ATX Radical Mental Health

21/11/2020

Hey everyone, I hope you're doing well and taking care of yourself as best as you can. If you need any support please feel free to reach out. I just wanted to say what's up and share this essay on emotional labor and the work of these badass writers. Clementine Morrigan just released a zine called F**k the Police Means We Don't Act Like Cops to Each Other - it's about cancel culture and honestly I can't wait to read it. I also wanted to share that adrienne maree brown just released their book We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams for Transformative Justice through AK Press - also really fu***ng magickal

I think it is so important for us to connect and reach out to each other with care and consent instead of shame around needing support, especially now. When it is offered with love, with reciprocity, it is not draining. I say this as that's how I feel about it. I know this is not true for everyone and that is why it is important to acknowledge that, so we aren't taking care of others when we need to be taking care of ourselves. It is not selfish to take care of yourself first. We don't want you running ragged for liberation. That ain't it. This is for whoever needed to hear it's okay to take a break. Sending you all love, if you want it

Peace
-S

https://www.clementinemorrigan.com/
https://www.akpress.org/we-will-not-cancel-us.html

http://gutsmagazine.ca/emotional-labour/

In a call for more rather than less, Clementine Morrigan has three questions to ensure you’re receiving emotional labour ethically.

09/02/2019

Hi everyone! This collective has not been active in a long time and I would love to reconnect if anyone out there is interested.

09/02/2019

08/08/2016

After 21 years of terrible psychiatrists (beginning when I was 16), I finally found one who is also trained as a psychotherapist and doesn’t treat me like a sub-human. This is exceedingly rare.

09/07/2016

Here's another set of resources, along the same line: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/4-self-care-resources-days-when-world-terrible

It seems like the bad news just keeps coming. Here are some self-care resources to keep you going when the trauma won't stop.

09/07/2016

The deadline is this coming friday

DEADLINE EXTENDED to July 15--Share this page with your comrades!

09/07/2016

09/07/2016

"This is meant to be an interactive flow chart for people who struggle with self care, executive dysfunction, and/or who have trouble reading internal signals. It's designed to take as much of the weight off of you as possible, so each decision is very easy and doesn't require much judgment."

06/07/2016

On Policing Individual Responses to Societal Trauma

30/06/2016

Practically the story of my life...

"It’s when you’re social enough to get invited to things, but so often find yourself standing in a room where it feels like no one knows you."

20/06/2016

Good advice on struggling with mental health complications while raising a child

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. This week they help a new father who thinks he's selfish because he isn't happy.

03/05/2016

There's so much more.