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Lisa Wallace

@rwillowfish.bsky.social

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My previous 40 yrs of messy psych treatment often fell flat. I'm finally seeing an excellent psychiatrist & psychotherapist & getting on with it, the good, the bad, & all that. I post my art & cat. Don't chat at me. I don't chat.

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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

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm addressing the lack of interaction and instead just feeding me to her followers. There was no right/wrong about that, nor did I attack her black & Jewish womanhood.

But if it matters, I do say stop stirring up hysteria for no "strong" reason, as I don't see a glaring substack nazi issue.

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm mostly on X now, again, whatever.
I actually get interaction there.
Bluesky is sweet and all, but maybe too much performative goodness from some?
Don't know, but I'll check in here occasionally.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 21

You could've interacted with me constructively on this, but instead you did a QT to sick your followers on me. That's a big show of immaturity. It doesn't matter how many of your thousands pat you on the back about it. I learned more about you than I wanted to.
Imagine that.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Feb 27

Imagine telling a Black Jewish woman that she’s stirring up hysteria about Nazis.

Wouldn’t be me.

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Feb 26

Stop stirring up hysteria when there's no strong reason.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 13

I'm sick of social media.

I go out in the real world and nobody knows who most of these bigass supposedly influencer accounts people are, and most won't engage but might sick their following on you.

It's empty.

I'll miss some of you, but I'm out. I'll be better for it.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 12

There could just be a phone app for that. ChapApp.

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 12

alt text: purple and gold drawing of a person and foxlike creature with spirals for eyes and dizziness stars all around

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 12

Sometimes my meds cause my blood pressure to drop and I'm dizzy for a period of time. This doesn't happen often. To me, it's a tolerable adverse effect. It's tolerable because my other choice is plunging back down into depression.

I wonder what others find to be tolerable adverse effects.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 12

the lovely sun

cat reaches up for the sun at the window

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · Mar 12

Once again psychology papers and articles making huge leaps. There’s no causality here but it doesn’t stop the authors actively suggesting it. Many psych illnesses are associated with poor sleep and conspiratorial beliefs. It doesn’t mean one causes the other. This conclusion is totally unsupported.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 12

time to cook

broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and peppers on the counter, on a cutting board, and in the sink in a collander

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

fabulous Audrey Jane

photo of tabby cat with green eyes and an intense stare

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

I've found a great outpatient psychiatrist & therapist. Yet, if I need inpatient care, I don't know what I'll get. One hospital is excellent, but if beds aren't available, the other half a dozen choices are awful.
It's shameful to be put where you're made worse & we know better & can do better.

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

Here's a link (Pot of Wildflowers is toward the bottom of the page), and thanks actually for introducing me to a new artist.

nevsepic.com.ua/en/painting/...

Magnificent paintings by Tatyana Chernykh, filled with light and vital energy (32 photos) » Pictures, artists, photographers on Nevsepic

Tatiana Chernykh is Russian, born in Moscow, but draws inspiration from nature and Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. And the artist’s genes are in her blood - her father was a painter. It is not surprising...

nevsepic.com.ua

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

I find posts about taking on tRmp & EElon & billionaire influencers in general that are like 'prove them wrong, and show that people power can beat big money, by electing thus & such' so tiring because elected politicians don't do shit. (Just a bit disillusioned here is all.)

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Jess Peters, PhD @jrpeters.bsky.social · Mar 11

This, and, as the posted article discusses, while inclusion of PMDD was an important first step, the majority of people with clinically significant effects of their cycle on mental health are excluded from that dx. This needs to be a much broader part of psychiatry/psychology training and practice.

Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · Mar 10

"The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?"
It's worrying how often menstrual, hormonal and menopausal questions are missed out of a psychiatric history. Timely work from Dr Katie Marwick and colleagues.
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?

We argue that psychiatry has overlooked a significant modifiable risk factor for mental illness in female patients: cyclical symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle. Premenstrual dysphoric disord...

mentalhealth.bmj.com

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

This is Monet's signature.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 11

It's pretty but I don't think it's a Monet.

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 10

Audrey's appreciating the nice sun.

photo of tabby cat sitting in the sun streaming in on the balcony with a look of bliss on her face

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 10

Oh! Hi, Audrey.

photo of tabby cat sticking her face up to the camera so much so that only one eye and her nose are showing

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 9

Jumping around the sofa and out the door - busy afternoon for Audrey

photo of tabby cat between pillows and the sofa arm about to leap out

photo of the same tabby cat outside on the balcony looking in on a very sunny afternoon

Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 9

The sketches did their part in getting me going. Then I spent a lot of time in details and colors. Then I was done.
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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 9

When I stalled for a long, long, long time, I switched over to sketches based on the painting so far. This was to get myself going again.
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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 9

I started with a primed canvas and some quick sketching with burnt sienna on a brush. Little did I know how much I'd stay with my initial design.
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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 9

Hard Stories to Tell
(38"x 30" acrylic painting)

I just finished this painting, a piece I started way back during pandemic quarantine. I've worked on it sporadically, then much more consistently in recent weeks until I said stop, it's done.

🧵of start to finish, if you're interested.
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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Mar 8

late day sun

photo of tabby cat sitting on brown packing papers with a sun strip illuminating one eye