about mental health and not being ashamed of my mental illness. 

[nursingonnightshift]

Inactivity

I would just like to throw out there im terribly sorry for being inactive the last few weeks, i went from vacation time to working nearly every day; I Would like to recognize the horrid event that has recently happened in Orlando awhile back, it was a tragedy. Im happy to say in my small town of Kamloops BC we held a vigil for all of those lost. Nobody should have lost their life that night in Orlando, not a straight person, a gay person, a trans person, an inter-sexed person, a queer person, an allied person, a lesbian person, a human, nobody at all, but it happened, and i hope this brings light to all who is ignorant out there believing there isn't any discrimination left against our community; there is plenty. It is saddening, and disgusting so many innocents lost their lives. Here is to fighting discrimination and stigma. I hope all who survived that night, and any survivor of those who we lost seeks help for themselves and all loved ones affected by this tragedy. I can see how many might suffer PTSD from this event, or now suffer depression and/or anxiety or ALL. And know its okay to get help.