Mental Illness

[close] I'm challenging myself to diversifying my reading list in 2024. When it comes to reading, I stay in my fluffy fiction comfort zone because my work reading can get very serious and depressing. But work has dried up at the moment and I've decided to seize this as an opportunity to step out of that comfort zone and expose myself to the variety of authors out there. I'm making this space to keep myself accountable and if others want to join, that's great! Diversification can look different depending on your positionality. For me, I'm seeking authors outside the white, straight, neurotypical, North American experience. This is what I have so far: January: neurodivergent author February: South Asian author March: Asian author April: LGBTQ+ author May: African author June: book about mental illness July: Transgender author August: South American author September: Disabled author October: Black or African American author November: Middle Eastern author December: Oceanic author (Photo taken from Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/aadl/6777694048/)

[close] Hello, readers and book lovers alike! Welcome to the Mental Illness Support Group. You can talk about all mental illnesses from anxiety to depression. This is s great place to share your problems and look for encouragement. This group is for everyone! No matter your race, gender, sexuality, relgion, size, or appearance.

[close] Welcome to **19th Century Insane Asylums** — a group dedicated to exploring the haunting history, literature, architecture, treatments, and human stories surrounding psychiatric institutions of the 1800s. This group is for readers, writers, historians, researchers, mental health advocates, and anyone fascinated by the realities of asylum life during the Victorian era and beyond. Together, we discuss: • Historical insane asylums and mental institutions • Patient experiences and forgotten voices • 19th-century mental health treatments and beliefs • Gothic and historical fiction set in asylums • Memoirs, nonfiction, documentaries, and research • Women’s institutionalization and social stigma • Preservation of asylum history and architecture Whether you are here because of a love for historical fiction, an interest in mental health history, or a desire to better understand the lives of those confined behind asylum walls, you are welcome here. Please keep discussions respectful and compassionate, especially when discussing mental illness, institutional abuse, and real historical tragedies. “In a world eager to forget them, may we remember the voices they tried to silence.”

[close] Hi! This group is for people struggling with mental illnesses. Please don’t post anything graphic. This isn’t about forcing people to recover- it’s about supporting each other and ourselves. There is never “not enough time” or “not enough resources” for you to get help. We are all here together, gathered in one place. You can meet people here and know that they have also struggled (or are struggling), and you won’t feel so alone anymore. You’ll meet people who get you.