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Mental Health

Before You Kill Yourself, I Just Want to Talk

September 4, 2020 Sam Dylan Finch12 Comments

My agenda is simple — I don’t want you to be alone.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Mental Health/transgender

When they misgendered you at your memorial.

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch98 Comments

"You never lived to see the day when your life didn’t require a disclaimer — instead, your death now required one, too."

Mental Health

If your ‘suicide prevention’ isn’t talking about the mental health system, you’re missing the point.

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

As both a suicide attempt and loss survivor, I need to climb up onto my soapbox for a minute. Suicide…

Read More If your ‘suicide prevention’ isn’t talking about the mental health system, you’re missing the point.

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.

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.

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Mental Health

What I Wish My Loved Ones Understood About Being Suicidal

September 10, 2017June 8, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch8 Comments

You may not understand my pain, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.

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.

Mental Health

I Had Everything I Wanted – And I Still Wanted To Die

April 12, 2016January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch22 Comments

Nothing was actually wrong. I wouldn't have changed anything about my life – just how I felt.

Mental Health/transgender

To Be Transgender, Mentally Ill, And Still Alive

February 20, 2016August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch18 Comments

There has never been a moment when I’ve forgotten that I am both. I’m not allowed to forget.

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.…

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

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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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