She Wore Flowers in Her Hair

10/10/2026

1. Just because someone has a mental illness, does not mean they are defined by it. Calling someone a “schizophrenic”, or “psycho” are all words that perpetuate stigma. If, you are in a situation where you are discussing someone’s mental illness, a great way to talk about that person is “a person who is living with or has a mental illness”.

2. We often use stereotypical symptoms of specific illnesses seen in our daily life and use that illness as a metaphor for what we are experiencing. For example: “you’re so OCD” or “she’s so bipolar”. If you’ve done this don’t feel bad! It is something that has been normalized to the point where we don’t realize how diminutive this can be for individuals who are actually living with OCD or bipolar. However, there are a million other ways to discuss wanting something to be neat, or having emotions. Unless you are living with these illnesses it isn’t fair to use them to describe yourself.

3. Su***de. When someone dies by su***de, there are various terms out there to describe their death. Some examples would be “committed su***de”, “completed su***de”, or a “failed attempt at su***de”. This language is outdated, and more importantly can do serious damage to individuals who are thinking about su***de, who have attempted su***de or who have a family member who passed away by su***de. It is important to be thoughtful when you are talking about su***de. Use terms like: “died by su***de”, or “attempted su***de”.

4. Another dialogue that continues to add to the stigma surrounding su***de is the idea of referring to killing oneself when things get hard in everyday life. For example, work is busy and your coworker says “man I could kill myself right now”. This trivializes su***de, and demeans the heavy weight that su***de survivors carry with them. If you look around you right now, think of the people you know, chances are one of those individuals has attempted or knows someone who has attempted su***de. The only time we should discuss su***de like this, is if we are actually considering su***de, or if we are worried that a loved one is considering su***de.

PS. We’ve tagged the lovely individuals who helped start up SWF ❤️

10/10/2026

Trigger warning: this post discusses mental illness and su***de.
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World Mental Health Day 🧠💖
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When we started She Wore Flowers, one of our goals was to try to create a community where we could begin to change the discourse surrounding mental health, mental illness and su***de. Today, a day where mental health is going to be discussed more (yay!) we wanted to remind you of a few very important ways that we talk about mental health, mental illness and su***de. If you have a few minutes today, please please please take some time to read this post for us 🌸
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Mental health is something that every human on this planet has. Just like physical health, you are not always 100% healthy all of time time. Sometimes you get the flu ( ), sometimes you have to take medication to make you feel closer to that 100%, and sometimes, that illness turns out to be something that lasts longer, and becomes a daily part of your life (like diabetes, celiac disease or hypothyroidism). It is manageable, treatable, and with the right support, you can live a long, healthy life. Mental health is no different, except with that illness stigma will often tag along.
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Stigma sucks. And we talk a LOT about reducing stigma, but often don’t really talk about HOW to reduce it. Believe it or not, a great way to start is changing how you talk about mental illness and su***de. So, if you would like to learn more about how to reduce stigma in your own life... look out for our next post 🙏
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P.S. we have tagged some incredible local mental health organizations. Check them out! 💓

08/01/2026

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07/08/2026

Every su***de is a tragedy. We can all play a role in su***de prevention.
It's important to get help if you or someone you know is going through a crisis or thinking about su***de. You are not alone. Learn about available resources: http://ow.ly/6GoG30kQ4tE

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