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Mental Health

I Thought It Was The Only Thing I Could Control

January 20, 2016August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch16 Comments

When I stop eating, I never seem to run out of excuses.

Mental Health

20 Mental Health Resolutions For The New Year

December 30, 2015December 31, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch64 Comments

15: I will spend as much time on social media as I f#cking want.

Mental Health

How Mental Illness Changed the Way I Feel About Birthdays

November 21, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch24 Comments

Celebrating the fact that you exist can seem so asinine when you wish that you didn't.

Mental Health

Walk, Don’t Run: 4 Things that Mental Illness Recovery Taught Me

October 10, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch12 Comments

Working through bipolar disorder was not what I expected - but I'm grateful for what I learned.

Mental Health

9 Affirmations You Deserve to Receive If You Have a Mental Illness

August 29, 2015January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

I am so, so proud of you for the work that you do, day in and day out, to keep going.

Mental Health

It’s Been a Year Now and I Still Miss My Old Therapist

August 3, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

I am the person I am today because there was a therapist who believed in me.

Writing

5 Things I Learned When I Blogged Every Week For An Entire Year

July 21, 2015August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

My blog turned one year old and I have SO MANY FEELINGS.

Mental Health

A Love Letter to Anyone and Everyone with a Mental Illness

July 14, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch17 Comments

Whenever I feel that instinct to run or to hide, I affirm myself as an act of resistance.

Mental Health

Mental Health Recovery Isn’t Always Daisies, Puppies, and Rainbows (And that’s OK)

June 22, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch7 Comments

"Normalcy" can be a little deceiving. No one expects you to be Mary fucking Poppins, okay?

Mental Health

A Psychiatrist Endangered My Life and I Was Afraid to Speak Out

May 31, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch15 Comments

Folks who have never struggled with their mental health seem to think of psychiatry as a quick and easy fix.…

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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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