meeresbande: mrs-transmuter: mrs-transmuter: “Everyone thinks he’s mentally ill but he actually just has superpowers.” Okay, but like, what if both? Can we get a superhero with a mental illness depicted in a nominally positive way? That’s not just a cheap plot twist? Is that really too much to ask? And not the whole “I’m psychotic…

The psychiatrist who wrote the criteria for narcissism just made an extremely important point about what’s wrong with diagnosing Trump with mental disorders

refinery29:

Dr. Allen Frances says in speculating about Trump’s mental health, we are doing a disservice to those who do suffer from mental illness. In a series of tweets, he explained why he doesn’t think Trump is a narcissist — and how harmful it can be for us to keep assuming that he is.

actuallyrealenjolras: sarcasticsabreur: relatableed: bleed-in-ink: Constantly torn between “if I show symptoms I’m real and valid” and “I can’t show any symptoms because then I’ll be a bother so I have to internalize everything.” Dont forget “if I can control my symptoms are they still valid” And “if I show symptoms I’m manipulating the people around me”…

depressionresource: borderbetweencountries: sapphicscience: i’m tired of “how to help a partner with [x mental illness]” guides that assume that the other partner has no issues of any kind; i want more discussion of how to balance the differing mental health needs of multiple people in a relationship So my partner and I have been together…

Do NOT blame suicidal people for wanting to die

hopelxss: They can’t help it. They are in a kind of pain you can’t even imagine. The last thing they need is more guilt. They trusted you enough to tell you, don’t guilt trip them. If you don’t know how to help them, please ask a professional for advice. It takes much strenght to survive…

disabledfeministvoice: thatoneqprblog: merelyimmortal: zetsubonna: dapperpea: glampersand: heroscafe: emmmpty: autistictesla: pneggy: Pretend ur invasive self hating thoughts r being said to u by a 13 y/o boy on xbox live trying to get a rise out of you like “Your girlfriend dumped you because you’re ugly” that’s nice tim isn’t it past ur bedtime also, if…

edrecoveryprobs: madehimsaycomfychairs: weirdoqueer: avant-sad: the hardest part about recovering from a dramatic mental illness is that the only ones who notices the small things are yourself and your therapist. your friends, your family, the people you love — they’re flat-out not gonna care if you take a shower instead of cutting yourself, or if you…

If ONE MORE PERSON says “What if they’d medicated Van Gogh!?” I think I’m permitted to set things on fire.  If they’d medicated Van Gogh, he’d either have painted twice as much, or he’d have been happy and unproductive.  And you know what? Starry Night wasn’t worth a terrible price in human misery. It’s neat. It wasn’t worth it.

Sometimes I wonder if being an artist makes me jaded to ART. Because it’s not magic and it’s not mystical, it’s just paint or pixels.  And it can do amazing things! But you don’t owe humanity to be miserable just so you can move paint around in interesting shapes. Jesus.  Art is not some kind of Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas bargain where you agree to be miserable so everybody can go “oh! Neat!” for 5 minutes.

Ursula Vernon, dropping the mic.  [x]
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I remember, a couple of years ago, Radio 4 (I think) ran a selection of Van Gogh’s letters to his brother, and one of the things I remember most vividly about them was his frustration that his illness prevented him from creating art he really wanted to create. And he wrote about his works in progress, his ideas, his inspiration, the techniques he wanted to use. Starry Night and Sunflowers aren’t the ravings of a madman that just happen to be brilliant. His paintings may have been influenced by his illness, but they weren’t products of it. They’re works by an amazingly talented, disciplined artist who managed to create them despite the illness that was holding him back. If he’d been medicated, he may well have been even more productive, and even better. And, above all, maybe he wouldn’t have killed himself.

So, yeah… people who say stuff like this can fuck right off.

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