What The World Needs for Mental Health Advocacy Has Changed: A 6 Years Retrospective
This World Mental Health Day marks the 6 year anniversary of starting Mxiety as a blog with live streams dedicated to advocating for openness in mental health. Inevitably, this means nostalgia, introspection, and thoughts about the future have made home in my mind for the time being. Here they are laid out to make sense from
Mental Health Awareness Month and Content Creation: Lessons in Ethics I've learned in 5+ Years
It’s Mental Health Month 2023. And as over the years I’ve raised awareness in various ways, I am going to do something new and vulnerable. No, it’s not new that I’m being vulnerable, but I’ve been holding onto this info specifically for a few years. So here it goes—the ethics of talking about mental health on Twitch specifically.
Does Stranger Things Season 4 Help Us Understand Trauma Through Vecna?
Stranger Things season 4 wowed in quite a few ways, but to me, the mental health angle in the subtle commentary around post-traumatic experiences and growth, stuck out the most.