Islam & why praying away mental illness doesn’t even make in-universe sense

I’ve been reading up on the history of psychiatry especially with regards to Muslim practices around it. And found this good summary article which goes into both the good & the bad. Especially how positive attitudes & practices in place a thousand years ago have fallen by the wayside. And also describes details of psychiatric […]

Probabilistic Risk Assessment & CBT as Glorified Gaslighting

This post is a compilation of tweets I made on 30/July/2020 on my personal account. Transferring here for easy linking. I have more thoughts on this topic now but I’ll add them in a separate post. Here are the tweets: Thinking more abt the whole CBT as glorified gaslighting issue & how one of the […]

People you meet…in the psych ward: part 1 – “how do you think I am?” & the wish sandwich

I’ve been meaning to write a post about interesting experiences I’ve had while being admitted inpatient to the psych ward. I’ve been procrastinating because perfectionism & lack of spoons. So I’ve decided to break it into chunks & offer vignettes in several posts about people I’ve met. The first person I’ll tell you about is […]

My quintessential CBT experience or that time I got kicked out of therapy

I have lots to say about the topic of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) which is why I’ve procrastinated in talking about it because of spoons & getting stuck on what the best way is. But I thought I’d make my first post about the experience which symbolizes CBT to me. This post will be in […]

Salt Bae #POTS Bae

Ok last #POTS-y meme for now. This one isn’t a reminder…it’s just for fun…

Next #POTS-y meme round: thirst trap

More #POTS-y posters I made to put around my apartment to help remember to drink water I couldn’t decide between those two formats so opinions welcome on which works better

Don’t Stay Thirsty, My Friends

New #POTS-y meme! I’m making posters to put on my walls to remind myself to drink more water This is the first one. Stay tuned for more! Realized this is the first time I’m writing on here about being a POTS-y but yes I have POTS – Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Will be talking more […]

Gratitude journaling vs praying away mental illness

Something that just clicked for me is how people resist the idea of “praying away depression” or another mental illness but the same people promote the idea of gratitude journaling as helpful for mental illness. But, like meditative practices, this just seems like taking a religious practice & taking the religion out of it. Who […]

Give-a-Shit Meter aka absurd medical leave fun

Inspired by this thread [https://twitter.com/onesickvet/status/1416159478672764931?s=21], apparently what I’ve spent the first night of my mental health medical leave making in Canva 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ Disability community symptom focused toilet humour surpasses all other toilet humour I promise I will eventually make the tazillion other blog posts I plan to make that are more interesting & informative than […]

PSA: Psychiatric Advance Directives

I’ve been seeing posts about psych/mental health issues getting exacerbated by the COVID-19 situation. And I’ve also seen many folks over the last few months suggesting making wills and advance directives etc. I wanted to draw attention to a lesser known type of health directive ppl with psychiatric health issues should consider making. It’s a […]