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Mental Health

Your Bias Against People With Borderline is Still Ableist

August 15, 2017January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch13 Comments

So long as we keep treating borderline as synonymous with abuse, we take a very painful and difficult disorder and deeply stigmatize it.

Mental Health

I’m Not Settling For ‘Good Enough,’ And Your Psychiatrist Shouldn’t Either

August 12, 2017August 13, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch4 Comments

Sometimes we forget that there's more to life than just being okay.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Mental Health

As Let’s Queer Things Up! Turns 3, I’ve Got Big, Gay Plans

August 8, 2017September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch8 Comments

I'm not a kid anymore. I'm a crazy, queer adult that survived.

Mental Health

5 Ways Your Critiques of Psychiatry Might Be Ableist

August 5, 2017August 8, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch5 Comments

If you truly cared about mentally ill people, you'd advocate for any paths in recovery that make life more livable for us.

Crazy Talk/Mental Health

Crazy Talk: Why Do I Keep Making Myself Sad On Purpose?

July 27, 2017August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

Emotional self-harm? It's a thing.

Mental Health

ADHD Survival Guide: How I Stopped Procrastinating and Got My Sh!t Together

July 22, 2017August 8, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch30 Comments

That's when I knew: I didn't want to live like this anymore.

Mental Health

Crazy Talk: Is Your Boredom Just Depression In Disguise?

July 21, 2017August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch5 Comments

"Even if I did get a hobby, I wouldn't have had the ability to participate or enjoy it."

Mental Health

Yes, Sometimes I Internalize Mental Health Stigma, Too

July 7, 2017August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan FinchLeave a comment

And I guess in my mind, I wanted to believe that maybe my kind of crazy was friendlier, gentler.

Mental Health

As a Suicide Attempt Survivor, I’m Still Waiting For Stories of Resilience On TV

April 17, 2017August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch21 Comments

Give me the '13 Reasons Why' of the 92-95% of people who wake up and have to face a world they weren’t expecting to see again.

LGBTQIA/Mental Health/transgender/Writing

Who is Sam Dylan Finch?

April 8, 2017August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch4 Comments

Transgender and mentally ill writer, editor, activist, and queer of many feelings.

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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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