http://queermentalhealth.org Mental Health Community for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited and Genderqueer People Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/make-recovery-your-own/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-recovery-your-own http://queermentalhealth.org/article/make-recovery-your-own/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:24 +0000 Breyonne Blackthorne http://queermentalhealth.org/?p=2675 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/make-recovery-your-own/feed/ 0 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/religion-and-mental-illness-a-personal-evaluation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religion-and-mental-illness-a-personal-evaluation http://queermentalhealth.org/article/religion-and-mental-illness-a-personal-evaluation/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:00:58 +0000 Katie Bongiorno http://queermentalhealth.org/?p=1836 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/religion-and-mental-illness-a-personal-evaluation/feed/ 1 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/dbt-skills-distress-tolerance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dbt-skills-distress-tolerance http://queermentalhealth.org/article/dbt-skills-distress-tolerance/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:00:02 +0000 Breyonne Blackthorne http://www.queermentalhealth.org/?p=1463 http://queermentalhealth.org/article/dbt-skills-distress-tolerance/feed/ 0 http://queermentalhealth.org/art/devotion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=devotion http://queermentalhealth.org/art/devotion/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:00:17 +0000 Reba Overkill http://www.queermentalhealth.org/?p=1409 I would like to welcome the newest member of our writing team, Reba Overkill. In its first post with us, it speaks through poetry to recall its struggle with being heard by the people who matter. Thanks for sharing with us, Reba!

Trigger Warning: allusions to sexual abuse, self-injury & suicide attempts.

it all came together a few nights ago, weak and bent
in your lap, feeling lost, feeling like it was years ago when
i was never anything like the me that you know. i was
someone who was trying to speak, nobody listened and i didn't
understand because i can hear so fucking well, i listened and
i heard sirens, and songs that i would sing with people who i did
not end up loving very kindly. i heard calm assertions by
people in authority that left cracks in parts of me. i heard
the breath i took in when i woke up and was not dead, even
for all my trying. i heard people leaving hints for their departure,
inclining heads towards one-way tickets to not existing.]]> http://queermentalhealth.org/art/devotion/feed/ 1