Crisis Checklist
Inspired by work people have done on madness maps and mental health first aid kits, I decided to make a checklist/flowchart to use when I am having a particularly hard time or am in crisis. It was a good process for me to make because it helped me to really think about what has helped me or caused me trouble in the past. I really like that we can make these sorts of tools for ourselves instead of relying on more general (often judgmental) dos and don’ts or advice from people who never know us as well as we know ourselves.
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1 commentMy Experience with Bullying (Katie)
Trigger Warning: Bullying, School Violence
I had never even met these kids before. One of them came up to me while I was at my locker and just said “Whatchu been sayin’ about my mama?” I had no idea what he was talking about – I’d never even seen him to my recollection. So I basically ignored him and went back to dealing with my locker.
Tags: abuse from teachers, advocacy, affection, Against Me!, attention, bullying, Columbine, combatting bullying, criminal justice system, depression, emotional abuse, emotional regulation, emotions, family, harrassment, high school, ignorance, inclusion, name calling, numbness, police, protection, shame, Star Trek, transgender, violence, vulnerability
0 comments“Trans Affirming” Therapist Video
This video is based on intake I did with a therapist at the Institute for Human Identity a few years ago. Another trans person had a good experience with a therapist there, but I got assigned to someone else and it didn’t go so well. A lot of the dialogue from the therapist is verbatim what I remember him saying to me. Only some of my responses are accurate to life, though. I didn’t actually tell him he was a jerk, for example, but I found it rather satisfying to do so in this video.
Tags: art, bodies, body politics, counseling, prejudice, therapists, trans men, transphobia, video, vulnerability
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