Ballard says that having prominent, successful creative people with mental health issues that manifest in ways that are clearly unpleasant—and a society that allows them to be so—is a crucial yet diminishing thing for other people who are suffering. The problem with that, I offer, is that we end up romanticizing the idea of the “tortured genius” in... See more

n this context, even mental health can be another source of self-branding. Rather than healing, influencer mental health (#MentalHealth #Anxiety) can just as easily become about managing one’s image, curating one’s identity, and performing one’s struggles online.

And the field, intentionally or not, participates. Therapists build followings;... See more