Fuck Yeah Mental Health: Archive

Fuck Yeah Mental Health

April 2011

11 posts

Pregnant woman tries to commit suicide. She... →

Come on, people. You really think this helps? In any way?

The Awl: Inside David Foster Wallace's Private... →

bespangled: A very extensive look into DFW’s thought processes and reading as he tried to grapple with his own depression and genius. h/t Jing

How did this happen?

My husband is now a person who goes on business trips to Europe. Hrm! Happy for him, but lonely. He’ll be back on Tuesday night. I foresee a lot of reading, running, painting.

“[The madwoman said] ‘How is humanity these days, prince? I remember it as being...”

– The Jokers, Albert Cossery — no joke, one of the best books I’ve read this year.

coffeeplusfags asked: fucking digging this tumblr.
you and I would make amazing friends. :)

March 2011

47 posts

a-mouse-with-no-name asked: Hey, I just saw that you did NaNoWriMo! So did I!
It was pretty sweet. 50,000 words was really hard though.

Food poisoning can really knock you on your ass. Still feeling weak. Time for old movies! Harvey with Jimmy Stewart features screwball accidental commitments to the sanitarium. Hoo boy.

Should Yelp feature therapist reviews? →

I think this recap of the pros and cons is good. Yes, in theory, but my god, people can get out of hand — and there are legal ramifications related to sharing health-care-related information that must be considered.

You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you... →

From Daily Finance (and widely reported elsewhere): A new study reveals something that may surprise some victims of this recession: A bad job can be as harmful to your mental health as no job at all, and in fact, it can be even worse. “Because employment is associated with better mental health than unemployment, policy has focused on the risk posed by joblessness, although there is...

“We do not discover the meanings of mysterious things, we invent them. We make...”

– The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, Benjamin Hale

relapsinglazyholic asked: x = -3
x = 1

finnsblog1 asked: Your blog is algebraic

“Both the journalist and the psychoanalyst are connoisseurs of the small,...”

– Janet Malcolm, in a Paris Review interview

How far is too far?

I grew up in a state where assisted suicide was legal, and I have pretty liberal views about an individual’s choice to end his or her life. This, though? Not sure. From the AP: Freedom of speech is no defense for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the...

Mental health, in the aftermath of the...

The Washington Post briefly touches on how mental health is affected after a large disaster: When it comes to the nuclear power disaster unfolding in Japan, there clearly is far more to fear than fear itself. But fear is clearly one of the biggest - and could turn out to be the most potent - dangers. Although radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant catastrophe can increase the risk for...

“You can do a lot of things and be lonely. You can do exciting things and be...”

– — Deb Olin Unferth, Revolution Hope these quotes aren’t too bleak. I actually find them reassuring. Yes, bad things have happened, and I am different in consequence, but that’s not the end of things; and even in your little bubble of loneliness, there are others floating around...

“One day I found myself sitting alone at a table of strangers and I thought: I...”

– Deb Olin Unferth, Revolution

“I’d had it. I mean, I had really had it. But what was I going to do? You...”

– Deb Olin Unferth, Revolution

“To be a survivor–first you must bleed. You bleed all that was inside of you: the...”

– Lynn Mari (via sohndrajoonyo)

“I stumbled upon a poem by John Betjeman called “Loneliness.”...”

– Stephen Metcalf, “The Sleeping Cure,” New York magazine

“But it’s not the implied insult toward the mental health profession that makes...”

– 6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You to Believe | Cracked.com So usually these lists are fun, but this one is So. True. (via ladyvivianemae) This list makes many, many good points. Another excellent excerpt: Hollywood is convinced that sometimes there is just one specific thing that has...

ataraxiahhh asked: Thanks so much for your lightning fast and detailed response. MUCH appreciated! Have some related follow up questions: Are you in therapy? What type of therapist? (MD, Psych NP, Psychologist, Social Worker, etc...) if so, how do you find it? What was your experience like trying to find therapists that were a fit for you? If you're not in therapy, how come? Thanks again :)

ataraxiahhh asked: Hi. Thanks for following :) And thanks in advance for your willingness to share any info about yourself. Was wondering what you do for a living and whether you find it difficult to manage your mental health issue while working and/or while at work? Do you sense, think or feel that you have to expend more energy than those around you to maintain calm? (I've been unemployed since 2008 and...

“DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his...”

– From “Talk Does Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drug Therapy,” Gardiner Harris, New York Times — a good exploration of a complex topic. Let me tell you — if a medical professional said to me, “I’m not your therapist. I’m not here to help you figure out how to get along...

“Life was all tragedy, no comedy for a year. I thought my existence was finished,...”

– Rosencrans Baldwin, “You Lost Me There”

“It was the two of us moving across a moving world, both of us striving so hard.”

– You Lost Me There, Rosencrans Baldwin

“I’ve wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but I still love life. That...”

– Voltaire, Candide (via mymindcravesnectar) Oooh ooh oooh! I just downloaded this onto my Kindle from Project Gutenberg, and now I am EVEN MORE excited to read it.