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@donnaablack.bsky.social

"Inheritance"
Oil paint painting about genetic migraine and mental illness. 😉 Something my family is cursed with.

#oilpainting #oilcolor #mixedmedia #painting #art #mentalillness #migraine #neurodiverse
#tradionalart

October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM Everybody can reply

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓

@authorstuartmiller.bsky.social

#MentalIllness advocates ( #PTSD, #Anxiety, #Depression, #Suicide, #BiPolar, etc.)

go.bsky.app/5kYbAyu

October 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM Everybody can reply

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Amanda Green

@amandagreenauthor.bsky.social

***FREE*** today! A memoir of mental illness, abuse, love, a dysfunctional family and adversity. One girls life. 100's of great reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B008... #BPD #mentalillness #mentalhealth #memoir #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookboost #ebook

My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me eBook : Green, Amanda, Hobbs-Wyatt, Debz: Amazon.co.uk: Books

amazon.co.uk

October 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Amanda Green

@amandagreenauthor.bsky.social

***FREE*** today! True story. A memoir of mental illness, abuse, love, a dysfunctional family and adversity. One girls life. 100's of great reviews! amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B008... #BPD #mentalillness #mentalhealth #memoir #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookboost #ebooks

My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me eBook : Green, Amanda, Hobbs-Wyatt, Debz: Amazon.co.uk: Books

amazon.co.uk

October 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Michel Abstracto

@abstracto.bsky.social

Today wasn't as...ruff...

#comicstrip #cartoon #wip #art #drawing #illustration #artvideo #chronicillness #mentalillness #dog #bulldog

October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM Everybody can reply

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mark-s-blevins.bsky.social

@mark-s-blevins.bsky.social

"Have You Heard the One about My Crippling #Depression?"
#MentalIllness almost killed #Boston #comedian @garygulman.bsky.social. Then it made him #famous.
www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-enterta...

Have You Heard the One about My Crippling Depression?

Mental illness almost killed North Shore comedian Gary Gulman. Then it made him famous.

www.bostonmagazine.com

October 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM Everybody can reply

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A.C. Wolfe

@whitewolfe32.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPsnips word is #trial. Cainen learns an unsettling truth about Red.

#wip #writing #trans #queer #ya #fiction #horror #soulmate #notaromance #mentalillness

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"It's not permanent."
What the Hell does that mean?
"Exactly what it sounds like. Nicole is right.
They're not built to last. It could be a few weeks, could be months. Sometimes longer."
I'm sorry, WHAT?
"He's here for you to adjust. Once the adjustment period is over, there you go. Your free trial of true love has expired."
Are you aware of how completely and
utterly fucked up you sound?
"Trust me, I'm acutely aware. But think about it. He isn't real. What would you do, marry him? Settle down and have 2.5 invisible kids, or something?"

October 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM Everybody can reply

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓

@authorstuartmiller.bsky.social

FINAL CALL, the cut off is at 3 PM EST

Starter packs for Tuesday:

#Psychology, #SocialWork etc
#MentalIllness
#Cancer
#Military
#ContentCreator
#BannedBooks

If you want to be included in any or all of these categories, let me know and I'll get you added🙂

October 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Michel Abstracto

@abstracto.bsky.social

This is the beginning of a series of disgruntled animal portraits captioned by quotes that people insensitively say to people who struggle with chronic & mental illness. Comment the unhelpful phrases that you've heard.

#cartoon #comicstrip #illustration #chronicillness #mentalillness #comicoop

October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM Everybody can reply

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A.C. Wolfe

@whitewolfe32.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPsnips word is #ultimate. Had to reference the old draft again, and found this scene of Cainen feeling hopeless about his mental health. Used “ultimately” instead.

#wip #writing #trans #queer #ya #horror #fiction #depression #mentalillness #writesky

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As if I'm ever going to recover. I've read the
pamphlets. Depression has no cure. It only has treatment. It's a constant force that must be restricted, managed, controlled, and if you lose focus, lose resolve, for even a moment, it will overwhelm you. Never going away. Unlike us, it can't die. It's an abusive relationship you can't get out of. A shadow. A parasite. There are a lot of metaphors out there for depression. Ultimately, they all mean the same thing, make the same comparison: Depression is eternal.

October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM Everybody can reply

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Michel Abstracto

@abstracto.bsky.social

And we're breathing...we're breathing...

#cartoon #comicstrip #illustration #chronicillness #mentalillness #comicoop #fuckice

Illustration of myself sitting at a table while on the phone with an insensitive Doctor asking "Have you tried eliminating stress from your life?" On the table is a can of cola zero, a paper listing dietary restrictions, a mug of coffee, and four bottles of medicine. To my sides are a cat trying to get my attention and a television featuring the news reporting another deadly ICE raid. Behind me is a calendar with most of the days X'd out, a list of bills, a list of things I need to do, and a list of commissions that I need to finish. Outside of the viewing area one of my kids is yelling "Dad!!!".

October 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM Everybody can reply

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration

@crackedhat.bsky.social

‘World Mental Health Day’

#WorldMentalHeathDay #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #Anxiety #MentalIllness #Depression #PTSD #Stress
#Illustration

October 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM Everybody can reply

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500Ways

@quizand.bsky.social

Find out about mechanical disillusioned mentality in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/mechanical-d... ( #mechanicalDisillusionedMentality, #mentality, #psychology, #appliedPsychology, #frustration, #communication, #gamer, #programmer, #mental, #mentalIllness)

October 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Miss Kitty

@misskitty.art

He is not a #public #servant. I have not met a #CEO or #politician in my whole life that I would #trust as far as I could throw them. #Slimy. #Sliding off the side. The #lies that people tell themselves so they can tell you the lies that they #swear on. That part. #MentalIllness for real.

🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 8d

So now we’re snowflakes, but they’re scared of us. I can never keep track day-to-day of what we are.

October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM Everybody can reply

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A.C. Wolfe

@whitewolfe32.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPsnips word is #hope. I’ve used this word before, but I went with a different example. Cainen goes home for winter break.

#wip #writing #queer #trans #ya #horror #fiction #mentalillness #family

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So she is sorry.
It doesn't matter. Even if she wasn't sorry, it
wouldn't matter. What's done is done. She can't un-have the conversation with Marsheen, she can't un-send me to Forest Step, she can't un-kill my parents.
I can't do any of those things, either. That's just how life works. Sometimes we fuck up and we can't fix it.
I grip Red's hand tighter. If she's like this the whole two weeks I'm at home, this is going to be harder than I thought. Her guilt hurts more than her anger.
"I love you, Cainen," Aunt Tracy says. "I
hope you know that."
"I love you, too," I say. "And I do know." She pulls into the driveway. We're back. Not :
home, exactly, but one step closer to it. A second Christmas without my mom and dad. Maybe it'll be easier this year.
Probably not.

October 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Ted Meissner

@tedmeissner.bsky.social

Mindfulness interventions for young adults experiencing psychotic experiences and / or depression. #mindfulness #mentalhealth #mentalillness #resilience #depression #stressreduction #stressmanagement #psychopathology

academic.oup.com/schizophreni...

Candidate Targets for Resilience Training to Reduce Transdiagnostic Risk for Mental Illness

AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Stress sensitivity may represent an important target for resilience-promoting, preventive interventions. Resilience Trai

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October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM Everybody can reply

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Lisa Cowan Pineo

@lisacowanpineo.bsky.social

For World Mental Health Day I gathered 48 books, from middle grade to adult, that feature characters with mental health problems.
#worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealthday #mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalhealthbooks #bookpost #bookrecs #books #mg #ya #adultfiction #kidlit #read #booksky💙📚 #oct10

October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Equality Party

@equalityparty.bsky.social

Today is world mental health day and we have Catt busting some myths surrounding mental health

Information from: https://shorturl.at/n3Ab2

#Equality #EqualityParty #Mythbuster #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #WelfaretoWork #Depression #Anxiety #ADHD

October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM Everybody can reply

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andygill1964.bsky.social

@andygill1964.bsky.social

"I am Bipolar, I'm not broken, I'm just different" ~Andy Gill #mentalillness #bipolarawareness

October 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM Everybody can reply

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Shaciah Lee 🏳️‍🌈

@shaciah-lee.bsky.social

⚔️Eza: newly promoted general with a good heart
🍷Tuho: suave manipulative Advisor
🤐Intelligence Agents Eza leads
👑Promised One: dark and grumpy ruler
🐉Soulless: the country's magic casters who are all dying
Inspired by ND Stevenson's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
#DVpit #f #lgbt #mentalillness

October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM Everybody can reply

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⛤ZANE⛤

@fireflowerzane.bsky.social

"BUFFOON HAS NEVER HEARD OF A-"

#Psychopomp
#cartoonist
#fanart
#traditionalart
#mentalillness
#y2k
#Psychopompfanart
#Schizophrenia
#surreal
#psychologicalhorror

Psychopomp Lady holding a hammer (threat), smiling at what's above the camera(?) with text around her saying:

"CLEARLY. YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF A HAMMER."

*****

Your honour I actually love her.

Idk her name but I call her "Psychopomp Lady"

I just wanna hang out with her and see how hard she can hit me with her hammer.
(it's probably pretty hard)
Shatter my skull, maybe, as a treat 🥺💕

That little song that plays after the credits has inhabited my phone on loop definitely over 50 times by now.

Ballpoint pens on paper
52 minutes probably

October 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM Everybody can reply

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TheHellsFawn

@thehellsfawn.bsky.social

Our system has been going through a *lot* lately. We're kind of in a bubble of discovery and it's taking a lot of out us. So fkn thankful for #Daddy & #MyShadow bc idk how I'd survive without them 🥹🥰

#love #relationships #lovelanguage #mentalhealth #mentalillness #support #DID #OSDD #BPD #healing

October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM Everybody can reply

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VancouverPhil, a Blue Dude in Washington State 💙

@vancouverphil.bsky.social

We appreciate the offer #MonicaLewinski but unless you’re 13 #Trump probably won’t take the bait.

#NotMyPresident
#NeverTrump
#Impeach
#BlueCrew
#BlueWave
#ReleaseTheFiles
#Pedophile
#Pedophilia
#mentalillness

October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM Everybody can reply

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A.C. Wolfe

@whitewolfe32.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPsnips word is #store. Cainen reminisces on past memories and opportunities lost.

#wip #writing #queer #trans #grief #ya #horror #fiction #writesky #mentalillness

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I force myself to finish the food. It's not
terrible today. Or, at the very least, it's not completely inedible. I'd never admit it aloud, but the mixed vegetables were actually kind of good. It reminds me of when my parents would do movie nights. The rule was that I had to eat my serving of mixed veggies, and then I could eat my dinosaur chicken nuggets on the floor while the movie played. I wasn't allowed to sit on the couch with them. I was too much of a messy eater, and the couch was real leather. I'm pretty sure they had me sitting on plastic whenever I sat on it until I was, like, thirteen.
Lot of good that does now. I bet whoever sold the couch afterwards made a good chunk of money. Should've stained the couch when I had the chance. Now it's gone. Not our couch anymore.
Now it's some other suburban family's prized possession, or it's gathering dust in some used furniture store.

October 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM Everybody can reply

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GhostWarrior ⚔️🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦🇺🇦

@ghostwarrior.bsky.social

This goes all the way back to #Reagan who wilfully destroyed the #American #MentalHealth network.😠 No one thought to put it back together.🙄 Or maybe knew how. Until #MentalIllness is seen as an illness instead of a moral failure, this situation will persist.

October 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM Everybody can reply

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