Getting Bi

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week! Join Annie and Rose while they share statistics about the mental health struggles bisexuals face, the methods they use to triage and maintain mental health, tips for finding and talking to a mental health professional, and their personal experiences with mental illness and binge drinking. Want to tell us what we got right, wrong, should talk about next? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message anchor.fm/hellogoodbis/message. ======= SHOW NOTES Human Rights Campaign, Health Disparities Among Bisexual People https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/HRC-BiHealthBrief.pdf?_ga=2.53224940.598958789.1570762481-844289680.1566911533 Lack of support among LGBTQ people who lose a partner https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Suicide-Risk-and-Prevention-for-LGBTQ-Patients-Brief.pdf Homeslessness among LGBTQ population https://biresource.org/caring-for-bisexual-homeless-youth/ NYC’s Mental Health First Aid Training https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/mental-health-first-aid.page UC Davis list of LGBTQ hotlines https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/support/hotlines Gay and Lesbian National Hotline 1-888-843-4564 Mon–Fri, 4 pm–12 am EST Trevor Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-850-8078 National Runaway Hotline 1-800-231-6946 Bisexuality-Aware Professional Directory https://www.bizone.org/bap/baplist.php?category=Therapists https://www.pridecounseling.com Psychology.com use their sexuality filter National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) https://www.nami.org/find-support/lgbtq A Teenager Killed Himself After Being Outed as Bisexual. His Family Wants Justice. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/channing-smith-suicide-bisexual-tennessee.html Jeffrey Gibson https://www.jeffreygibson.net/ Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/stonewall Monstrous Regiment Publishing https://www.monstrous-regiment.com/ ======= TIMESTAMPS Hot stats 1:31 Annie’s personal mental health triage 13:44 Reddit user’s tips for mental health maintenance 19:52 Talking to someone who is struggling 23:23 Where to seek help (hotlines and resources) 29:50 Finding and vetting a therapist 31:30 How to approach therapy 39:30 Rose stops drinking (on sobriety) 47:25 Listener shoutouts 57:50 Weekly Bilights (Bisexual News) 58:29 B ising Stars: Queer People We Like 1:01:45 Call for Adbice 1:04:54