What are you avoiding? Clarity isn’t the problem for most people. Cost is. #avoidance #stuck #growthmindset #chooseyourcharacter #clarityoverchaos
Matt Salmon
@lovemattrs.org
💡 Transforming division➡️equity 🔹 Psychiatrist ✨ Healing youth, families & communities 📖 Author: Pride & Prejudice 🎙 Violet Rage Podcast – Resist 🐾 Pug Dad | Radical Humanist 💜 🤝 Collabs: DM me 🦄 Ambigender 🔗 linktr.ee/lovemattrs *Opinions are mine*
Will you stay stuck or choose change? Both are a choice. #willingness #changeisgood #beyoutiful #readiness #choices
What has growth cost you? Most people don’t have the courage to pay the price. #growthtiktok #selfreflection #healingera #authenticitychallenge #personaldevelopment
What’s a meaningful change that truly cost you something? #perspective #communication #emotionalintelligence #mindsetshift #changeyourmind
Honestly, even if it were a choice, why should that matter? #LGBTQ #ChooseLove #AuthenticityMatters #EndStigma #mentalhealthtiktok
When talking about mental health, small differences in how something is said can completely change how it’s understood. This is what it sounds like when I don’t script. Often I write scripts so I can communicate clearly. Both have value, but clarity is something I choose intentionally. #audhd
Have you ever been treated like the problem… when the system was? #Trauma #ConversionTherapy #LGBTQ #Misdiagnosis #Neurodivergent
If diagnosis is just a checklist… what exactly are we adding as clinicians? The same symptoms can come from completely different causes. Without context, you’re not understanding, you’re guessing based on assumptions. #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Neurodiversity #Trauma #Healthcare
I recently evaluated someone prescribed an antipsychotic for depression/anxiety (it was complex trauma) and wasn’t told the risks. That’s not informed consent. The system pushes speed—but this is still a choice. #mentalhealth #psychiatry #trauma #informedconsent #healthcare
Some diagnoses stick because they’re accurate. Others stick because no one slowed down enough to ask a better question. And once it’s in your chart… it starts shaping everything. #psychiatry #misdiagnosis #bipolardisorder #traumatok #mentalhealthawareness
Have you ever had a diagnosis that didn’t feel right? When no one slows down to really understand you…the wrong story can stick. #psychiatry #misdiagnosis #mentalhealthawareness #therapytok #healthcare
Your mind isn’t always telling you the truth. Sometimes it’s trying to protect you. The problem is… most people don’t know the difference. What’s a thought you’ve had that felt true—but wasn’t? #mindfulness #selfawareness #mindset #anxietycheck #neurodiverse
If you’re autistic, rapid internal scanning in social moments—trying to interpret subtle shifts, fill in missing information, and maintain connection—can easily be misread. What has this been called for you? #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #mentalhealth #misdiagnosis #masking
In mental health care, communication is not secondary. It is intervention. When clinicians fail to clarify meaning, they risk building diagnoses and treatment plans on assumption rather than understanding. #Psychiatry #Misdiagnosis #TraumaInformedCare #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity
A half-second change in someone’s expression can trigger a full internal scan. What does your brain start scanning for in moments like this? #autism #neurodivergent #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #psychology
Language in mental health is often treated as diagnostic shorthand. But when patients use terms like “paranoia” or “hallucinations,” they are frequently describing experiences, not clinical definitions. #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Misdiagnosis #MentalHealthAwareness #BehavioralHealth
A lot of people don’t want peace. They want compliance. Because it gives them control. If your “peace” depends on other people shrinking, staying quiet, or not naming what’s real… that’s not peace. That’s power. #peace #boundaries #powerdynamics #truthbetold #discomfort
We often talk about health as if it begins in a clinic. It doesn’t. Health is shaped long before diagnosis—by housing, environment, safety, access to food, and the chronic stress people are forced to carry. #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Equity #SocialDeterminants #Prevention #SystemsThinking
When we call adaptation “disorder,” we don’t just get it wrong. We can create harm. Because we start trying to fix the person instead of understanding what happened to them. #nervoussystem #traumainformed #psychlgy #systemsthinking #contextmatters
Feelings are data. Not instructions. It’s your job to interpret them… not automatically obey them. #emotionalintelligence #mentalhealth #selfawareness #boundaries #growth
Many coping strategies reduce intensity—but also reduce access. When we consistently numb discomfort, we narrow our emotional range altogether. Short-term relief can quietly become long-term disconnection. #mentalhealth #coping #emotions #selfawareness #healing #psychology
We frame belief change as intellectual honesty. But we ignore the social cost. Beliefs are often tied to belonging, identity, and stability. Letting go of them isn’t just cognitive. It’s consequential. #beliefs #identity #psychology #growthmindset #selfreflection #change
Autism is often misunderstood as something that should be visible. But what people are usually seeing isn’t autism itself. It’s adaptation. Years of learning how to navigate environments that weren’t designed for how someone’s brain naturally works.
Really feeling this pin today from @dissentpins.bsky.social This court is not supreme. They’re wrong about Chile’s vs. Salazar. @scotusblog.com #supremecourt @tacobellquarterly.org
Mental health is often framed as “feeling better.” But that definition collapses under scrutiny. #mentalhealth #psychologicalflexibility #emotionalhealth #selfregulation #therapy
I didn’t expect to wake up today and feel like something that harmed me is being reframed as protected speech. After the Supreme Court’s decision today, I think there’s a critical misunderstanding in how this issue is being framed. #SCOTUS #trauma #conversiontherapy #therapy
Not everything about a person is something you get to agree or disagree with. #TransDayOfVisibility #LGBTQ #transgender #identity #inclusion
We often assume resistance comes from a lack of understanding. But in many cases, that’s not the barrier. Sometimes it’s not about understanding. It’s about what understanding would require. #TransDayOfVisibility #LGBTQ #MentalHealth #SelfAwareness #Inclusion #BehaviorChange
What looks irrational is often just uncontextualized survival. #mentalhealth #livedexperience #survival #trauma
First, do no harm. Missing or ignoring context can lead to harm. Make sure your provider not only knows what you’ve been through but that they also prioritize it when prescribing meds. #donoharm #mentalhealth #medication #psychiatry