My daughter (7) burned her arm on cafeteria food at school and the school didn't tell us, didn't take her to the nurse, and rubbed MUSTARD on it. Apparently, that's some pseudoscientific old-timey remedy that does more harm than good. Anyone else ever heard of such a thing? Bizarre.
For me, opposition to ableism related to mental health or illness is non-negotiable. If someone isn't willing to stand for the most vulnerable people in any society because it's not trendy or popular, I know they have a rotten moral center. I cannot trust or support them.
Just a point of contention, murder is mostly committed by non-"psychotic" people. So, I think you may need a rewording on that fourth group. The mentally ill are already maligned and attacked enough without being used as an example of a group indoctrinated into political and social cruelty.
A point of contention for me, most people with "psychosis" aren't violent and don't kill, but are vulnerable. Perhaps we should stop blaming mental illness for social and political cruelty. Cruelty is often learned. So, people who join the military for bloodlust are not necessarily "psychotic."
Considering Trisha's history of racism, homophobia, transphobia, perpetrating domestic abuse, sexual assault, hitting on and sexualizing minors and murder victims, she would probably fit in with the current US House. They might even celebrate her. Hardly anyone with influence seems to care anymore.
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Anyone have recommendations for a learning program that has physical workbooks my daughter can use to practice math? Age 7, first grader. She enjoys learning math and I want to encourage that, but I'd like to go beyond the materials her school provides. I have some ideas, just fishing for more.
I think it's disturbing we have journalists arguing social media is actually good for teens. We can be against a social media demographic ban without making false claims. The consensus in psychology is that social media use is linked to higher rates of anxiety, depression, and body image problems.
Friends, acquaintances, strangers, I have grave news: I have developed edititis. I am gonna have to stop editing these novels after this next round of editing and review with my editor. I've been editing for about two years. 😩
I can't support creators and communities that use mental illness, hallucinations, schizophrenia as an insult. Doesn't matter if I agree with them on certain social and political topics. The mentally ill are some of the most vulnerable and maligned people in society. Ableism is a pervasive problem.
Just a small reminder: mental illness doesn't inherently make someone a bad person. It doesn't excuse all bad behavior, but mental illness shouldn't be used as an insult. Most "bad" people are not mentally ill. It's okay to disagree with someone without calling them delusional, schizophrenic, etc.
How corporate PR has flipped the internet's opinion of Trisha Paytas, a sexual and domestic abuser (long list of problematic behaviors), makes me want to vomit. Why was she on Broadway? Why is she going to be on Euphoria? The woman who cosplayed as JonBenét Ramsey being SAd by her own dad? Please!
I don't trust people whose opinions seem to change based on whatever is popular to support or be against online. It is good for opinions to evolve based on new evidence, but I think it's suspicious if your entire worldview is shifting every two or three years. This is a big problem with influencers.
The idea behind crisis intervention units is to keep cops out of situations where escalation may result in the officer killing someone who is, for example, having a mental health crisis, or whose petty nonviolent offense doesn't warrant summary execution. Crisis intervention teams are good reform.
People are talking about Mamdani's plan to have social workers attend non-violent emergency calls. Conservatives claim it can't work. Just wanted to say, my MS Psy. partner did that job before she got her LPC. Crisis intervention teams DO work, and cops trained in crisis intervention should attend.
Just watched Die, My Love, and enjoyed it a lot. I've watched probably dozens or maybe even a couple hundred films this year, mostly horror and thrillers. It was easily one of my favorites. Very impactful.
Still, science shows some positive effects when social media platforms are used by teens for support, not comparison. Evidence for best practices supports digital literacy, strong family bonds, and balanced, mindful engagement to promote teen mental health, not just social media access in general.
I only have Master's degrees in psychology and criminal justice, but this seems like an irresponsible post by Taylor. At the least, unserious. (Not the substack.) Teens using social media for 3+ hours daily show double the risk of depression, anxiety, and self-harm compared to those with less usage.
Obviously, participating in ableism, even just unknowingly, can be hard to avoid because it's ingrained in everyone from birth at every level. However, it is incredibly easy and correct to not use "schizo" or "schizophrenic" as insults. Very easy. Something any adult or even child can recognize.
I think ableism is a central indicator of moral character, perhaps one of the strongest indicators. Treatments of mental illness show how a person reacts to vulnerability and powerlessness. It's impossible to be ableist and a "good" person if goodness is defined even in part by compassion.
Most online morality is just social navigation, not ethics. What counts as "good" frequently depends less on principle and more on what keeps you in a group. Moral seriousness is often treated on the internet like a flaw, excessive rigidity, or purity-testing if it deviates from a group's norms.
It's not "woke" to be strongly against ableism. Often, the mentally ill cannot advocate for themselves, so people feel comfortable stigmatizing them. Ask yourself why some slurs are off-limits in certain spaces, but "schizo" is OK. Suddenly, you may be ostracized for caring about consistency.
People who would never use one kind of slur still casually use others, like ableist slurs such as "schizo," because they're culturally permissible. There's no reasoning behind it, just conformity. Never mind that individuals with mental illnesses are among the most vulnerable people in society.
Many people don't act on principle. They say certain things are wrong only because their social group says so. If the norms changed, their morals would change too. This is especially apparent among influencers, for example, between 2016 and 2025.
Using "schizo" or "schizophrenic" as an insult dehumanizes people with a serious mental illness. It turns their suffering into a shorthand for social failure. It's unequivocally cruel.
You are a bad person if you use "schizo" as an insult. Period.
I can't stress this enough, but if I see someone use the slur "schizo" or say "schizoposting" even once, I have to block them. It's disgusting ableism. People with schizophrenia are some of the most vulnerable individuals in any society, wrongly blamed for all kinds of violence. It's unacceptable.
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohamed. Mohamed was studying to be a software engineer before this. He’s now trying to take care of his whole family including his siblings Farah, 23, Fatena, 22, Aseel, 19, Hala, 18, Lama, 15, Leen, 13 and Karem, 7 and his niece Ghazal, 3.
Let's add in how much disdain Hasan Piker seems to have for the mentally ill too. Everyone who criticizes him is "schizophrenic," "delusional," "hallucinating," etc. Truly a despicable person. (And because of him, his fans seem to love the slur "schizo" as a primary insult.)
