# mental illness — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 22 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mental illness. Page: Feed: --- ## [When Lemons Give You Life](https://ratedreads.com/when-lemons-give-you-life-fiction-book-review/) _2026-08-20 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post When Lemons Give You Life appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos (1925)](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-anita-loos/) _2026-08-20 · Simon · Books & Boots_ …after all, the only thing I am really interested in, is improving my mind (comic rationale for most of what follows, chapter 1) Major Falcon is really quite a delightful gentleman for an Englishman. I mean he really spends quite a lot of money… (Lorelei’s definition of a gentleman is a classy man who will … … Continue reading → ## [30 Songs Tag](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/30-songs-tag.html) _2026-08-20 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ 1. A song from your childhood? Don McLean - American Pie 2. A song that reminds you of your ex? Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch 3. A song that reminds you of your parents? Frankie Yankovic - Who Stole the Kishka 4. A song that calms you down? Adele - Someone Like You 5. A song is often stuck in your head? Andy Griffith - The Fishing Hole 6. A song that reminds you of your best friend? Enya - Orinoco Flow… ## [Isola](https://ratedreads.com/isola-fiction-book/) _2026-08-19 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Isola appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [F. Scott Fitzgerald reviews](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/f-scott-fitzgerald-reviews/) _2026-08-19 · Simon · Books & Boots_ Novels This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and Damned (1922) The Great Gatsby (1925) Tender Is the Night (1934) The Last Tycoon (1941) Stories Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories The Lost Decade and Other Stories The Crack-up and Other Stories – 1 \[…\] ## [A Fatal Crossing](https://ratedreads.com/fatal-crossing-mystery-book-review/) _2026-08-18 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post A Fatal Crossing appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [The Weight of August](https://kwhitevanbaale.substack.com/p/the-weight-of-august) _2026-08-18 · Kali White VanBaale · Minding the Gaps_ I recently read an article on NPR that reminded me August is National Overdose Awareness Month. ## [F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography by André le Vot (1979)](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/f-scott-fitzgerald-andre-le-vot/) _2026-08-18 · Simon · Books & Boots_ The Romantic Egotist (Original title of Fitzgerald’s first novel) ‘I should like to sit down with half dozen chosen companions and drink myself to death.’ (Letter to Charles Scribner, 25 August 1921) ‘It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick \[…\] ## [192 | Having Faith to Trust God with the Outcome; Mental Illness Does Not Win](https://pensight.com/x/14DaysToManageDepression) _2026-08-18 · Win Over Depression | Manage Mental Illness, Overcome Sadness, Pain, Anxiety and Worry_ Send us Fan Mail You can pray, plan, and do everything “right” and still have no idea how the story will turn out even though you have FAITH. That unknown can trigger anxiety, deepen depression, and make you feel stuck at the starting line. I talk through what it really looks like to move forward anyway, not with blind optimism, but with steady faith and one next step. You can overcome stress by… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/792488/episodes/19662618-192-having-faith-to-trust-god-with-the-outcome-mental-illness-does-not-win.mp3) ## [An Orgy of Mental Illness](https://stevehofstetter.substack.com/p/an-orgy-of-mental-illness) _2026-08-17 · Steve Hofstetter · Steve Hofstetter_ What mental illness would be the most fun orgy? ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/s8Gd3yGiJrlP) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [The Secret Thread](https://ratedreads.com/secret-thread-fiction-book-review/) _2026-08-17 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post The Secret Thread appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1941)](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/the-last-tycoon-f-scott-fitzgerald/) _2026-08-17 · Simon · Books & Boots_ ‘I wear my heart where God put it – on the inside.’ (Protagonist of The Last Tycoon, boy wonder movie producer Monroe Stahr, page 21) ‘When I want to know anything, I’ve got to ask some drunken writer.’ (Stahr, in a complaint which mocks his creator, p.92) ‘We have to take people’s own favourite folklore \[…\] ## [12 Psychedelic Puzzles Done With Times](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/12-psychedelic-puzzles-done-with-times.html) _2026-08-16 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ Images made with Bing Image Creator and turned into puzzles with Jigsaws Galore . Y'Know Ya Wanna ## [Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography @ Dulwich Picture Gallery](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/portrait-of-a-city-a-century-of-american-photography-dulwich-picture-gallery/) _2026-08-16 · Simon · Books & Boots_ The ⁠Savings Bank Foundation (SBF) of Norway The ⁠Savings Bank Foundation DNB (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB) of Norway has for the past decade been building up a collection of classic 20th century American urban and street photography. It now numbers roughly 150 significant works focusing on urban motifs and street life across East and West Coast American \[ \] ## [Lindsay Clancy trial - Psychiatry's Reckoning.](https://arunanammi.substack.com/p/lindsay-clancy-trial-psychiatrys) _2026-08-15 · Aruna Nammi, MD, ABIHM · Dr Aruna’s Newsletter_ My take: This is prescription harm. Read below for my analysis. ## [The Heir Apparent](https://ratedreads.com/heir-apparent-romance-book/) _2026-08-15 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post The Heir Apparent appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [Ana Mendieta @ Tate Modern](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/ana-mendieta-tate-modern/) _2026-08-15 · Simon · Books & Boots_ This is a massive, wonderful, thoughtfully curated and beautifully designed exhibition about a major contemporary artist. In her relatively short career, from the early 1970s until her untimely death in 1985, Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta (1948 to 1985) developed a personal style of land art, a feminist land art, which explored the interaction of the \[ \] ## [Matthew 25:34-46 A Lesson For The Greedy](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/matthew-2534-46-lesson-for-greedy.html) _2026-08-15 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I… ## [Olivetti](https://ratedreads.com/olivetti-middle-grade-book-review/) _2026-08-14 · Lyra Thompson · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Olivetti appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [Mary Roach, Janesh Rahlan, and Amy Millan (REBROADCAST)](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_330_357b8072-ec24-475d-a4ab-d4d08e5cd833&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeed.livewireradio.org%2F) _2026-08-14 · Maggie.Gourville@prx.org (PRX) · Live Wire with Luke Burbank_ Popular science writer Mary Roach dives into lab-grown organs, historical nose jobs, and unlikely hair transplants, as covered in her latest book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy; stand-up comedian Janesh Rahlan riffs on learning Spanish as an Indian American growing up in Texas; and singer-songwriter Amy Millan (of the indie group Stars) recites her teenage monologue from Degrassi… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/330/357b8072-ec24-475d-a4ab-d4d08e5cd833/live_wire_730_Billboard_Podcast.mp3) ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5DCF88obTj81) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Shrink Speak Shorts: The Child Psychiatrist Shortage](https://shrinkspeak.substack.com/p/child-psychiatrist-shortage) _2026-08-14 · James McKnight · SHRINK SPEAK_ Why Families Wait Months for Care [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211046002/06dc7c9830d0cff84bdbd16735f2675f.mp3) ## [The Pat Hobby Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/the-pat-hobby-stories-f-scott-fitzgerald/) _2026-08-14 · Simon · Books & Boots_ Jack looked at him he saw a sort of whipped misery in Pat s eye that reminded him of his own father. (A Man In The Way) Pat was forty-nine with red-rimmed eyes and a soft purr of whiskey on his breath. (Fun in an Artist s Studio) The Penguin collection of Pat Hobby stories contains 17 stories. \[ \] ## [9 Beautiful 154 Piece Puzzles Done With Times](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/9-beautiful-154-piece-puzzles-done-with.html) _2026-08-14 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ Images made with Deep Dream Generator and turned into puzzles with Jigsaws Galore . Y'Know Ya Wanna ## [18 Cute Kitty Graphics You Can Use](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/18-cute-kitty-graphics-you-can-use.html) _2026-08-14 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ All images made with Deep Dream Generator and are free to use for anything. Click the image (or tap) then when full image opens, save as to keep it. There should be arrows to flip through the images when it opens full sized. Y'Know Ya Wanna ## [Are You Afraid of Tag](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/are-you-afraid-of-tag.html) _2026-08-14 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ Small spaces Heights Spiders Darkness Public speaking Clowns Snakes Losing a loved one Water (drowning or open water) Fire Death Abusive people Growing older Other people (social anxiety) Germs Going insane Abandonment Being caught in a shooting Anesthesia Dying alone The unknown Flying Holes Swarming insects Pregnancy Failure Becoming paralyzed Others finding out your secret(s) Dogs Cats Horses… ## [2021 Read with Jenna book club picks, with content ratings](https://ratedreads.com/2021-read-jenna-book-club-picks/) _2026-08-13 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post 2021 Read with Jenna book club picks, with content ratings appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [Medicating Madness: A Patient's Perspective](https://patriciajwentzel.substack.com/p/medicating-madness-a-patients-perspective) _2026-08-13 · Patricia J Wentzel · Disordered Chronicles_ Side effects are the tip of the iceberg ## [Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1934)](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/tender-is-the-night-f-scott-fitzgerald/) _2026-08-13 · Simon · Books & Boots_ Warning: This review discusses sexual abuse, incest and madness. If these are a troubling subjects for you, do not read this review. Out there the hot light clipped close her shadow and she retreated — it was too bright to see. Fifty yards away the Mediterranean yielded up its pigments, moment by moment, to the \[ \] ## [Broken Country](https://ratedreads.com/broken-country-fiction-book/) _2026-08-12 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Broken Country appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [The Crack-Up with Other Pieces and Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald – 2. Stories](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/the-crack-up-with-other-pieces-and-stories-f-scott-fitzgerald-2/) _2026-08-12 · Simon · Books & Boots_ F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote 5 novels and some 150 short stories, as well as numerous articles for magazines. In the 1960s, Penguin Books published all the novels, four collections of short stories and this volume, which combines five autobiographical pieces and five short stories. I ve summarised the five essays in a separate blog post. In \[ \] ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BuEpyZWBQz5W) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [2 Sets of Puzzles Done With Times](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/first-set-of-images-colored-in.html) _2026-08-11 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ First set of images colored in PaintShop Pro and from a coloring book a friend made . Second set of images made with Deep Dream Generator All turned into puzzles with Jigsaws Galore . Y'Know Ya Wanna ## [James](https://ratedreads.com/james-historical-fiction-book-review/) _2026-08-11 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post James appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [I Know You Are Watching From Heaven](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/i-know-you-are-watching-from-heaven.html) _2026-08-11 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ The number 11 has meaning to me on a personal level. I associate it with my mother who is now waiting in heaven for me. She used to say when you see the time 11:11 that someone is watching over you from heaven. Well here it is 11:11 AM and on August 11, 2026 and the temperature is 11C. The best part is, shortly after the screen shot the temperature went up to 18C just like that. So was the… ## [4 221 Piece Coffee Cat Puzzles Done With Times](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/4-221-piece-coffee-cat-puzzles-done.html) _2026-08-11 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ Images made with Deep Dream Generator and turned into puzzles with Jigsaws Galore . Y'Know Ya Wanna ## [Treatment As Transaction](https://kwhitevanbaale.substack.com/p/treatment-as-transaction) _2026-08-11 · Kali White VanBaale · Minding the Gaps_ What the Lindsay Clancy Case Reveals About Modern Psychiatry ## [The Crack-Up with Other Pieces and Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald – 1. Autobiographical pieces](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/the-crack-up-with-other-pieces-and-stories-by-f-scott-fitzgerald-1-autobiographical-pieces/) _2026-08-11 · Simon · Books & Boots_ F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote 5 novels and some 150 short stories, as well as numerous articles for magazines. In the 1960s Penguin Books published all the novels, four collections of short stories and this volume, which combines five key autobiographical pieces and five short stories. This blog post summarises the five autobiographical pieces, numbers 1 \[ \] ## [Emmanuelle (2024) A Review](https://www.davenicholson.ca/2026/08/emmanuelle-2024-review.html) _2026-08-10 · Dave Nicholson · Dave Nicholson_ Emmanuelle is going along on a business trip to Hong Kong and is in the mood to find a “hidden pleasure”. Hong Kong is a city of many delights and sins and pleasures to be indulged upon. She dives deep into the dark culture of vice in this diverse city. There are many intense encounters for her to experience and she wants them all - but still looks for that illusive pleasure. The movie is a well… ## [Trading Mental Health Issues](https://stevehofstetter.substack.com/p/trading-mental-health-issues) _2026-08-10 · Steve Hofstetter · Steve Hofstetter_ I would gladly give up my anxiety ## [Spark of Secrets (Empire of Dragons, book 1)](https://ratedreads.com/spark-secrets-empire-dragons-middle-grade-book-review/) _2026-08-10 · Lyra Thompson · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Spark of Secrets (Empire of Dragons, book 1) appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [No one understands reductionism](https://psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/p/no-one-understands-reductionism) _2026-08-10 · Alex Mendelsohn · The Psychiatric Multiverse_ Including me ## [The Lost Decade and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/the-lost-decade-and-other-stories-f-scott-fitzgerald/) _2026-08-10 · Simon · Books & Boots_ This is our way of doing things, he thought. Generous and fresh and free; a sort of Virginia-plantation hospitality, but at a different pace now, nervous as a ticker tape. (Michael Curly watching the extravagant wedding in The Bridal Party , page 93) A Penguin selection of seven of the 150 or so short stories which \[ \] ## [Young Artists Summer Show 2026 @ the Royal Academy](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/young-artists-summer-show-2026-the-royal-academy/) _2026-08-09 · Simon · Books & Boots_ Each year the Royal Academy holds its well-known Summer Exhibition, which is always packed to the rafters. Alongside this, they hold a parallel exhibition of young artists, for students aged 4 to 18. It s a free, open-submission competition which means tens of thousands of schoolchildren send in their artworks – over 25,000 this year – and \[ \] ## [Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam @ the Royal Academy](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/richard-dadd-beyond-bedlam-the-royal-academy/) _2026-08-08 · Simon · Books & Boots_ Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 to 7 January 1886) is known as the promising Victorian artist who was just gaining a reputation for his colourful fairy paintings when, at the age of 26, he suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown, murdered his father (August 1843) and was confined for the rest of his life (43 years) \[ \] ## [Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life](https://ratedreads.com/group-memoir-book/) _2026-08-07 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life appeared first on Rated Reads . ## [Paul F. Tompkins and Meklit (REBROADCAST)](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_330_2aa147f5-c054-4589-bc0e-0d5fce168efb&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeed.livewireradio.org%2F) _2026-08-07 · Maggie.Gourville@prx.org (PRX) · Live Wire with Luke Burbank_ Comedian and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins chats about taking his variety show Varietopia back on the road after his (surprise!) coronation as Live Wire's most frequently appearing guest; and vocalist Meklit offers her exquisite blend of Ethio-jazz during a performance of the track "Tizita" from her new album A Piece of Infinity. [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/330/2aa147f5-c054-4589-bc0e-0d5fce168efb/live_wire_729_Billboard_Podcast.mp3) ## [How AI is changing product management (and what to ask your team about it)](https://elezea.com/2026/08/how-ai-is-changing-product-management/) _2026-08-07 · Rian van der Merwe · Elezea - RSS Feed_ Where the sources stand on AI and the product management role, and three questions worth discussing with your own team. ## [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)](https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/the-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald/) _2026-08-07 · Simon · Books & Boots_ What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon? cried Daisy, and the day after that, and the next thirty years? (The ennui of the very rich, one of the themes of The Great Gatsby, page 124) The Great Gatsby is an amazingly, spectacularly brilliant novel, surely one of the greatest short novels ever written. Obviously it s \[ \] ## [191 | How to Manage Mental Illness with Faith - Getting Through Pain, Anxiety, Loneliness and Stress](https://www.pensight.com/x/14DaysToManageDepression) _2026-08-07 · Win Over Depression | Manage Mental Illness, Overcome Sadness, Pain, Anxiety and Worry_ Send us Fan Mail Depression can make a single morning feel like a whole lifetime and one of the hardest parts is not knowing whether you’re having a rough patch or sliding into something deeper. We walk through a clear, practical way to tell the difference between temporary depression symptoms and a true depressive episode, especially when motivation drops, sleep gets messy, and daily functioning… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/792488/episodes/19611967-191-how-to-manage-mental-illness-with-faith-getting-through-pain-anxiety-loneliness-and-stress.mp3) ## [A Family Bill of Rights](https://patriciajwentzel.substack.com/p/a-family-bill-of-rights) _2026-08-06 · Patricia J Wentzel · Disordered Chronicles_ If we're good enough to be a bed... ## [Whistler](https://ratedreads.com/whistler-fiction-book-review/) _2026-08-06 · Cathy Carmode Lim · Rated Reads_ \[…\] The post Whistler appeared first on Rated Reads .