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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.

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?

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.…

May 24, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch1 Comment

Content notice: suicide. This piece was originally published at The Body Is Not An Apology. Far and away, the most…

May 17, 2015January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. This might as well be part two, because quite a while back, I wrote a pretty…

April 23, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

Almost two years ago now, I began taking a medication with the hope that I could finally manage the aggressive…

April 3, 2015September 10, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch7 Comments

A third of us will attempt again within a year. So why aren't we talking about this?

March 7, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch4 Comments

This week, I wanted to share a letter I wrote with the hopes that it inspires some of the readers…

February 13, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

[The image features a metal case, presumably a first aid kit, with the words "SELF CARE" on top.] Holy…

February 6, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. Many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community know all too well what it’s like to be…