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Matt Salmon

@lovemattrs.org
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💡 Transforming division➡️equity 🔹 Psychiatrist ✨ Healing youth, families & communities 📖 Author: Pride & Prejudice 🎙 Violet Rage Podcast – Resist 🐾 Pug Dad | Radical Humanist 💜 🤝 Collabs: DM me 🦄 Ambigender 🔗 linktr.ee/lovemattrs *Opinions are mine*

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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 25/04/2026
What are you avoiding? Clarity isn’t the problem for most people. Cost is. #avoidance #stuck #growthmindset #chooseyourcharacter #clarityoverchaos
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 23/04/2026
Will you stay stuck or choose change? Both are a choice. #willingness #changeisgood #beyoutiful #readiness #choices
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/04/2026
What has growth cost you? Most people don’t have the courage to pay the price. #growthtiktok #selfreflection #healingera #authenticitychallenge #personaldevelopment
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/04/2026
What’s a meaningful change that truly cost you something? #perspective #communication #emotionalintelligence #mindsetshift #changeyourmind
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 20/04/2026
Honestly, even if it were a choice, why should that matter? #LGBTQ #ChooseLove #AuthenticityMatters #EndStigma #mentalhealthtiktok
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 19/04/2026
When talking about mental health, small differences in how something is said can completely change how it’s understood. This is what it sounds like when I don’t script. Often I write scripts so I can communicate clearly. Both have value, but clarity is something I choose intentionally. #audhd
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 17/04/2026
If diagnosis is just a checklist… what exactly are we adding as clinicians? The same symptoms can come from completely different causes. Without context, you’re not understanding, you’re guessing based on assumptions. #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Neurodiversity #Trauma #Healthcare
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 17/04/2026
I recently evaluated someone prescribed an antipsychotic for depression/anxiety (it was complex trauma) and wasn’t told the risks. That’s not informed consent. The system pushes speed—but this is still a choice. #mentalhealth #psychiatry #trauma #informedconsent #healthcare
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 15/04/2026
Some diagnoses stick because they’re accurate. Others stick because no one slowed down enough to ask a better question. And once it’s in your chart… it starts shaping everything. #psychiatry #misdiagnosis #bipolardisorder #traumatok #mentalhealthawareness
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 14/04/2026
Have you ever had a diagnosis that didn’t feel right? When no one slows down to really understand you…the wrong story can stick. #psychiatry #misdiagnosis #mentalhealthawareness #therapytok #healthcare
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 13/04/2026
Your mind isn’t always telling you the truth. Sometimes it’s trying to protect you. The problem is… most people don’t know the difference. What’s a thought you’ve had that felt true—but wasn’t? #mindfulness #selfawareness #mindset #anxietycheck #neurodiverse
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 12/04/2026
If you’re autistic, rapid internal scanning in social moments—trying to interpret subtle shifts, fill in missing information, and maintain connection—can easily be misread. What has this been called for you? #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #mentalhealth #misdiagnosis #masking
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 11/04/2026
In mental health care, communication is not secondary. It is intervention. When clinicians fail to clarify meaning, they risk building diagnoses and treatment plans on assumption rather than understanding. #Psychiatry #Misdiagnosis #TraumaInformedCare #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 10/04/2026
A half-second change in someone’s expression can trigger a full internal scan. What does your brain start scanning for in moments like this? #autism #neurodivergent #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #psychology
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 09/04/2026
Language in mental health is often treated as diagnostic shorthand. But when patients use terms like “paranoia” or “hallucinations,” they are frequently describing experiences, not clinical definitions. #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Misdiagnosis #MentalHealthAwareness #BehavioralHealth
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 08/04/2026
A lot of people don’t want peace. They want compliance. Because it gives them control. If your “peace” depends on other people shrinking, staying quiet, or not naming what’s real… that’s not peace. That’s power. #peace #boundaries #powerdynamics #truthbetold #discomfort
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 08/04/2026
We often talk about health as if it begins in a clinic. It doesn’t. Health is shaped long before diagnosis—by housing, environment, safety, access to food, and the chronic stress people are forced to carry. #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Equity #SocialDeterminants #Prevention #SystemsThinking
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 07/04/2026
When we call adaptation “disorder,” we don’t just get it wrong. We can create harm. Because we start trying to fix the person instead of understanding what happened to them. #nervoussystem #traumainformed #psychlgy #systemsthinking #contextmatters
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 05/04/2026
Feelings are data. Not instructions. It’s your job to interpret them… not automatically obey them. #emotionalintelligence #mentalhealth #selfawareness #boundaries #growth
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 04/04/2026
Many coping strategies reduce intensity—but also reduce access. When we consistently numb discomfort, we narrow our emotional range altogether. Short-term relief can quietly become long-term disconnection. #mentalhealth #coping #emotions #selfawareness #healing #psychology
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 03/04/2026
We frame belief change as intellectual honesty. But we ignore the social cost. Beliefs are often tied to belonging, identity, and stability. Letting go of them isn’t just cognitive. It’s consequential. #beliefs #identity #psychology #growthmindset #selfreflection #change
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 03/04/2026
Autism is often misunderstood as something that should be visible. But what people are usually seeing isn’t autism itself. It’s adaptation. Years of learning how to navigate environments that weren’t designed for how someone’s brain naturally works.
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 02/04/2026
Really feeling this pin today from @dissentpins.bsky.social This court is not supreme. They’re wrong about Chile’s vs. Salazar. @scotusblog.com #supremecourt @tacobellquarterly.org
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 01/04/2026
Mental health is often framed as “feeling better.” But that definition collapses under scrutiny. #mentalhealth #psychologicalflexibility #emotionalhealth #selfregulation #therapy
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 01/04/2026
I didn’t expect to wake up today and feel like something that harmed me is being reframed as protected speech. After the Supreme Court’s decision today, I think there’s a critical misunderstanding in how this issue is being framed. #SCOTUS #trauma #conversiontherapy #therapy
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 31/03/2026
Not everything about a person is something you get to agree or disagree with. #TransDayOfVisibility #LGBTQ #transgender #identity #inclusion
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 31/03/2026
We often assume resistance comes from a lack of understanding. But in many cases, that’s not the barrier. Sometimes it’s not about understanding. It’s about what understanding would require. #TransDayOfVisibility #LGBTQ #MentalHealth #SelfAwareness #Inclusion #BehaviorChange
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 28/03/2026
What looks irrational is often just uncontextualized survival. #mentalhealth #livedexperience #survival #trauma
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 28/03/2026
First, do no harm. Missing or ignoring context can lead to harm. Make sure your provider not only knows what you’ve been through but that they also prioritize it when prescribing meds. #donoharm #mentalhealth #medication #psychiatry
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 27/03/2026
Diagnosis without context is just projection. Get context, get it right. #mentalhealth #healing #traumainformed
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 24/03/2026
Chronic stress can mimic psychiatric disorders like anxiety or depression. When we skip context, we risk treating adaptation as disease, prescribing medications not suited to our needs. #StressManagement #TraumaAwareness #NervousSystemHealth #SleepDisruption #MentalHealth #MedicationRisks
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 24/03/2026
If you've ever been labeled mentally ill for something you had to do to survive, I need you to hear this. #MentalHealthAwareness #Survival #Adaptation #Paychiatry #ContextMatters #HealingJourney #trauma
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 29/09/2025
SCOTUS is hearing Chiles vs Salazar in October to decide if conversion therapy is protected free speech. Licensed professionals do not have free speech, especially to psychologically torture children. Please share. This isn’t being talked about enough. #freespeech #SCOTUS #protectkids #lgbtq
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 18/03/2025
Be a force. “If” without the toxic resilience. #resist #bebetter #change #reform #yeswecan
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 10/03/2025
💡Have you had to unlearn religious teaching to find your truth? #religion #values #growth
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 10/03/2025
Values I learned in religion taught me I had to leave religion to live them. I spoke with Rev. Al Sharpton about how faith can be a tool for liberation, not condemnation. #FaithAndIdentity #ReligiousTrauma #LGBTQVoices #SayItLouder #lovethyneighbor
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 09/03/2025
They don’t want us to say GAY—because all they think about is gay sex. 👀 But being queer isn’t about that—it’s about love & resilience. 🏳️‍🌈 No law can erase who we are. 💡 Why are they so obsessed with us? Let’s talk. 👇” #SayItLouder #WeWontBeSilenced #QueerResilience #ProtectTransKids #NoBanNoErase
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 24/02/2025
This isn’t mental illness—it’s a survival response to systemic oppression. 📢 Watch, share, and challenge medical racism. 🎧 Full Violet Rage episode on YouTube, Spotify, & Apple! linktr.ee/lovemattrs #MentalHealth #BlackHealthMatters #MedicalRacism #LGBTQHealth #HealthEquity #VioletRage
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 23/02/2025
and Chad!
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 23/02/2025
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 23/02/2025
The people reign!
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/02/2025
Chad is my main source of joy right now. Even when he disses me 🤣. I hope everyone has at least one source of joy in their daily life. 💜🤩 #emotionalsupport #pug #dogdad
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/02/2025
🚨 When healthcare caves to politics, patients suffer. 🚨 Health centers should fight for patients—not roll over to keep funding. We should resist—not go back in the closet. 🎧📺 now → linktr.ee/lovemattrs #VioletRage #HealthcareJustice #DEIBan #TransHealthcare #EquityMatters
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/02/2025
We’ve survived before, and we’ll do it again. Queer people have always existed—through oppression, resistance, and joy. Our existence is defiance. In this Violet Rage episode, Dr. Xander Mach & I talk about hope, history, and how we keep fighting. 🎧 🔗 to podcast in bio! #QueerJoy #Resist #NoSilence
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 22/02/2025
It’s back up there.
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 10/02/2025
Remember, the wealth they have isn’t actually theirs. They just hoarded it through loopholes and kept it from the people that actually made the money. It’s all stolen money. Now they’re doing it on an even bigger scale. It’s all ours to take back. The country is ours to take back. #reform #reclaim
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 08/02/2025
Freedom isn’t freedom if it’s only for a select few. If your ‘love for liberty’ stops at your own convenience, what you actually love is privilege. True justice means fighting for the rights of ALL. #EquityMatters #JusticeForAll #PrivilegeCheck #FreedomForEveryone #Inclusion #Belonging
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 07/02/2025
“How can I, as a Black man, look at LGBTQ+ people fighting for the right to exist and not see the hypocrisy in my stance?”
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 02/02/2025
#resist
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Matt Salmon @lovemattrs.org · 31/01/2025
We can’t choose our emotions or our thoughts but we can choose how we respond to them. #mentalhealth #emotionalintelligence
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