Bryan Gomez

A GT student in ENGL 1102 studying mental health in comics and graphic novels

[Bryan Gomez @bgomezengl1102]

Nowww or never boyss 🔥👀 @eisha_nisar @cierznicki @Monica64103866 @G7Lc93O7ceG3ih4 @yourstrangeadd4

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the list of drugs that somebody might have to take until stumbling on the right one #gtcomics

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it's always amazing to see how many drugs are out there for mental illnesses. in BIOL 4545 right now, we're taking a peek at how one's genome might strongly influence their susceptibility to certain drugs—hopefully one day, genetic tests can help narrow down

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in my experience, this is often times what makes the decision to go therapy or take medication for any sort of mental illness so difficult... you have to compromise your multiple identities, and it's incredibly hard to do that, as we know from Lindell #gtcomics

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this reminds me so much of coming out in terms of sexuality. your mental health status is so personal and so intimate, and it really does become part of your identity, just as much as your sexuality or gender orientation does #gtcomics

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and fun fact: we sometimes use data from these historic and asynchronous diagnoses to determine how the prevalence of mental illnesses is changing and how the rate of diagnosing patients may be changing in modern times... making data where there previously was none #gtcomics

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@Kramer1102 Good point, was thinking of this as I read through your essay and was glad you brought it up. It's a vicious cycle #gtcomics

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@afcrofton1102 Thank you ❤️

[Bryan Gomez @bgomezengl1102]

@afcrofton1102 It's hard to say that helping anybody with a mental illness is hard and it takes a lot out of you—because you want to be strong and be there for the people that need you—but it nevertheless does. I know the feeling you talk about in your essay too well #gtcomics

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@afcrofton1102 I really thought long and hard about being a psychiatrist too. Mental health has been at the forefront of my life for a while now and I thought I might as well make my career about trying to help people with mental illnesses, but I'd leave work every day emotionally drained.

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@afcrofton1102 I felt the fear even as a fraternal twin. I know the biological basis wasn't necessarily there (as it is in identical twins), but it hit hard #gtcomics

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@sabernathy1102 From an institutional/clinical perspective, your argument makes a lot of sense. Why should college students care though? How is the issue pertinent to students our age who don't have the disorder? #gtcomics

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@sabernathy1102 in the eyes of the public should be the first step/goal #gtcomics

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@sabernathy1102 I personally think a major goal of educating the public should be acceptance. ADHD isn't particularly seen as a real issue—it's just a "lazy kid" here or some kid that "just needs to be smacked" there. Treatment is a great goal, but I think acceptance of the disorder as legit

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@Hfallon31 ❤️❤️❤️

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Here's a joke for you. What do you call a fourth year pre-med student with a 4.0 at Georgia Tech? #gtcomics

[Bryan Gomez @bgomezengl1102]

Twitter: let me know if you want to talk. I'm interested to hear what you have to say.

[Bryan Gomez @bgomezengl1102]

If you want to normalize something, normalize being a good friend. Normalize being supportive. Normalize asking if you're ok. Normalize being there.