Mental Health Nonprofits and Its Social Media

I shared and filled out TWLOHA's prompt template and said that I hope for "Everyone to feel loved and hopeful. For people to know that life gets better!"

Mental health nonprofits are making a difference by offering resources to those in need and posting mental health related content on its social media.

To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) helps people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA says that their mission is to “encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.” TWLOHA promotes their merchandise, podcasts and blog posts on their Facebook and Instagram Page. On Instagram, TWLOHA posts information about its internship program. This has been very helpful because I plan on applying for TWLOHA’s internship program for Fall 2020. TWLOHA also posts content asking its followers questions and encouraging them to share their responses on their Instagram stories or in the comments on Facebook. On Instagram, TWLOHA encourages its followers to tag TWLOHA in their response. TWLOHA then shares some of the responses on TWLOHA’s Instagram story. One of the questions TWLOHA asked its followers was what do they hope for. I responded saying my hope was for “Everyone to feel loved and hopeful. For people to know that life gets better!” TWLOHA shared my response in their story on Instagram.,

Also on TWLOHA’s Instagram, Jamie Tworkowski, TWLOHA’s founder, has done live streaming to answer questions its viewer’s may have and talk about how people can take care of their mental health. Guests Jamie has live streamed with were Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Chad Moses, who is the Director of Outreach for TWLOHA. Jamie will also be doing a Facebook Live Stream on April 7th at 4PM with Nancy Lublin who is the Founder and CEO of Crisis Text Line. TWLOHA encourages people to continue to take care of their mental health during the Corona Virus.

Another nonprofit I really like is The Mighty. The Mighty is a blog site that raises awareness for mental illness, chronic illness and disabilities. The Mighty picks blog posts from contributors to publish on their site. It promotes the blog posts on their Facebook Page. I wrote two blog posts for The Mighty, which were “6 Tips for Supporting a Friend Who Struggles With Self-Harm and Intrusive Thoughts” and “How My Halloween Costume Helped Me Accept My Disabilities.” In “How My Halloween Costume Helped Me Accept My Disabilities”, I wrote about how my turtle costume helped me accept myself.

On The Mighty’s Instagram, the Mighty posts health related content and shares health related content from other social media pages.

Due to social distancing and COVID-19, The Mighty is hosting virtual events. The Mighty promotes their virtual events on Facebook by telling its followers to get more information about the virtual events on The Mighty’s website.

I also really like the nonprofit: Active Minds. Active Minds is a mental health club located on several college campuses. According to their website, Alison Malmon started the organization after her brother died by suicide. Active Minds exists to get students engaged with talking about mental health and raising awareness. On Active Minds’ Facebook and Instagram Page it posts what Active Minds’ Chapters are doing on college campuses and promotes blog posts that is on Active Minds’ website.

I am very grateful for the work these nonprofits do and the encouraging content on their social media pages.