Indigo Daya
@indigodaya.bsky.social
she/her | mad survivor artist & activist | peer support | doing a creative practice PhD in (mad + survivor-led + arts-based + non-carceral) psych alternatives
My links: https://linktr.ee/indigodaya
#Abolition #MadStudies #CSA #PsychSurvivor
My links: https://linktr.ee/indigodaya
#Abolition #MadStudies #CSA #PsychSurvivor
Psy systems said my emotions were too big and out of control, my altered states too strange and dangerous.
But the thing is, like many others, my experiences of injustice have been big, out of control, strange & dangerous.
But the thing is, like many others, my experiences of injustice have been big, out of control, strange & dangerous.
November 12, 2023 at 2:57 AM
Psy systems said my emotions were too big and out of control, my altered states too strange and dangerous.
But the thing is, like many others, my experiences of injustice have been big, out of control, strange & dangerous.
But the thing is, like many others, my experiences of injustice have been big, out of control, strange & dangerous.
A cushion from my #SliceSilence project.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
October 15, 2023 at 11:26 PM
A cushion from my #SliceSilence project.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
A short film on my Slice/Silence project is now live on YouTube, following yesterday's premiere in Sydney.
It was filmed last year, before I knew I’d be extending this exhibition into a PhD. This is an ongoing story about trying to grow creative, anti-carceral alternatives
youtu.be/2bDnBerUBlo?...
It was filmed last year, before I knew I’d be extending this exhibition into a PhD. This is an ongoing story about trying to grow creative, anti-carceral alternatives
youtu.be/2bDnBerUBlo?...
Slice/Silence: A survivor-led art project about self-injury, trauma and silencing.
Warning: Viewers are advised that the following film contains stories of resistance, courage, determination, creativity and survival.This short film tells th...
youtu.be
October 10, 2023 at 10:47 PM
A short film on my Slice/Silence project is now live on YouTube, following yesterday's premiere in Sydney.
It was filmed last year, before I knew I’d be extending this exhibition into a PhD. This is an ongoing story about trying to grow creative, anti-carceral alternatives
youtu.be/2bDnBerUBlo?...
It was filmed last year, before I knew I’d be extending this exhibition into a PhD. This is an ongoing story about trying to grow creative, anti-carceral alternatives
youtu.be/2bDnBerUBlo?...
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I have been feeling so crushed by the carceral system lately and thinking a lot about Mad Liberation. Heartbreakingly, I think maybe, our only true liberation is in our deaths. But I really want liberation in our lives, not just our deaths 1/4 #MadSky
October 3, 2023 at 9:50 AM
I have been feeling so crushed by the carceral system lately and thinking a lot about Mad Liberation. Heartbreakingly, I think maybe, our only true liberation is in our deaths. But I really want liberation in our lives, not just our deaths 1/4 #MadSky
Every time there’s news coverage of rapes in mental health units, it feels unbearable.
I think of politicians, public servants & clinical ‘leaders’ who’ve known about this for years, yet done almost nothing.
Rape is the norm in mental health services.
And it’s an open secret.
I think of politicians, public servants & clinical ‘leaders’ who’ve known about this for years, yet done almost nothing.
Rape is the norm in mental health services.
And it’s an open secret.
[CN rape, self harm, abuse, neglect]
'Florence was allegedly raped in a mental health ward. She wants her story told to keep others safe'
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
'Florence was allegedly raped in a mental health ward. She wants her story told to keep others safe'
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
October 3, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Every time there’s news coverage of rapes in mental health units, it feels unbearable.
I think of politicians, public servants & clinical ‘leaders’ who’ve known about this for years, yet done almost nothing.
Rape is the norm in mental health services.
And it’s an open secret.
I think of politicians, public servants & clinical ‘leaders’ who’ve known about this for years, yet done almost nothing.
Rape is the norm in mental health services.
And it’s an open secret.
Seeking survival & activist strategies for flying while fat.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
October 2, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Seeking survival & activist strategies for flying while fat.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
Feeling this.
Every time I see someone describe an arsehole as a lunatic, nutjob, psychotic, unhinged, crazy, schizo, etc I’m reminded those people must think I’m an arsehole too. They must think folks like me deserve psychiatric incarceration.
Their sanism props up the carceral state.
Every time I see someone describe an arsehole as a lunatic, nutjob, psychotic, unhinged, crazy, schizo, etc I’m reminded those people must think I’m an arsehole too. They must think folks like me deserve psychiatric incarceration.
Their sanism props up the carceral state.
I want people to fully know that by the way they draw metaphorical comparison between the worst people ever & the mentally ill, real humans are actually harmed & their lives & conditions worsened. They seem not to know though I would not underestimate that we don't matter to them as people at all.
October 1, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Feeling this.
Every time I see someone describe an arsehole as a lunatic, nutjob, psychotic, unhinged, crazy, schizo, etc I’m reminded those people must think I’m an arsehole too. They must think folks like me deserve psychiatric incarceration.
Their sanism props up the carceral state.
Every time I see someone describe an arsehole as a lunatic, nutjob, psychotic, unhinged, crazy, schizo, etc I’m reminded those people must think I’m an arsehole too. They must think folks like me deserve psychiatric incarceration.
Their sanism props up the carceral state.
making mad little things
September 30, 2023 at 3:01 AM
making mad little things
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Ummmm so I get to speak to Ruthie
Arggggggggg
Come along and hear it!! I will try and be articulate!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/radical-an...
Arggggggggg
Come along and hear it!! I will try and be articulate!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/radical-an...
September 28, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Ummmm so I get to speak to Ruthie
Arggggggggg
Come along and hear it!! I will try and be articulate!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/radical-an...
Arggggggggg
Come along and hear it!! I will try and be articulate!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/radical-an...
Feeling sad for younger me who didn’t see her abuse & oppression.
She kept reaching out to perpetrators for support, getting hurt again & again, then blamed herself for it all.
And yet, I can’t blame her. She knew of no other choices, and she was just trying to survive.
She kept reaching out to perpetrators for support, getting hurt again & again, then blamed herself for it all.
And yet, I can’t blame her. She knew of no other choices, and she was just trying to survive.
September 26, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Feeling sad for younger me who didn’t see her abuse & oppression.
She kept reaching out to perpetrators for support, getting hurt again & again, then blamed herself for it all.
And yet, I can’t blame her. She knew of no other choices, and she was just trying to survive.
She kept reaching out to perpetrators for support, getting hurt again & again, then blamed herself for it all.
And yet, I can’t blame her. She knew of no other choices, and she was just trying to survive.
I don't use or identify with diagnostic labels from psychiatry/DSM... though many were forced on me over the years.
I'd never deny anyone the right to use them if they find them helpful; I respect choice.
But I want to make space for folks like me who experience them as the language of oppression.
I'd never deny anyone the right to use them if they find them helpful; I respect choice.
But I want to make space for folks like me who experience them as the language of oppression.
September 26, 2023 at 2:20 AM
I don't use or identify with diagnostic labels from psychiatry/DSM... though many were forced on me over the years.
I'd never deny anyone the right to use them if they find them helpful; I respect choice.
But I want to make space for folks like me who experience them as the language of oppression.
I'd never deny anyone the right to use them if they find them helpful; I respect choice.
But I want to make space for folks like me who experience them as the language of oppression.
I'm deep in making work today, but chronic pain and my muse are arm-wrestling over who gets my focus.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
September 26, 2023 at 1:59 AM
I'm deep in making work today, but chronic pain and my muse are arm-wrestling over who gets my focus.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
This kind of early intervention approach always sounded dodgy to me. Seems I was right.
As a kid slowly going mad, I didn’t need psychiatry.
I needed love, enough food, freedom from hate speech & bullying, someone to notice the abuse, & support to process it.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/09/earl...
As a kid slowly going mad, I didn’t need psychiatry.
I needed love, enough food, freedom from hate speech & bullying, someone to notice the abuse, & support to process it.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/09/earl...
Early Intervention in Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis Ineffective
Few transition to psychosis anyway, relapse rates were high after treatment, maintenance therapy was ineffective, and no treatment was more effective than any other.
www.madinamerica.com
September 26, 2023 at 12:03 AM
This kind of early intervention approach always sounded dodgy to me. Seems I was right.
As a kid slowly going mad, I didn’t need psychiatry.
I needed love, enough food, freedom from hate speech & bullying, someone to notice the abuse, & support to process it.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/09/earl...
As a kid slowly going mad, I didn’t need psychiatry.
I needed love, enough food, freedom from hate speech & bullying, someone to notice the abuse, & support to process it.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/09/earl...
These are remnants of the mental health act piñata we smashed at Emancipation Day, hosted by Grace (@morelsupport.bsky.social).
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
September 24, 2023 at 11:42 PM
These are remnants of the mental health act piñata we smashed at Emancipation Day, hosted by Grace (@morelsupport.bsky.social).
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
Reposted by Indigo Daya
yall ever think about how vastly we out number our oppressors?
September 21, 2023 at 10:16 PM
yall ever think about how vastly we out number our oppressors?
I know there's probably good reasons for it, but it just feels icky getting unsolicited letters from the govt telling me to do bowel cancer tests and, most recently, a cervical screening.
I just don't want the government talking to me about my bum or my cervix, thank you very much. Go awayyyyy
I just don't want the government talking to me about my bum or my cervix, thank you very much. Go awayyyyy
September 21, 2023 at 2:55 AM
I know there's probably good reasons for it, but it just feels icky getting unsolicited letters from the govt telling me to do bowel cancer tests and, most recently, a cervical screening.
I just don't want the government talking to me about my bum or my cervix, thank you very much. Go awayyyyy
I just don't want the government talking to me about my bum or my cervix, thank you very much. Go awayyyyy
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There was a complete disconnect between Free Britney & a dismantling of institutional sanism & or cultural sanism. The same people who got on the bandwagon for her freedom mocked her for her mental health before & after. And zero consideration of the systemic harm done to people who aren't famous.
September 21, 2023 at 1:27 AM
There was a complete disconnect between Free Britney & a dismantling of institutional sanism & or cultural sanism. The same people who got on the bandwagon for her freedom mocked her for her mental health before & after. And zero consideration of the systemic harm done to people who aren't famous.
We feel emotional pain inside ourselves so it’s easy to believe that the problem is *in* us, in our unbalanced, dysregulated brains.
But what if that's a lie?
What if the problem isn’t biological or psychological at all? If it's sociopolitical, in issues like violence, hate, inequity & oppression?
But what if that's a lie?
What if the problem isn’t biological or psychological at all? If it's sociopolitical, in issues like violence, hate, inequity & oppression?
September 21, 2023 at 1:46 AM
We feel emotional pain inside ourselves so it’s easy to believe that the problem is *in* us, in our unbalanced, dysregulated brains.
But what if that's a lie?
What if the problem isn’t biological or psychological at all? If it's sociopolitical, in issues like violence, hate, inequity & oppression?
But what if that's a lie?
What if the problem isn’t biological or psychological at all? If it's sociopolitical, in issues like violence, hate, inequity & oppression?
Did a social work lecture this morning on suicide and risk assessments - from a mad/psych survivor perspective.
I enjoyed challenging students to question why their version of carceral violence should be considered any better than my chosen forms of violence to self.
I enjoyed challenging students to question why their version of carceral violence should be considered any better than my chosen forms of violence to self.
September 20, 2023 at 12:15 AM
Did a social work lecture this morning on suicide and risk assessments - from a mad/psych survivor perspective.
I enjoyed challenging students to question why their version of carceral violence should be considered any better than my chosen forms of violence to self.
I enjoyed challenging students to question why their version of carceral violence should be considered any better than my chosen forms of violence to self.
OK I'm off to talk on a mad + crip + criminology panel at Uni Melb about 'care' as carcerality.
I'm the mad one, in all the senses of that word.
Carceral systems are NOT care, they're just more violence.
I'm the mad one, in all the senses of that word.
Carceral systems are NOT care, they're just more violence.
September 20, 2023 at 12:09 AM
OK I'm off to talk on a mad + crip + criminology panel at Uni Melb about 'care' as carcerality.
I'm the mad one, in all the senses of that word.
Carceral systems are NOT care, they're just more violence.
I'm the mad one, in all the senses of that word.
Carceral systems are NOT care, they're just more violence.
It’s natural for you to feel scared if someone talks to you about suicide.
But if you want to be helpful, then it’s important to understand that your fear is likely to get in the way of that. Your fear can hurt us.
What do I mean?
But if you want to be helpful, then it’s important to understand that your fear is likely to get in the way of that. Your fear can hurt us.
What do I mean?
September 18, 2023 at 10:19 PM
It’s natural for you to feel scared if someone talks to you about suicide.
But if you want to be helpful, then it’s important to understand that your fear is likely to get in the way of that. Your fear can hurt us.
What do I mean?
But if you want to be helpful, then it’s important to understand that your fear is likely to get in the way of that. Your fear can hurt us.
What do I mean?
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3/ “Towards Zero Suicides” means keeping us alive, by any means necessary, including with force and violence. It is about your fear of us dying, not about what we actually need.
September 11, 2023 at 2:47 AM
3/ “Towards Zero Suicides” means keeping us alive, by any means necessary, including with force and violence. It is about your fear of us dying, not about what we actually need.
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2/ Your safety plans are about keeping YOU safe from liability but do nothing for my distress.
September 11, 2023 at 2:47 AM
2/ Your safety plans are about keeping YOU safe from liability but do nothing for my distress.