24/7 Support
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King County Crisis Line: 866-427-4747 or 206-461-3222
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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Lifeline Crisis Chat (Online live messaging): contact-usa.org/chat
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Crisis Text Line: text "START" to 741-741
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The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
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Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Creativity
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The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health: A Review of Current Literature: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804629/
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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/creativity-habits_n_4859769
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Got Writer's Block? Here's Your Cure: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-social-thinker/201803/got-writers-block-heres-your-cure
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Why So Many Artists Are Highly Sensitive People: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/artists-sensitive-creative_n_567f02dee4b0b958f6598764
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6 Ways Creativity Can Make Us Better at Life: https://skinnyartist.com/6-ways-creativity-can-make-us-better-at-life/
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How to Apply Mindfulness to the Creative Process: https://www.mindful.org/apply-mindfulness-creative-process/
Marginalization
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Understanding the Minority Stress Model: https://www.talkspace.com/blog/minority-stress-model/
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Loneliness of the Marginalized: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274738431_Loneliness_of_the_Marginalized
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Finding Therapy Isn’t Easy for Queer and Trans People of Color: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjdnvv/finding-therapy-isnt-easy-for-queer-and-trans-people-of-color
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When and How to Respond to Microaggressions: https://hbr.org/2020/07/when-and-how-to-respond-to-microaggressions
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My Racist Therapist: Therapy Microaggressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lns1v49p-qc
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Healing from the Effects of Internalized Oppression: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/healing-from-interalized-oppression/main
Loneliness
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What It's Like to Have Chronic Loneliness: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9bkvyy/whats-it-like-to-have-chronic-loneliness
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3 Types of Loneliness and How to Combat Them : https://www.inc.com/damon-brown/3-types-of-loneliness-how-to-combat-them.html
Career
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Occupational Outlook Handbook: current data about job growth rate, pay, and more: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
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Career OneStop Videos outline hundreds of careers in 16 different career clusters: https://www.careeronestop.org/Videos/CareerVideos/career-videos.aspx?lang=en&frd=true
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Washington Career Bridge has info on career exploration, job trends, and education: http://www.careerbridge.wa.gov/
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16 Personalities is a free, short personality test based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
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O*NET Interest Profiler is a free online assessment: http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip