#mental health organizations

[bruhstation]

(redraw of last year's art!) happy new year 2024, everyone! hopefully things go well this year, too :]

[xiaonyc]

Digital detox diet: how to clean up photos

Im tidying up my phone today and had trouble figuring out what i need to keep and throw away, and where to even start. Its a mess! But i started anyway and my icloud can finally back up. Theres more i want to clean but i made a good start and set some simple parameters to help:

Delete:

✿ bad photos: photos taken badly, have higher standard for myself for photography and improving at it

✿ repeat photos: when you spam photograph and leave all 20 photos, just go through and pick the best 1

✿ photos that dont bring me joy: Any remaining that no longer bring me joy: friends im no longer close to, when i feel ready I can let it go

✿ screenshots: if its of something i can write down, write it down instead to save space, otherwise if its screenshots like receipts or temporary photos that served their purpose: delete

✿ internet photos: drawing references i no longer need (i can always look it up again), inspiration that ive outgrown

✿ personal work: keep the minimum documentation (at highest quality), delete process photos that served their purpose

Mindset:

✿ Be ready to confront yourself at various stages of your life while clearing digital clutter, meaning reflect on past experiences, "embarrassing" photos of an old you, appreciate your growth, keep what warms your heart, and let go what has served its purpose. Its all part of your journey.

✿ Don't hoard out of fear: hoarding is fear-based: "i need to keep all these 20 photos in case i lose one, what if i forget about this experience and never experience that joy again"= fear-based. Instead,

✿ collect and curate: what you want to remember and what is important to you in THIS MOMENT while appreciating in your heart the experiences that led up to it

✿ Digital clutter is still clutter like physical, we can just cram so much of it into a harddrive that it doesnt seem that way. But it still takes up mental space, so do your best to free up mental space by putting in the work to tidy up

Lastly so the effort doesnt go to waste:

✿ Back up phone to computer or harddrive (not cloud)

Thanks for reading ♡

[bitchesgetriches]

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[reasonsforhope]

gahh, are there any big recent good news stories❔everything i can find seems so . small. which is ok and good but gahhhhhhhhh mental health explode my brain aaaaa

Oh yeah, 100%

Do your mental health a favor and read some of this. It's a giant compilation of good news newsletters that is very good at finding big stories and has a very large-scale and international focus: https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews/

Future Crunch's top story from two weeks ago, for example:

"Humanity has made astonishing progress on access to water, sanitation and hygiene in this century. Between 2000 and 2022, 2.1 billion people gained access to safe drinking water, 2.5 billion gained access to safely managed sanitation, the number of people using unimproved facilities has been halved, from 1.1 billion to 545 million, and the number practising open defecation has fallen by more than two thirds, from 1.3 billion to 419 million. Source: WHO"

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

You guys and gals, I don't even completely remember how that found me today but I want to really share it:

This exists as a physical and digital book and as an audiobook, which I personally recommend. It's about 3 hours long, so manageable.

For everyone who struggles with simple tasks, even everyday household tasks and stuff, I think you might like this. It is written in such a way that it kindly and compassionately addresses trauma and mental health to help you find a kinder and more compassionate way to deal with this. I'm only listening through the first part of it at the moment and I'm so deeply grateful! 💖🙏🏼���� I hope this can help someone out there too!

[icewindandboringhorror]

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[anarcho-masochist]

Just journaled for the first time in two months, and it's remarkable how effective it is at giving you perspective.

I think this is enhanced when you're not exclusively using it for venting (which I'm not). It seems like many people are concerned that journaling causes one to wallow in their problems, much like the concerns expressed over any form of over-introspection. I've definitely experienced this when I was using it for venting, but I think my different approach upon returning to it fixes this.

I decided to journal because I felt I was on the brink of (another) breakdown, and I needed space to get my thoughts out, but I found I had two months to catch up on, and by the time I got to the current things, I was giving a much more honest and representative overview. Yes, there were negative things, but the entry ended on a positive note. On reflection, I'd describe it as, "Yes, I've been depressed lately, but things are okay." It's much easier to do that when you can see it all laid out on a page, the bad balanced with the good.

In all the things I had to talk about (which is notable, since I thought I had little to discuss when I started), my wallowing didn't seem as important. It wasn't a priority to get it written down, and while I addressed it, it amounted to about a paragraph, which was partially song lyrics anyway. It took up the same amount of space as talking about the baby mouse I rescued and less space than discussing a deeply satisfying conversation I had with my exception. The details of that felt both more important and more interesting to write down.

TLDR: If you're worried about journaling or other forms of introspection causing you to become too wrapped up in negativity, but you still want a way to reflect and process your thoughts, try focusing on giving an honest and complete overview of just the most important (to you) events and what you think/feel about them rather than only using your journal/preferred introspection method for venting. You might find it pulls you out of the obsessive cycle and helps you find a more balanced perspective instead.

[the-paris-of-people]

The past couple days online have been... interesting. I consider myself a leftist, think capitalism is corrupt, and think that it needs to be seriously reformed/overthrown. I admit that while I've thrown around phrases and terms like "burn it all down" and "the revolution needs to come" out of frustration without actually thinking about what a revolution entails: excellent organization, unity, and strategy to defeat the United States, the world's largest military superpower which has inflicted political and social destabilization across the majority of countries around the world. There also needs to be superb infrastructure and community to support the disabled, elderly, and poor populations who rely on government assistance and programs, healthcare, and accommodations while this so-called revolution rages on.

All I've received from the far leftist movement are lectures from condescending intellectuals who rattle off academic citations regarding ideological theory rather than practical, tangible steps to advocate for change in our local and regional communities. I have not seen one of them actually discuss conversations they've had with their friends, family, or Americans about what they want to see reflected for the future of the country. I have not seen one of them discussed how destructive, detrimental and traumatic a Trump presidency was for social prejudice and morale in the United States. I understand that for many marginalized groups they've been living in a facist state for centuries so the possibility Project 2025 doesn't galvanize them to see the two parties differently, but I don't think it is fair to white leftists falsely equivocate the election of both parties for the entire American population at all??? Or like at least specify the issues you're referring to in which you view both parties as the same????? Literally one TikTok creator who I used to follow talked about how true leftists are so much better than liberals because they aren't waiting for a presidential candidate to save the world NOW due to the accelerated apocalypse due to climate change but when asked how to change the world they suggest sharing ideas of your future utopia with other leftist groups. How the fuck is sitting around talking about living in a walkable community is great considered "saving the world now"? How are you going to dismantle and restructure American infrastructure to create these communities? How are you going to remove existing racial and social tensions to create a community where everyone lives happily side by side? Do people not consider reality at all?????

And is it not wrong for people to have a fucking sliver of optimism and hope at incremental change that's achieved within the corrupt bipartisan system of American politics, even if they know it's propaganda??? Is it wrong for people to have a singular fucking moment of relief in feeling like their values, beliefs, and lives will be better protected and THEY can advocate for change better??? Is it wrong when there's a couple months until the most pressing election in recent history for people to make the choice they feel will reduce the most amount of harm???

[cultsurvivorsafe]

Sending all my love and support to cult survivors who struggle during holidays.

If you have been excommunicated, cut off, or are otherwise alone

If you are forced to celebrate something you don't believe in

If you are triggered by all the festivities around you

I see you. I stand with you. You're not immoral or a downer for feeling the way you do.

[thecouncilofidiots]

On the verge of a fucking breakdown because our obsessive-compulsive brain is telling us WE HAVE TO FIX THE SIMPLYPLURAL TEMPLATE RIGHT FUCKING NOW but there's nothing wrong with it it looks fine but IT HAS TO BE FIXED IT HAS TO BE FIXED IT HAS TO BE FIXED -Unk

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

really struggling with my mental health & feeling like crap rn, just trying to get through the day on autopilot to get all my stuff done cuz tmr is my english exam. i need to eat more. i need to sleep more. i need to exercise more. i need to study more. i need to do my hobbies more. i need to talk to my best friend more. i just need so much MORE i feel like absolute crap. and now i'm venting online hoping not many ppl see this because i may get (supportive) comments and i'll feel like shit about them because I KNOW IT WILL GET BETTER and i can't muster the energy to reply all 'hehe tyyy' and yet i need to vent somewhere

[mokeonn]

I recently juuuuuust recovered from a bad mental health episode and I've been spending yesterday and today finally going through all my things and just organizing them and it is so freeing.

I never realized how good it is for your mental health to just... take the time to put everything where it belongs. To find a place for something and take the time to put things in their place instead of just shoving it somewhere convenient.

It has been VERY rewarding to my mental health to have a clean and organized workspace where I can find everything easily and having the knowledge that when I pack up to move out, it'll be far easier to do so.

[interstellar-elf]

I'm pretty sure you could draw a straight line from the 1980's Satanic Panic to the creation of Project 2025, but I'm also convinced if Ronald Reagan was not president during the 80s, then the actual spread of the Satanic Panic would not have been as big as it eventually was.

[studentbyday]

src: study with me by @marias-studyblr

i spend a surprisingly small amount of my waking hours studying (just 4h today and i had trouble focusing by the 4th hour) which makes me feel less productive than i should be. is this normal? 😅

learning:

reviewed for mol bio quiz and made study guide questions for that section of the module

did the quiz

reviewed week 1 psyc notes and redid the textbook questions

worked a little bit on psyc notes (very very very little)

read half of 1/5 sections of biochem and made study guide questions for that (i always have a really hard time remembering things long-term no matter what i'm studying, so i'm gonna try this thing where i read the module section and make study guide questions as i read, then either later in the day or first thing the next day, i try to answer the questions and compare my answers to what the module says...and if it works for this course, then imma do it for the others)

self-care:

journalled (it is so good for writing down distracting thoughts/feelings!!! but unfortunately, like cbt, it can be uncomfortable)

did my morning routine (often got sidetracked but...at least it got done and physically i felt good. constantly referring to this post bc i kept forgetting what i was supposed to do bc i almost never do them all at once!!)

watched a cinema therapy video (it's my new replacement for feel-good fics)

[mad-hunts]

thinking about barton doing baby talk to his kids, even though he was eighteen when marcy gave birth to both matilda + louis and thus was a COMPLETELY different person, is honestly both super surreal to me and also surprisingly... sort of makes sense. because barton can NOT bring himself to be mean around babies; i mean at all, and this man loved his kids so much, which 😭 well — let me just say that his behavior has greatly changed since then, to say the least. though barton still believes he loves them in his 'own way'

[victusinveritas]