User-survivor | Newsletter and creator economy geek | Creator, Sanitybytanmoy.com | Fellow, @reutersinstitute.bsky.social | Advisor, Centre for Global Mental Health, UK | Advisor, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indiahttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ls22fcmzpc2e“There are people who are DSM fans and some who kind of hate it. So we have made it a point to talk to people and ask how we can fix it.” - Chair, Future DSM Strategic Committee, as we await a new DSM Time to probe psychiatry's most contested idea: diagnosis. https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-your-mental-illness-diagnosis-helping-or-hurting-you/20 Jun 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls22fcmzpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lqwvgi7qz22t"'Therapy' no longer signifies 'one-to-one interaction with my therapist'. It means 'a session of nervous system calming exercises guided by a virtual mental health coach coded in Python and posted on Tik Tok by a faceless influencer." https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-human-touch-is-nearing-its-sell-by-date/06 Jun 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwvgi7qz22thttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lkwwp7yzq22k"Niacinamide", "hyaluronic acid", "sulphate-free", "mild exfoliant". While you're learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries. Move over, serotonin. I'm a skin toner kinda guy now. https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-serotonin-to-skin-toner/22 Mar 2025 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwwp7yzq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lieowhlyuk2a#Depression is NOTHING like diabetes.17 Feb 2025 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lieowhlyuk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lhobb3kiss2eI read 600+ articles and did hundreds of hours of research to bring you 44 slides on the biggest themes to watch in global #mentalhealth. Pretty sure nothing like this exists anywhere in this part of the world (not at this price anyway). Get your copy: https://topmate.io/tanmoy_goswami/1426836 You're welcome. 😊08 Feb 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhobb3kiss2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lgvakoqnc225A deep dive into what I believe will be the defining themes in global mental health this year. I spent hundreds of hours researching so you don't have to. Watch this hourlong video at ease (because not everything can be reduced to a hot take) and write to me with your thoughts. youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT8 https://youtu.be/Mc19KcjTAT829 Jan 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvakoqnc225https://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lgdyvvacvc26What happens when "hurt people hurt people" legitimises bigotry against people hurt by that very same bigotry? This question has very real implications as we enter a new era of licensed bigotry against anyone the majority labels unhealed, impure, broken. https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-people-heal-people/22 Jan 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdyvvacvc26https://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lfp2q2cc622eStop saying #journalism is broken. It's the journalism *industry* that's broken. The ills of journalism are 100% created by media owners. They failed to build a sustainable business model, remain obsessed with fads and shortcuts, lust after power at the cost of principles... +14 Jan 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfp2q2cc622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lffrafjgy226Do 'bigots' deserve therapy? Where does therapy end and activism begin? How would you make a patient who doesn't align with your politics feel safe? Is your goal to help your patient or reform them? - Questions that need to be urgently included in psychology syllabi in the age of social media10 Jan 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffrafjgy226https://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lfcmenozlc2lI was a news junkie until not so long ago. Whether I was going for a walk or cooking or taking my morning dump – - I needed news streaming through my earphones to function. It took me all the muscle memory of quitting smoking to free myself. https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting-smoking-helped-me-quit-the-news/09 Jan 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcmenozlc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lfam7rgess2oWho calleth our syckness misinformation and not infaction? [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfam7rgess2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lf5iyx6jy22o📢 I've done hundreds of hours of research, read dozens of articles, and spoken to a tonne of people so you don't have to. Join me and a small group on Jan 25 to explore the biggest themes that'll shape the mental health sector in 2025. Sign up below: https://topmate.io/tanmoy_goswami/1374155?ref=sanitybytanmoy.com07 Jan 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5iyx6jy22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3leybwbfxgc2xResting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG." +05 Jan 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3leybwbfxgc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lelpgwtj3c2eThis new year, may you learn to differentiate a panic attack from a heart attack.31 Dec 2024 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lelpgwtj3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ledyle3m6c25Here's a new year resolution for you: Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.28 Dec 2024 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledyle3m6c25https://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3lea3wukhs22wAs a small-town boy whose parents survived hunger and lived lives of hard labour, I owe so much of my ability (audacity) to dream freely to Dr Singh's vision. This loss will hit differently if you are a 80s' or 90s' kid who remembers how the world was before 91. Thank you, Sir. Rest in peace. 🙏🏾26 Dec 2024 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lea3wukhs22whttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3le7wubsy6k2w20 years ago today, my family survived the #IndianOcean #Tsunami that killed at least 250,000 people. Every year, I remember the kind strangers of the #Andamans who helped us come back alive instead of in body bags. 20 years on, I'm still hanging on to the boarding pass of our rescue flight...26 Dec 2024 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le7wubsy6k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3le7lwqa3b22gJoy is a sage with a creased forehead and a wrinkled smile. Happiness is the biker in the bomber jacket. Unlike happiness, joy isn't about the individual. It is a public good. Embracing joy in a joyless world is an act of resistance. https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-everyones-watching/26 Dec 2024 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le7lwqa3b22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldxsvlkcv22fWriting personalised "pleeeeease come back" emails to 300 lapsed newsletter subscribers. Then obsessively refreshing inbox every 5 seconds. How's your Christmas week going?23 Dec 2024 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldxsvlkcv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldvw2cl3lc2lI started my mental health newsletter Sanity in Dec 2020. As a solo writer from the global south, it's a miracle that I've survived 4 years :,) The Sanity community, spanning 50+ countries, is pure magic. Nothing like it exists anywhere else. Join us and see for yourself: www.sanitybytanmoy.com https://www.sanitybytanmoy.com22 Dec 2024 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvw2cl3lc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldsasxhxqk22STARTE LEARNING MUSICK AFTER 40 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Dec 2024 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsasxhxqk22https://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldnzbhgycc2gShiny new digital mental health tools/app/chatbots - many making misleading and unsubstantiated claims and preying on sensitive personal data of users - are helping employers perpetrate a massive con job on employees battered by blood-sucking management. https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/wellbeing-washing-workplace-mental-health-apps19 Dec 2024 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnzbhgycc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldipowgoec2kBut what happeneth when thy beautyful wordes are stolen by AI companyes to train their modeles? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2024 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldipowgoec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldi6blqcw22iRelate?17 Dec 2024 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldi6blqcw22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldeawvdsjc2iEconomic insecurity is associated with increased painkiller consumption and produces actual physical pain and reduces pain tolerance, with the absence of control providing one explanation. - Jeffrey Pfeffer, 'Dying for a Paycheck' Thinking of my parents' lifelong pains in a whole new light now...15 Dec 2024 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldeawvdsjc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ldd5jljt4c2d"Thy tyme ys unquantifiable" reminded me of this passage from Elizabeth Strout's 'Olive Kitterdige'. Welle sayde, olde bard. Thy words doth tuggeth at my heartstrings. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2024 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldd5jljt4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/toymango.bsky.social/post/3ld6khflm6s2mWho's interested in a half-day unconference - tentatively titled Poop Talk - illuminating the gut-mental health connection and celebrating the best scatological literature and art out there?13 Dec 2024 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:2da5fm47odliiva2xd4cynuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6khflm6s2m