Lisa Wallace

All of you, whether friends from Twixter or new ones here, have been the best.

That's the truth.

Did I leave the psych hospital when I shouldn't have?
Thank goodness for a therapy appointment later today.
Hard to make decisions when mentally unwell.

The GOAT of cat rolls

Ah, the old bartender writing science books to piss people off bit. Concerned Canadian has seen that one before.

no coffee
quite uncivilized

I need a commiserating partner! Otherwise, I'm fine being alone. Did have a good commisseration session w my uber driver today over white house destruction, ice, etc. This was particularly good because he's from an African country.

One of the last things on Xitter before I deactivated today was a reply where the anonymous acct told me I'm a horrible person. And they added a lecture about my past affiliations w antipsych, how I once sought support there before turning my back.
Mostly I don't need others telling me I'm horrible.

on a psych unit
prison pens and paper bags for drawing
no door on the bathroom, no showering after 9pm
no phone, no coffee, no pajamas
(glad it was brief; glad to be back home)

destroy

journal drawing
"Please Reject Me"

So tired I could barely move and then I fall into my bed and it’s pain here, pain there, mild enough but everywhere I turned. I would cry if I could cry, but instead I get suicidal thoughts.

Asserting that psychiatry is just dumb use of the DSM, reducing everyone and everything to disorders and codes and destroying humanity and all meaning in life, lacks nuance. You can see that, right? I'm not being that funny or overly dramatic in portraying that view.

DBT: Your feelings are wrong.

CBT: Your thinking is wrong.

My goal in psychiatric treatment is stability and in psychotherapy, to not feel so imprisoned within my self. Returning to work isn’t the goal.

journal drawing
"Cat, Don't Leave Me Yet"

Is that peel and stick on the White House walls?

I know they're hard to see, some of them, but in general the scope of my art is working off the subconscious and psychological, in a strong way.

Here's a bunch of other thumbnails of my art.

Thanks. These are stream of consciousness drawings, unplanned. I just go with what happens and happens next.

Thank you, yes these are my drawings.

When a movement that claims they are in favour of informed consent and against coercive treatment find themselves in a carnal relationship with MAHA/MAGA, things can get awkward.
Be careful what you wish for.

This is what a year of psychotherapy is like.

journal drawing
"Feeling is the Meaning"

cooking

coffee space (lime optional)

Bringing Reform to Mental Health - Citizens Commission on Human Rights Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a nonprofit charitable mental health watchdog organization established by the Church of Scientology in 1969, is dedicated to eradicating psychiatric abuses ...

I love how the antis act like CCHR is a legit organisation, when everyone knows it is an official wing of Scientology.
It’s not even a secret.
www.scientology.org/how-we-help/...

The antis rarely read beyond the headlines.

If Scientology is promoting your work, maybe it’s time to consciously uncouple from these bedfellows.

Oh, look at that!👀