mediated suicidality

@mediated-suicidality-blog

Mental illness is romanticized and glorified all over media, putting audiences in danger. Here is the proof, the counter arguements, and truth. The truth is being depressed doesn’t make you deep, having OCD doesn’t make you quirky, and committing suicide is not a viable solution or form of revenge. It’s time to stop glorifying mental illness through fictitious accounts that make them out to be things to be desired. 
With an aid of the algorithm that constructs “relational juxtapositions” (Hayles, 2007: 1603), users are able to recognize how their self-presentations are connected to others (perhaps in serendipitous ways) and express their interests by using specific tags or reblogging particular posts accordingly. This user-algorithm symbiosis illustrates what Hayles (2007) coins “the dance” of narratives and databases, in which fragmentary narratives assembled by databases spawn new narratives of shared experience beyond conventional causal and conceptual structures

List Of International Suicide Hotlines

Danny, formely of www.depressionisnotdestiny.com, has compiled a list of suicide hotlines from around the world:

Argentina: +5402234930430

Australia: 131114

Austria: 017133374

Belgium: 106

Bosnia & Herzegovina: 080 05 03 05

Botswana: 3911270

Brazil: 212339191

Canada: 5147234000 (Montreal); 18662773553 (outside Montreal)

Croatia: 014833888

Denmark: +4570201201

Egypt: 7621602

Finland: 010 195 202

France: 0145394000

Germany: 08001810771

Holland: 09000767

Hong Kong: +852 2382 0000

Hungary: 116123

India: 8888817666

Ireland: +4408457909090

Italy: 800860022

Japan: +810352869090

Mexico: 5255102550

New Zealand: 045861048

Norway: +4781533300

Philippines: 028969191

Poland: 5270000

Russia: 0078202577577

Spain: 914590050

South Africa: 0514445691

Sweden: 46317112400

Switzerland: 143

United Kingdom: 08457909090

USA: 18002738255

romanticizing mental illness is dangerous and misleading

Artsy depression: haunted eyes, good at art, emo hair and eyeliner on point
Actual Depression: bloodshot eyes, no longer trust themselves with pencils, has not showered in five days
Quirky OCD: organized books, clean room, color coordinated outfits
Actual OCD: Intrusive thoughts, flipping the light switch 8 times so you don't stab your brother, picking holes in your skin
Cute eating disorders: Slim trim and beautiful, shyly refusing a second helping, dancer aesthetic
Actual eating disorders: Puffy cheeks and eroded teeth from excessive vomiting, hair growing over your freezing body and refusing to eat carrots because they're too high in carbs
Adorable anxiety: just a smol bean, soft, must be protected from the world
Actual anxiety: crying so hard you throw up, shaking, losing sleep over a period after the "okay"
RPG PTSD: flashbacks, vietnam, u don't know what i've been through kiddo
Actual PTSD: Buying your first pregnancy test at twelve, flinching at high fives, i can't feel my hands where am I what year is it
Cartoon ADHD: look a squirrel, something shiny, fidgety loveable bufoon
Actual ADHD: rereading the same page over and over because it doesn't make sense, hasn't done the laundry in four months, hyperfocusing on a mushroom knowing you have work to do
stop making terrifying realities seem cute. it's disrespectful for those of us who are actually struggling

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but i can’t.