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Category: Mental Health

LGBTQ/Mental Health/transgender

Yes, I have a ‘mental disorder.’ But it’s not being transgender.

July 20, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 7 Comments

Many of the people who still insist that being transgender is a 'disorder' don’t actually care about our mental health.

LGBTQ/Mental Health

People-pleasers can be drawn to toxic relationships. It’s important to know why.

June 30, 2018July 1, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 15 Comments

"My favorite kind of person to love was someone I had to chase."

Mental Health/transgender

Transgender people shouldn’t have to lie about their mental health. But many do.

June 23, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 6 Comments

"I am absolutely terrified that my mental health status will be used against me."

Mental Health

I didn’t know I had OCD. Here’s why the stereotypes are so harmful.

May 12, 2018April 14, 2020 Sam Dylan Finch 22 Comments

First I was bipolar. Then I was borderline. Turns out, both were wrong.

Mental Health

10 Ways to ‘Reach Out’ When You’re Struggling With Your Mental Health

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch 68 Comments

After my friend's suicide, I realized something: We ask people to reach out. But we never explain how.

Mental Health/self-care

15 Mental Health Resolutions For The New Year

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 6 Comments

It's powerful to begin a new year by saying, "I'm choosing me." 

LGBTQ/Mental Health/self-care/transgender

For The Mentally Ill Folks Who Didn’t Think They’d Make It This Year

November 30, 2017December 2, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 19 Comments

I'm hoping the person who needs this will read it.

Mental Health

I was misdiagnosed as bipolar for 6 years. I’m only now getting my life back.

November 26, 2017January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch 19 Comments

Some people have the impression that once a mentally ill person seeks out help, it's only a matter of time before things get better. But that's not always true.

Mental Health/self-care

You can care about social justice and care about your own happiness, too.

November 11, 2017November 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 9 Comments

I've shared the "self-care isn't selfish" memes countless times, and yet here I am, struggling to give myself permission to be happy.

Mental Health

5 Awesome, Immediate Self-Care Resources For When You Feel Like Actual Garbage

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 17 Comments

Hi, do you feel like garbage? I have some suggestions for you.

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Sam Dylan Finch

Sam Dylan Finch. I’m a writer and positive psychology practitioner that’s passionate about queer joy — with none of the self-helpy bullsh*t. I wrote that thing about people-pleasing that you showed your therapist. I’m much weirder in real life.  ✨ He/they. More?

 

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Almost daily, I get messages like these. Asking me if life with a mental illness will always be this hard. I don’t know your story — but I can tell you mine.
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