Thread about the mental health of Ukrainians, and the help they can get
Author: Альона ꑭ Шевченко
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@SarahAshtonLV, here you go.
Also, this is going to be a 🧵 about mental health of Ukrainians/help Ukrainians can get.
🚨 Ukrainian Speaking Therapists Needed 🚨
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🚨Шукаємо україномовних терапевтів 🚨
#StandWithUkraine
Details/Деталі ⬇️ https://t.co/AjDQhXdUWw
Nothing could prepare me for the feeling of terror and shock of seeing airstrikes on the city that was once my home - and for me it was only on Twitter, I'm lucky.
I first told about the impact of this war on the mental health of 🇺🇦 to @samuel_haig for @DefiantNews
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🎙️ In today's Defiant
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🇺🇦EXCLUSIVE: @Ukraine_DAO Raises $7M and Builds Global Network of Supporters
🤔NFT Collectors Love Space @doodles Imagery But Not Its Confusing Valuation Model
💱@osmosiszone Launches Superfluid Staking
Read more👇
https://t.co/zTvc7mSltx
Our co-founder's SO Masha, a 🇺🇦-born LA-based psychologist launched @MindfulWebz - Ukraine DAO’s mental health support project.
We collect and publish resources on how to cope with the war-related trauma and provide a space for people to share their emotions.
✨ @MindfulWebz is our mental health support project run by the absolute legend Masha 🇺🇦
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Next session - tomorrow 🌺
https://t.co/xoZ5pq0bj2
@MindfulWebz weekly Twitter Spaces are not recorded so that people don't feel self-conscious about sharing their emotions.
🧵on self-care written after one of the sessions:
1/ Thank you everyone who joined @MindfulWebzour and myself in @Ukraine_DAO Twitter Spaces with @MindfulWebz about self-care! 🥰✨Especially to @mahlayorest, @denyshol and @____memoire___ who joined us on stage today - it was great to have you ❤️
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Now, TLDR of today👇
Mindful Webz page in Ukraine DAO Notion:
ukraine-dao.notion.site: Mindful Webz - Mental Health Support
The best 🧵 on how to behave with Ukrainians written by a non-Ukrainian person, our contributor @NovelSci: twitter.com/NovelSci/statu…
There were multiple times recently when I didn't want to live.
Thing is, I didn't feel the urge to go and harm myself.
A lot of Ukrainians will feel that urge and that's not their fault.
Please think about that next time when you speak to a 🇺🇦 person, and read this 🧵:
1/ Over the last 100+ days, I've had all sorts of breakdowns and I'm extremely mentally stable person.
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I've stared at the wall all day (before the invasion, afterwards I didn't have the time)
I've cried for hours.
I've told close friends I don't want to be in this world anymore. https://t.co/eZxkm5683z
I also encourage everyone to listen to this conversation. None of this abuse was called out by the hosts of the Twitter Spaces I was in. Instead they chose to harass me more.
I'm lucky I have the resilience to handle this, but why should I have to?
1/ Expectations for a Ukrainian: Apologise to russians.
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This conversation happened in Twitter Spaces a couple days ago in front of 400 people. Sharing so it's easier to understand what I have to deal with every other day.
#GenocideOfUkrainians
https://t.co/MqyvVvvUc4
For those wondering what it feels like to be Ukrainian these days:
1/ Ukrainians don't complain much but I hope they don't mind me saying this: I speak 4 languages and none of them has words that can describe how much it hurts to be one of us these days.
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Each of us has been in agony from 1000s propaganda cuts. Literally, lie on a lie on a lie.
Attaching a VERY outdated list of things I've been called lately as a Ukrainian person expressing the most normal thoughts.
There will be at least 3-4 updates with new accusations, including me being a 🇷🇺 agent, and of course this beautiful aphorism by @StephenKolanko1 💞
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1/ Incomplete list of things I've been recently called by Ukraine's "supporters"🇺🇦
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✅ crypto bro
✅ disaster capitalist profiting off other people's misfortune
✅ playing victim
✅ ignorant fucking goblin
✅ slut
✅ idiot (∞)
✅ morally bankrupt
✅ need to apologize
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⚡️Breaking news for many people - the feelings of russians DO NOT MATTER right now.
If you see a "good" russian person bleating about "russophobia" - tell them to shut the fuck up.
Also, if that's what they're currently worrying about - they're not a good person at all.
I seriously can't believe I have to explain to people that they should have empathy for Ukrainians and that empathy means more than putting a Ukrainian flag in your Twitter username.
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In this video @brokenpixelua explains why Ukrainians shouldn't listen about "russophobia", and russian people being "victims" or god forbid "heroes". I can't believe we even have to explain this, but he summarised it perfectly in 1 sentence:
"It's too late to be a hero."
#BuchaMassacre https://t.co/iy9Aw1SO3M
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How to check whether what you say to a Ukrainian person makes sense:
1/ Quick rule of thumb for "experts": before saying something about Ukrainians and russian Nazis, replace them in the same sentence with "Jewish people" and "German Nazis" and consider if you'd say that in public. If you wouldn't, then it's not appropriate. You're welcome. 🙂
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