Lisa Wallace
@rwillowfish.bsky.social
I talk about my own mental illness treatment and psychiatrists and psychotherapy.
I post my art, which is nicely odd and deep and poorly planned out, which is its greatest strength.
I post my art, which is nicely odd and deep and poorly planned out, which is its greatest strength.
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Lisa Wallace
@rwillowfish.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I've been in & out of psych treatment for over 4 decades. Mostly it was chaotic, leaving me very unstable & then I swore off it. But, I still have bipolar. So I'm back, on my terms.
Want to know more about my "Travels Through Psychiatry"? Here's my blog: rwillowfish.blogspot.com
Want to know more about my "Travels Through Psychiatry"? Here's my blog: rwillowfish.blogspot.com
All of you, whether friends from Twixter or new ones here, have been the best.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
All of you, whether friends from Twixter or new ones here, have been the best.
Did I leave the psych hospital when I shouldn't have?
Thank goodness for a therapy appointment later today.
Hard to make decisions when mentally unwell.
Thank goodness for a therapy appointment later today.
Hard to make decisions when mentally unwell.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Did I leave the psych hospital when I shouldn't have?
Thank goodness for a therapy appointment later today.
Hard to make decisions when mentally unwell.
Thank goodness for a therapy appointment later today.
Hard to make decisions when mentally unwell.
One of the last things on Xitter before I deactivated today was a reply where the anonymous acct told me I'm a horrible person. And they added a lecture about my past affiliations w antipsych, how I once sought support there before turning my back.
Mostly I don't need others telling me I'm horrible.
Mostly I don't need others telling me I'm horrible.
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the last things on Xitter before I deactivated today was a reply where the anonymous acct told me I'm a horrible person. And they added a lecture about my past affiliations w antipsych, how I once sought support there before turning my back.
Mostly I don't need others telling me I'm horrible.
Mostly I don't need others telling me I'm horrible.
on a psych unit
prison pens and paper bags for drawing
no door on the bathroom, no showering after 9pm
no phone, no coffee, no pajamas
(glad it was brief; glad to be back home)
prison pens and paper bags for drawing
no door on the bathroom, no showering after 9pm
no phone, no coffee, no pajamas
(glad it was brief; glad to be back home)
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
on a psych unit
prison pens and paper bags for drawing
no door on the bathroom, no showering after 9pm
no phone, no coffee, no pajamas
(glad it was brief; glad to be back home)
prison pens and paper bags for drawing
no door on the bathroom, no showering after 9pm
no phone, no coffee, no pajamas
(glad it was brief; glad to be back home)
journal drawing
"Please Reject Me"
"Please Reject Me"
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
journal drawing
"Please Reject Me"
"Please Reject Me"
So tired I could barely move and then I fall into my bed and it’s pain here, pain there, mild enough but everywhere I turned. I would cry if I could cry, but instead I get suicidal thoughts.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So tired I could barely move and then I fall into my bed and it’s pain here, pain there, mild enough but everywhere I turned. I would cry if I could cry, but instead I get suicidal thoughts.
Asserting that psychiatry is just dumb use of the DSM, reducing everyone and everything to disorders and codes and destroying humanity and all meaning in life, lacks nuance. You can see that, right? I'm not being that funny or overly dramatic in portraying that view.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Asserting that psychiatry is just dumb use of the DSM, reducing everyone and everything to disorders and codes and destroying humanity and all meaning in life, lacks nuance. You can see that, right? I'm not being that funny or overly dramatic in portraying that view.
DBT: Your feelings are wrong.
CBT: Your thinking is wrong.
CBT: Your thinking is wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
DBT: Your feelings are wrong.
CBT: Your thinking is wrong.
CBT: Your thinking is wrong.
My goal in psychiatric treatment is stability and in psychotherapy, to not feel so imprisoned within my self. Returning to work isn’t the goal.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My goal in psychiatric treatment is stability and in psychotherapy, to not feel so imprisoned within my self. Returning to work isn’t the goal.
journal drawing
"Cat, Don't Leave Me Yet"
"Cat, Don't Leave Me Yet"
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
journal drawing
"Cat, Don't Leave Me Yet"
"Cat, Don't Leave Me Yet"
Reposted by Lisa Wallace
When a movement that claims they are in favour of informed consent and against coercive treatment find themselves in a carnal relationship with MAHA/MAGA, things can get awkward.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When a movement that claims they are in favour of informed consent and against coercive treatment find themselves in a carnal relationship with MAHA/MAGA, things can get awkward.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
This is what a year of psychotherapy is like.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what a year of psychotherapy is like.
journal drawing
"Feeling is the Meaning"
"Feeling is the Meaning"
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
journal drawing
"Feeling is the Meaning"
"Feeling is the Meaning"
coffee space (lime optional)
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
coffee space (lime optional)
Reposted by Lisa Wallace
I love how the antis act like CCHR is a legit organisation, when everyone knows it is an official wing of Scientology.
It’s not even a secret.
www.scientology.org/how-we-help/...
It’s not even a secret.
www.scientology.org/how-we-help/...
Bringing Reform to Mental Health - Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a nonprofit charitable mental health watchdog organization established by the Church of Scientology in 1969, is dedicated to eradicating psychiatric abuses ...
www.scientology.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I love how the antis act like CCHR is a legit organisation, when everyone knows it is an official wing of Scientology.
It’s not even a secret.
www.scientology.org/how-we-help/...
It’s not even a secret.
www.scientology.org/how-we-help/...
Reposted by Lisa Wallace
If Scientology is promoting your work, maybe it’s time to consciously uncouple from these bedfellows.
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If Scientology is promoting your work, maybe it’s time to consciously uncouple from these bedfellows.
journal drawing
"Overanalyzing Myself"
"Overanalyzing Myself"
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
journal drawing
"Overanalyzing Myself"
"Overanalyzing Myself"
Reposted by Lisa Wallace
Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:
SSRIs aren't the worst! I also laugh at the notion.
"He doesn’t roll his eyes at people who say psychiatry traumatized them. He thinks a lot of them are telling the truth."
Yes, treatment is full of bad & good encounters.
Sikorav Against the World
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/sikorav-ag...
"He doesn’t roll his eyes at people who say psychiatry traumatized them. He thinks a lot of them are telling the truth."
Yes, treatment is full of bad & good encounters.
Sikorav Against the World
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/sikorav-ag...
Sikorav Against the World
A French psychiatrist’s efforts to do right by his patients brought him into conflict with the medical bureaucracy
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
SSRIs aren't the worst! I also laugh at the notion.
"He doesn’t roll his eyes at people who say psychiatry traumatized them. He thinks a lot of them are telling the truth."
Yes, treatment is full of bad & good encounters.
Sikorav Against the World
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/sikorav-ag...
"He doesn’t roll his eyes at people who say psychiatry traumatized them. He thinks a lot of them are telling the truth."
Yes, treatment is full of bad & good encounters.
Sikorav Against the World
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/sikorav-ag...
Reposted by Lisa Wallace
Mental illness is all to real to those struggling with it, and to their families.
Don’t accept denial as an answer.
Don’t accept denial as an answer.
Schizophrenia exists.
Mental illness exists.
Psychiatric medications can be life-saving.
Psychotherapy can be life-saving.
Don't let misinformed people like @profjohnread.bsky.social tell you otherwise.
Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️
Mental illness exists.
Psychiatric medications can be life-saving.
Psychotherapy can be life-saving.
Don't let misinformed people like @profjohnread.bsky.social tell you otherwise.
Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mental illness is all to real to those struggling with it, and to their families.
Don’t accept denial as an answer.
Don’t accept denial as an answer.
Got a proper haircut at a salon instead of whacking away with scissors at home.
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Got a proper haircut at a salon instead of whacking away with scissors at home.
journal drawing
"Sex Dream"
"Sex Dream"
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
journal drawing
"Sex Dream"
"Sex Dream"
The Dance of the Blue Sharks
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The Dance of the Blue Sharks