Posts Tagged ‘Disability’
7 Things I Wish People Hadn’t Said After My Psychiatric Hospitalization
It can be hard to know what to say to a loved one who has been hospitalized for mental illness. Read this and you’ll know how to be more helpful than people tend to be.
Read MoreHow the Trigger Warning Debate Exposes Our F*cked Up Views on Mental Illness
Do you agree with the University of Chicago dean about trigger warnings? These attitudes reveal that we need urgent changes in our approach to mental health.
Read More5 Practical Tips to Help You Through Dissociation
Do you experience dissociation? It can feel like you’re detached from your surroundings – and these are some techniques that might help.
Read More3 Ridiculous Examples of Invasive Ableism at Work – And How It Can Change
“Do I come to your job and tell you how to do it?” Actually, yes. Here’s how able bodied people cross disabled people’s boundaries in really hurtful ways.
Read MoreThe Trauma of Mental Illness When Your Abuser Isn’t Real
This author knows what it’s like to hear emotionally abusive words – but the voice they’re coming from is in his own head. Here’s a powerful account of what he’s gone through.
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