Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>How I learned to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/manage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illness</span></a> &amp; find my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/strength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strength</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/man" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>man</span></a>. </p><p>As a little <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boy</span></a>, I was told to “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toughenup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toughenup</span></a>,” but in hindsight, it was clear that something <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deeper</span></a> was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/goingon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goingon</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.queerty.com/how-i-learned-to-manage-mental-illness-find-my-strength-as-a-black-queer-man-20241010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">queerty.com/how-i-learned-to-m</span><span class="invisible">anage-mental-illness-find-my-strength-as-a-black-queer-man-20241010</span></a></p>