stigma
People with mental illness represent one of the most deeply stigmatized groups in our culture. Learn more about it here.
It’s Not a Dirty Word.
With the month of June over, Pride Month has slipped into Disability Pride month. In anticipation, corporations have stopped using their rainbow logos and instead begun to post inspirational pictures of employees in wheelchairs and activists with white canes. The professional side of the internet is abuzz with activity in the meantime— what can we do to make workplaces more accessible? they ask.
Victoria LPublished 3 years ago in PsycheWOMEN MAKING HER-STORY MEET ASHLEIGH SCIPIO
July is Minority Mental Health Month. I wanted to share a blog post I wrote a while back. Mental Health is a topic that needs to continue to be discussed. If you or someone you know needs any mental health resources NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) is a great place to get information.
LaShunta HPublished 3 years ago in PsycheLife Under The Radar: A Story About Mental Illness & Other "Invisible" Illnesses
I'm living in the world, as well as you are, and it feels exhausting to just exist. When struggling with any invisible ailment; life is exhausting. The world demands you to provide for it, or it won't provide for you. It seems like there are a lot of people out there who just can do it! how though? When dealing with extreme mood dysregulation or pain, due to mental illness or other "invisible" ailments, it makes going to the store for things you want exhausting. There are some people who can do things they don't want, and they seem to manage just fine.
Recess Was A Nightmare
Living with Autism and GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) has some perks, but also some downsides. Autism and GAD made it possible for me to inspire many of my teachers, classmates, friends, family members and other people around me, nevertheless it also made socializing with other children a challenge for me. As I've mentioned in multiple stories, I'm an extremely sociable and affable person by nature, but that still doesn't outweigh the social challenges I've endured in the youth. Recess was lots of fun, but also quite the struggle for me! I definitely felt somewhat like the "black sheep" during my elementary and middle school years.
Talia DevoraPublished 3 years ago in PsycheHands Up If Your Ex Thinks You're "Crazy"
We’ve all been there: So-and-so does an outrageous deed. We respond to said outrageous deed with normal human reactions: Sadness, anger, frustration, fear.
Caro VioletPublished 3 years ago in PsycheEvery Scar Tells A Story...But People Make Me Feel Ashamed of Mine.
When I was at primary school in the 80's I had an accident while playing with friends in the playground. We were playing a game of sharks which was an idea from a film, and we had to run and get off the ground in order not to be caught. Like all young children do, I got a little over excited and I ran straight into the double iron gates in the playground and slashed open my eyebrow, close enough to my left eye to have almost killed me as the hospital told me. I still remember the excruciating hot pain, fever, sickness, severe headaches, dizziness and almost concussion from that accident. It is an everyday nightmare that still plays like a video in my head. The children just looked at me, they were really scared, as a teacher rushed me in doors with blood dripping down from my brow to the side of my face while I screamed in agony. I was terrified. As a very young child, I had no idea what was going on, but as the first aider in the school sick room had problems stopping my brow bone from bleeding, and as I was in so much pain, I wanted to pass out as well as a very deep anxiety, I knew it was pretty bad.
Carol TownendPublished 3 years ago in Psyche#StopAsianHate - Psychology Behind Racism
What is happening in the United States so that people have had to start marching in the streets promoting the #StopAsianHate hashtag?
Mindsmatter.Published 3 years ago in PsycheMen do not cry!
''Are you crying? No you should not cry! Men do not cry! Oh my god, you are so weak! I am embarrassed to be related to you!" Now I have a question, did the term vulnerability originate with a specific gender or we assigned it with one? I am pretty sure you and I, and many of us are quite familiar with the statements given above, and if I talk about my personal experience lets just say I hear it on an everyday basis. Not only that, but also people around us make it seem like crying is only meant for women, you know it is almost like using a ladies restroom where if by chance a man enters, because there was an emergency, he is shamed for the rest of his life. Crying is the same. Our society has established this notion that crying should only be limited to women and men should always carry a bold and a brooding look on their faces, which in their opinion makes them look stronger. I'd rather say not. Nobody is born with this notion that emotions are gender oriented and only if a certain gender is making use of it, the others should be despised. It is almost like admissions should only be limited to a certain group of individuals, and everyone else should be precisely ignored. It does sound illogical right? When we repeat a certain set of behaviors for prolonged periods of time, it becomes a habit, that is in the words of Ivan Pavlov, individuals becomes conditioned to react or behave in a certain way, when exposed to the stimulus. Similarly, we tell young boys not to cry in a situation of crisis, no matter how bad, as in the words of an orthodox person who fail to change their opinions, "BOYS DON'T CRY! YOU ARE NOT A GIRL!"
Nandini SehgalPublished 3 years ago in PsycheToxic Masculinity is Killing Men, literally
What do you think of when you hear the word “man”? What kinds of images does it produce, what expectations, what preconceived notions. We have heard it all before “A man is someone who works blue collar or earns his money through the sweat of his brow.” or also “You can’t be a real man without the body of a real man”. Also we hear “Men should be leaders and heads of the house, and should be providers.”. (DISCLAIMER: I am expressing things that I have heard said about men, these statements do not necessarily represent my own personal beliefs on how a man should act. Furthermore, what is about to follow is not a fact for every single man, or even necessarily most men. What follows is simply a call to bring awareness to the very real and very important topic of men’s mental health.) Or how about this one, the classic, the ultimate measure of a man: “Real men don’t cry.” WHAT?!? Real men don’t cry. Let’s talk about that.
Invisible Illness, Visible Me.
I was 13 years old when I first learned that I had JSLE (Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), and from that moment, lay in my hospital bed, a thousand and one wires pulling at my skin, my world did not just turn upside down, but was erased and rebuilt. I was no longer certain of who I was. I was now Lupus Jade - sick, fragile, and very much at risk of everything and anything thrown my way.
Jade HadfieldPublished 3 years ago in PsycheMe vs DWP!
. Me vs DWP! My personal medical details about myself on social media. . Today I have a Personal Health Assessment by phone.
Ross E Fortune LombardiPublished 3 years ago in PsycheNaked Cowboy
One Sunday, in the middle of a snowstorm, a naked man walked down a busy highway in Michigan. He was wearing only a leather cowboy hat, his clothes and shoes were abandoned next to his truck, which was settled into a ditch along the highway.
Judey KalchikPublished 3 years ago in Psyche