resource sharing thread

david eng and shinhee han's writings on racial melancholia have been helpful in validating and understanding the deep grief and loss i feel re: cultural identity as a result of immigration and assimilation.

though the concept is based in freudian psychology, which i usually feel iffy about, it is subverted in that they specifically depathologize melancholia.

one limitation of their work is that they are primarily focused on asian american experiences.

• link: https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/9._enghan-a_dialogue_on_racial_melancholia_0.pdf
• tags: asian american, grief, assimilation, academic

I can't wait for Stephanie Foo's upcoming book on C-PTSD. Here's an article from her that makes a lot of sense to me.

FREE Virtual PTSD Treatment by BIPOC Therapist [Open on Weekends]

Psychologists at Western Michigan University are seeking participants who are at least 18 years old and currently residing in Michigan to participate in a clinical study about a virtually-delivered treatment for trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called Written Exposure Therapy (WET). This treatment is brief, only five sessions. Total participation in the study is approximately 4 ½ hours over two months and then a 20-minute interview two months following the treatment. Your participation is completely voluntary. There is no cost to participate in this study.

If you are interested in learning more about participation and to see if you qualify, please call the study’s clinic at 269-888-4075 to set up a virtual appointment.

If possible, please consider sharing the above clinic contact information with others who may be potentially interested in participating. Thank you for your time.

Hey guys! If you liked my book, I have a great list of POC resources I love:

Permission to Come Home by Jenny Wang: this is really great for AAPI and immigrants especially, in dealing with traditions/cultural beliefs that your family may have imbued in you, and figuring out whether they're still serving you/how to maintain your cultural bonds while letting go of harmful ideologies.

The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Gutierrez: It is literally in the name!!! Really great, gentle, thoughtful book centering POC first and foremost.

Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullan: Booom. This book isn't out yet, but when it is, force your therapist to read it. It's for anyone who's been dissatisfied with the quality of therapy they've gotten and feels like their cultural beliefs are overly medicalized/pathologized/racialized and that their therapist is not appreciative enough of culturally responsive/traditional healing methodologies.

Check these out, I bet they'll help!

Here’s a somewhat stream of consciousness list of books and artists that have gotten me through some hard times. I think there’s a wide range of approaches and perspectives here. Aside from the suggestions listed previously I’ve never found any writing by POC’s on mental health or trauma (so I’m excited to check those out) but I hope this is what you all meant by resources:

Artists: Alma Thomas, Lois Mailou Jones, Edgar Arcenaux, Isamu Noguchi

Novel: Lucy - Jamaica Kinkaid,
There, There - Tommy Orange

Graphic novels: American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang,
Maus - Art Speigelman, Love and Rockets - Xaime and Beto Hernandez

Filmmakers - Kevin Jerome Everson

Hey Y’all — I started this resource recently: www.wafflefeels.com in the vision of creating more resources for folks — feel free to hit me up or share. Oh! Feel free to take down Mods if this isn’t the right place for this... ❤️

I haven't attended this group trauma therapy, but have read more of this person's work and would recommend: unsettled: a narrative process group it's bipoc specific, mediated by a queer poc in Portland, OR, USA and trauma focused

I am a queer woman of color who owns a support Discord server with 300+ members. We have a comprehensive resource list and encourage a chill safe space:

• Queer-inclusive, POC-inclusive
• Verification process for access to private channels for more privacy than is afforded elsewhere
• Pro-survivors & anti-r•pe culture
• No victim-blaming or otherwise implying others are "seeking attention/validation"
• Boundaries and agency are sacred, respected, and enforced
• No power-tripping mods; No permabans, and temporary bans are capped at 7 days (Will soon be experimenting with a 30-day probationary period for repeat trolls)
• Mods actually talk things out as equals instead of sending random warnings, mod copypastas, or using a condescending tone. For triggering messages, we may delete them first to control damage while trying to talk with the member. We try not to resort to timeouts or temporary bans except for obvious trolls.
• Afaik, the only queer-inclusive, POC-inclusive Discord server for support that isn't some weird honeypot, bait-and-switch, or otherwise full of trolls/power-tripping mods/condescending mods/abusive mods.

Invite link: https://discord.gg/ew7ez835XG

Indigenous-specific mental health lines and such for anyone who needs them. My knowledge is limited to US, Canadian and one or two Australian ones, so please drop any resources you know of, especially for nations I didn't include. I'll add any links or phone numbers to edits on this comment.

US, generalized

• StrongHearts Native Helpline:

1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483)

• National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

• Text NATIVE to 741741 (Not run by Natives)

• Tlingit & Haida Culture Heals Crisis & Access 24/7 Phone Support (Tlingit & Haida only):

(907) 463-7305

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Canada

• National Indian Residential School Crisis Line:

1 800-925-4419

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society 24/7 Crisis Support:

1 800-721-0066

• Residential School Hope for Wellness Program (includes families of residential school survivors):

1-800-464-8106

• The Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line:

1-867-979-3333

or

1-800-265-3333

• Kids Help Line:

1-800-668-6868

• Healing by Talking (Inuit only? across Canada):

1-888-648-0070

or

1-867-975-5367

or email: [email protected]

• Ilisaqsivik Telephone Counselling - Counselling in both English and Inuktitut. Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 5 PM:

1-888-331-4433

• Iqaluit Crisis Drop-in counselling service-- In-person only. Monday through Thursday 10 AM to 5 PM:

1-867-975-5900 to schedule an appointment.

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Australia, Torres Strait Islands

• 13 Yarn 24/7 Crisis Support Line with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Supporters:

13YARN (13 92 76)

Australia, Everywhere

• Not Indigenous-specific. Walkalong MoodGym free online program for mild to moderate depression and anxiety, based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Languages included are English, Chinese, Dutch, and Norwegian.

Lower cost online peer counseling where you can search for BIPOC peer counselors: https://www.peercollective.com/

I suggest “One Time For A Good Time!” On youtube, for sharing in and being able to accept how one feels regarding the daily stressors we go through. And for a place to rest and be inspired. She’s not a professional or anything, but has personal experiences and is so compassionate and real at the same time. Here’s a vid/podcast of hers that I think is good example: https://youtu.be/Cq_4AbxzrH4

Book recommendation on Mental Health for Asian Americans: https://www.jennywangphd.com/new-page

Title: Permission to Come Home

[non-fiction] All About Love by bell hooks - discusses family trauma, and the role of self-love and community to find peace

[non-fiction] Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing by David Treleaven - written by a white guy who is aware of his privilege and calls out how societal issues (race, poverty, etc) play into trauma and ways that mindfulness instructors could be more inclusive for non-white, cis, able-bodied folks. Most of the book’s proceeds go to Black Lives Matter’s Healing Justice program, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust (indigenous org) and generative somatic (non-profit combining social analysis with trauma healing). It’s a safer book to read on mindfulness and could be a great book rec for any mindfulness/meditation instructors who appropriate cultures or think they’re “color-blind.”

[non-fiction] Homecoming: Overcome fear and trauma to reclaim your whole authentic self by Thema Bryant PhD - author writes from the perspective of a survivor of SA, racism, and Liberia's civil war

[fiction] Em by Kim Thuy - fiction around Vietnam war, refugees, and trauma

[fiction] Fe: a traumatized son's graphic memoir by Bataclan, Bren

[podcast] The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

[app] Liberate: Supporting daily meditation for the Black experience

Longtime lurker but i appreciate this sub very much.

If this book hasn't been recommended yet here you go. I haven't read it yet tho bc it's a recent book and prob can't get it in my country, but from what I've heard from the author/therapist it seems closely related to Pete Walker, vd kolk, Peter Levine, but finally acknowledges the obvious immense mistreatment and abuse, resulting in complexTrauma poc deal with.

The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color Natalie Y. Gutierrez

https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/comments/mmu1b1/online_books_on_childhood_trauma/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf  a collection here!

Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger by Lama Rod Owens

In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger–and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it–needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirituality to transform the nature of rage into something else. Instead, it is one that offers a potent vision of anger that acknowledges and honors its power as a vehicle for radical social change and enduring spiritual transformation.

Adding The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. This book was recommended to me when I was in partial hospitalization for an episode a few years ago. A really great look at the shame and guilt we inflict on bodies, especially bodies of color. HIGHLY recommend it!