Tag: mental health
CCAP calls men to fellowship
Men facing personal and family struggles have been urged not to carry their burdens alone, but to find strength and support through fellowship.The call was made on Sunday by Rev. Macdonald Khuzeya of CCAP Mpachika Church in Blantyre during a ceremony where 35 men were formally welcomed into the church’s men’s fellowship.Khuzeya said participating in...
Unless you want OCD, stop seeking ideological purity.
A while back, Hank Green admitted to using AI, and was honest about how it had hurt his cognition. As a result, he was founded by anti-AI ideologues dogpiling him for having ever used it in the first place, particularly on Bluesky and Reddit, the latter where I saw someone justifying said harassment because it...
Government steps up suicide prevention efforts
The Government says it is strengthening suicide prevention through Government steps up suicide prevention effortsThe Government says it is strengthening suicide prevention through improved mental health services, early identification of people at risk and better reporting of suicide cases across the country.The Ministry of Health and Sanitation says the measures are being implemented as Malawi...
Sometimes it's better to be kind than prove I'm right
On being kind to yourself as well to the other person
AI and Emotional Support
Just... don't.
5 Wellbeing Trends That Make More Sense Through Jeremy Griffith’s Explanation of the Human Condition
The modern wellbeing movement can sometimes seem like an endless parade of new remedies: mindfulness, nature retreats, digital detoxes, community activities, purpose-driven living and countless ways to become healthier, calmer and more fulfilled. But beneath these trends is a fascinating question: why are we so desperate to find ways of feeling better in the first...
#oneaday Day 815: A second time around
I have four more days of work before we go on holiday for the second time this year. This may sound extravagant, but given that the first time around was during the period that Oliver went missing, I'm sure you won't judge us for wanting a "do-over". We had some money from anniversary gifts, so...
A Few Small Things
Reflecting on the mental fatigue of posting every day during Blaugust, I share a few small things that cheered me up: a new keyword filter on Bubbles.town, Jan Miksovsky's Origami Projector, and the ongoing, hand-made goodness of the independent web.
A Few Small Things
Reflecting on the mental fatigue of posting every day during Blaugust, I share a few small things that cheered me up: a new keyword filter on Bubbles.town, Jan Miksovsky's Origami Projector, and the ongoing, hand-made goodness of the independent web.
The Girls Who Survived
Ohio’s residential treatment centers left them with trauma and questions. The friendships forged inside helped them heal and find answers.
Never presume to know another's grief.
I will never say I know exactly how you feel.
when you don't understand the world around you
this is something i've been struggling with immensely for a long while but it keeps intensifying. i just do not understand how people wake up everyday and just...go on with their day without much thought to it?
Having hobbies outside of work helps fill my creative well
Also a handy of way of clearing my head when I'm work-stressed
Why Did an Illinois Prison Fail to Stop 70 Fires?
Three key takeaways from our investigation of the epidemic of fires at the Joliet Treatment Center.
#oneaday Day 792: A goal, complete
Well, I've done it. I've finally gone and played through all three of Quintet's "Heaven and Earth" games on Super NES: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Time and Terranigma. (I've also played through The Granstream Saga twice in my life, as well as Actraiser once, as both of those games can be argued to be tangentially...
Appreciate where you are. You may be luckier than you think.
A comic especially for fellow writers and illustrators out there.
LLMs are bad decision helpers
I want to preface this by saying I am not anti-AI/LLM, especially in the way it has manifested on social media. In fact, I'm highly critical of the movement due to how abusive the movement has gotten (especially on Bluesky and the FOSS community) and dismissive to information that contradicts their claims, and I do...
REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie and Lowell, Ten Years Later
Ten years after its release, I revisit Sufjan Stevens' Carrie and Lowell, an album about his late mother's mental illness, abandonment, and grief, that's held up a clear, honest mirror to my own life. I trace how Stevens' songwriting about Carrie evolved from anger on Michigan and Illinois to unconditional forgiveness, dig into the many alternate versions of 'Fourth of July,' and reproduce my very first attempt at music criticism: a Carrie and Lowell review I wrote as a teenager back in 2015.
Illinois Lawmakers Decry Prison’s ‘Gut-Wrenching,’ ‘Heartbreaking’ Conditions
After The Marshall Project found scores of fires set by men at a Joliet prison, legislators want improved fire safety and mental health treatment.
The Joy Of DJing With Old Music
You might have noticed it, but for much of 2025 I took a bit of a mental health break from DJing. There was just too much shit going on in my life and I felt like setting everything up in my smaller-than-a-prison-cell bedroom, even if it’s just to play a set for myself without livestreaming...
#oneaday Day 779: Celebrating a small victory
One of the things I always try and remember is that, from a mental health perspective, it can be valuable to celebrate the small victories, however inconsequential you think they might seem to others, or however minor they might feel in comparison to some of the things they are dealing with. Successfully overcoming something is...
One Year of Being Diagnosed with ADHD
So, it's been one year since I was diagnosed with ADHD, and I've learned a lot about myself in this past year, and how to deal with some of the issues that stem from the ADHD. While they haven't all been resolved, I'm happy to say I'm in a better frame of mind than I...
If social media is making you feel like crap, then re-evaluate how you use it
Also, yet one more reason I love Bluesky
#oneaday Day 778: That feeling you should be doing something
I'm having one of those days where my brain feels restless, where it feels like I "should" be doing something, but as far as I am aware, I have no commitments this weekend whatsoever, so I should just be taking the time to relax, enjoy myself and mentally prepare for the week ahead. (There's nothing...
A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
Mea Culpa, When Somebody Writes Your Wrongs
Yesterday, Unattributed posted a thorough dissection of my article on note-taking PKMs, analyzing my lack of intellectual rigour, nebulous wording, and poor research. I use this as an opportunity to discuss the milkshake duck phenomenon, my experience with scrupulosity (moral OCD), and how to stay visible while imperfect through self-compassion rather than rule-following.
An ideological split in the Linux desktop (LLMs)
So, Linus Torvalds has come out and said that LLMs are just a tool, and that Linux is not considered to be an anti-AI project. This has caused anti-AI people to crash out on social media, down to making very embarrassing conspiracies about Linus Torvalds being "compromised" when really he seems to be a no-bullshit...
Software decision paralysis
I have a major problem with making decisions and sticking to things. ADHD people tend to suffer from decision paralysis, where an overwhelm of information gets you locked up and stressed. I also get a lot of "what if" questions coming in, worrying about the future, over things I simply do not need to worry...
#oneaday Day 770: Motivation: the Sergeant-Major vs the kind voice
At therapy today, we were talking a bit about motivation, and how I feel like I've been struggling with it a bit of late -- particularly when it comes to things like diet and exercise. One conclusion that I think we came to was that I am much more likely to be motivated to do...
when nothing is working out
i've tried to be as positive as i can about things but sometimes it is just so overwhelming when nothing is working out for you and you feel like your life has absolutely no meaning!
social isolation sucks ;w;
this post isn't going to be anything other than just getting some things off my chest in an attempt to try to help me feel less crappy!
#oneaday Day 746: Decompression
I know I said I'd write about something else on here, but after the late-night update on the situation, I feel inclined to bring this little saga to something of a "close" in a more conclusive manner. We are exhausted and emotional, but delighted beyond belief to have our precious Oliver back at home with...
struggling socially (｡•́ ̫ •̀｡)
hi friends - today imma be yapping about how i'm doing socially atm because i feel like it's a lot and i don't know where else to yap/vent about it tbh!
#oneaday Day 744: Trying to maintain hope
I am trying so hard to hang onto hope that we will find Oliver, or that he will just wander back in one day as if nothing happened, but with him being gone for three weeks from today, it is getting tougher and tougher to maintain that hope -- and it's all the harder seeing...
#oneaday Day 743: Talk therapy
I've alluded to it a bit recently, but I thought I'd talk specifically about it today. For the last little while, I have been attending talk therapy. I have been meaning to do this for a long time, because there are lots of people I know and trust who have made use of it, but...
On another maintainer leave, but longer
A quick update on taking another maintainer leave from being the BDFL at Recap Time Squad. Also if you're at Hack Club Slack and you're asking why my name pops out in #community-logs in the form of a permaban, please have a read.
#oneaday Day 741: The bubble
The thing people who have been fortunate enough to have never been afflicted with debilitating depression don't always understand is that the whole experience is more than just being "a bit sad", and thus it's not something you can just "snap out of" or "cheer up" from. (To be clear, those scare quotes are purely...
#oneaday Day 740: Exhaustion
I am absolutely exhausted. We stayed up late last night to go on another night-time look for Oliver, and once again found absolutely no sign of him whatsoever. At this point I really am at a loss as to what I can possibly do. I bought bright head-mounted torches and an infra-red heat-sensing camera in...