Episode 205: Better Days MtG

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we are joined by Ryan Nicholas (aka TronIsBad) to discuss the #BetterDaysMtG hashtag. This has been a movement that Hobbes and Ryan have been spearheading to try and spur the conversation around Mental Health. The goal is to work towards destigmatizing these conversations and hoping to get anyone/everyone to post under this hashtag as they feel comfortable. We hope you all will stick around for this conversations

CW: Mental Health Concerns, Substance Use

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you're thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988

* Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line

* Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741

* International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.

* IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.

* TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text "Trevor" to 1-202-304-1200

* Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

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