Reminder that "suffering from it" is part of the diagnostic criteria for every mental illness, and that people with mental illness are statistically more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators.

This is true of ALL mental illness. Yes, including that one.

#neurodivergent #MadRights #MadPride #mentalillness

Need somewhere to vent / find peers / build up your support system?

Tuesday !dropin space is now open over on twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/parasocial_work

#lgbtq #livedexperience #peersupport #madrights #indievtuber #vtuberEN

PARAsocial_work - Twitch

just chatting +++ then starting a new game - "In Stars and Time" [CW - death, mental illness, violence]

Twitch
Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill? | The Walrus

Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most

The Walrus
Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?

Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the carceral psychiatric ward.

The Nation
Guest Post: A Psychiatric Survivor Comes to a Place of Understanding

Lisa Wallace on why she left psychiatric care and why she may return one day

Psychiatry at the Margins
I was hospitalized against my will. I know firsthand the harm it can cause

New York City’s plan to expand involuntary hospitalization is the opposite of ‘compassionate care’

The Guardian
Re-#introductions! I'm moving my main account over here now! I want to write a city street #Urbanism #Situationism
I want to write for all my fellow Jews #Judaism
I want to write a mad man's thoughts #MadRights #Madness #Neurodivergence
I want to write us a better world #hopepunk #solidarity #Decolonization #BlackLivesMatter