Compass

Tag: mental-health

Non-medical crises and struggle severity.

Note: this writeup mentions and talks openly about suicide and self-harm, although nothing explicit. “Crisis” isn’t always medical, either, to me. I was talking to some fellow plural folks a bit ago a...

writeup, jvl, mental health

I Got Traumatized And It's Fine!

...Forgive the clickbait title, I seriously couldn't help myself on that one. Note: this essay mentions guns and robbery, but it's not very explicit. So… we have a bit of a strange opportunity here. A...

jvl, mental health, essay

Trauma pathology: A bear in a forest is not a mental disorder.

(Real quick - this essay mentions multiple types of abuse, psychiatric mistreatment, self-harm, and suicide. Nothing's graphic, I'm just giving you a heads-up.) So - I don’t think trauma is medical, w...

trauma, mental health, essay, jvl, sky, nl, g