EXclusion withIN ‘Community’
Community and support is crucial to the wellbeing of everyone, particularly queer/LGBT people who might have no other queer/LGBT spaces where they can be open about their sexuality and/or gender
Zoey
Treating Stressor with Stressors: Harmful Coping Mechanisms, Addiction, and Self-Medication
Self-harmful habits, addictions, and coping mechanisms actually cause and/or increase anxiety, depression, and other unpleasant feelings. And on long-term, these behaviors can cause significant health problems.
A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 2)
Mental health medication can restore one’s sense of grounding and self, rather than altering it. Moreover, even if small shifts occur, the benefits of psychiatric medication can be enormous
A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 1)
Working with a mental health professional (MHP) can help you process issues you are dealing with and find ways to help reduce and manage stress, depression—or whatever you are feeling
Leap of Faith: Destigmatizing Mental Health
Nervous about broaching the topics of mental health, mental illness, and sometimes of intense or unpleasant emotions generally, we further proscribe discussion of these topics and the challenges that we all face.
Zoey
Zoey is an always-attempting-to-be inclusive feminist, anthropologist empath, malcontent with a penchant for Foucault and ice cream who is inspired and intrigued by the word 'outre,' and the acts, attitudes, and affects it might inspire. She earned her B.A. from Pitzer College in "Psychology, gender, and sexuality in social contexts." Zoey hopes to continue research into mental health of LGBT+/queer individuals and communities in India, which she began through a Fulbright-Nehru scholarship in 2014-15.