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LGBTQ/Mental Health/transgender

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

July 20, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch7 Comments

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

Mental Health/transgender

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

June 23, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch6 Comments

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

Mental Health

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

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch68 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 Finch6 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 Finch19 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 Finch19 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 Finch9 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 Finch18 Comments

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

Mental Health

7 Signs That Online Therapy Might Be Right For You

October 15, 2017January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

Somehow, in just a couple of weeks, I'd disclosed more to my online therapist than I had with my previous therapist that I'd worked with for over a year.

Mental Health

My Least Favorite Obsession: Am I Making My Mental Illness Up?

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch27 Comments

It's not logical... but OCD isn't logical, either.

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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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