Mental Health Support - Tumblr Posts
You better listen to her.
Time for a valium :-) Love you guys xoxo
My mental health isn’t perfect, but damn have I improved my sob fest recovery time!!! #turbomode
Keep going and growing on origami paper from Daiso :)
Finally into meditation after my therapist and others have told me how helpful it is for mental health, and they weren’t shitting me. It’s changing my brain dude. Big fan, big advocate, get onto it. I use Headspace and Calm, both free apps. Be kind to that mind of yours.
Updated version of my mental health/lesbian memoir ‘Sexuality Hijacked’ now available on Etsy (Australia only) here or Amazon here! New cover design, much larger font size and I made it cheaper to print so I can sell it for cheaper (so hopefully can be shared with more people).
I realised that something seriously had to change in my life when I was in a long-term serious relationship with a man, and all I could think about was either killing myself or kissing my female coworker. I had always been attracted to women, and I thought everyone was, but ultimately we are all “supposed” to end up with a partner of the opposite sex. I believed that to be the only “normal” way of life because that was the only representation I had presented to me. On top of that, society, social media, TV shows, movies, music and books, all ingrained in me as a little girl that being perceived as attractive to men and receiving any kind of validation from a man was paramount as a woman. I saw it as something to strive for and a sense of purpose.
I was never popular amongst my peers in school. I hit puberty a lot earlier than most girls were at the time, so I looked different and I was painfully aware of it. I felt like an outcast at school and eventually turned to the internet to try and find a place where I felt accepted. This led me down a very dangerous path of engaging in adult conversations and activities with adult men on internet chat sites, most of which no longer exist for obvious reasons.
My life was permanently changed from there, and the events that followed left me with a lot of trauma and mental illness that I had to unpack from nineteen to twenty-three. I have Borderline Personality Disorder, and have struggled with anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and alcohol abuse.
The title, “Sexuality Hijacked”, comes from how my therapist described what happened to my sexuality as a child from my trauma with adult men. It was hijacked. A normal, healthy and safe, identity and sexuality development were stolen from me.
I have met many women who have felt validated from hearing of my experiences, and that is something that I believe is so valuable in the fight against mental health stigma, sexuality repression and suicide.
Article about my memoir here.
Ebook available here.
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The true reason people commit suicide, or one of the true reasons, is because they're looking for a way to find home or the feeling of home.. But after a while as they've grown, or even as a child (for those that are depressed as a child), they see that no place feels like home anymore after a while. Sometimes even being with themselves feels no longer recognizable or like home. Stop calling these kids and these people selfish. I'm one of them.
10 Signs You're an Extroverted Introvert
Yay congratulations!!
Well today I got approved to begin a fully funded course, studying Counselling Skills, and a friend of mine has already said that once I've qualified she'd happily interview me for a remote-working position at her charity that works with struggling LGBTQ+ teens and young adults who've been estranged from their families.
And I never would've done any of this without all of you.
Life sometimes unfolds in strange and unexpected directions, and not long ago I thought my life was as good as over. I was too physically unwell to continue being an early years teacher (it's a much more physical job than people realise), my career of 15 years was at a sudden and bitter end, and my life seemed to have no meaning, just an endless stretch of medical rubbish interspersed with pain, and waiting.
Then I started handing out mama hugs on Tumblr during Pride Month. Then, the occasional ask from an anxious teen turned into several a week... then Neil left the fandom and I started getting half a dozen asks a day. And it's been as wonderful as it has been terrifying, hoping I'm helping but worrying I'm not doing enough, knowing I'm not remotely qualified to help but just here to hand out empathy and support when needed.
Now it looks like I'll be turning this random chain of events into a career, and once again I have this wonderful fandom to thank.
It feels exciting to be starting over at the grand old age of 39, chasing a new dream, one I feel passionate about, one I feel I could really be good at with the right support and structure. Because it's never too late to choose a different path, to find a new dream, to feel a new spark ignite.
Thank you to every person who fell into my inbox, you have shone the light for me in my times of darkness, and now I can see the way forward.
I love you all so much 🥹💙🫂🥲
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
If you're obsessing over your anxiety symptoms, try this website:
It helped me to get out of bed and get on with my day today. It will be okay, guys, you're not alone! Please learn everything you can about anxiety and how you can make certain adjustments in your life in order to help your nervous system heal. Seek therapy and please, don't suffer in silence. Even if you don't have any close relatives or friends to rely on, we are in this together, I'm sure anybody in the anxiety community will listen to you. My DM's are also open if anybody needs to vent. Just make sure that if you're really struggling and living life feels like a burden, don't be afraid to also seek professional help (there are 8 more days till my psychiatry appointment too!). It is NOT a weakness, respectfully f*ck everybody who says so. As humans, I believe it is our duty to take care of each other. <3
- Reni
Draw a wave to remind myself that feelings are temporary and healing isn't linear and that's okay, my existence is still valid and my anxiety disorder does not define me and I CAN HEAL 🌊
- Reni
reblog if you think these are all valid reasons for a student or an employee to take a day off from their school or their job without their grades or paycheck being affected in any way:
- period cramps
- exhaustion, be it mental or physical
- depression, anxiety, and other mental health related issues