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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, India

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Angi Yoder-Maina, Phd 🇰🇪 @angiyo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Not a fan. White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.

 Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“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. www.sanitybytanmoy.com/big-read-is-...
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BIG READ: Is your mental illness diagnosis helping or hurting you?
Don't read this if you want a simple answer.
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Angi Yoder-Maina, Phd 🇰🇪 @angiyo.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So interesting! This aligns with my new research focus on AI as amplifier, not replacement. I'm in the "both/and" camp, not either/or. The MH field could use this moment to address past shortcomings, but many are digging in their heels instead of embracing the opportunity.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"'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." www.sanitybytanmoy.com/therapys-hum...
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Therapy's 'human touch' is nearing its sell-by date
Human-ness was therapy's biggest defence against AI. It may not be enough anymore.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"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. www.sanitybytanmoy.com/from-seroton...
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I'm a skin toner kinda guy now
While the rest of the world is learning how to write better ChatGPT prompts, I, a 42-year-old-man, am apprenticing in the language of toiletries.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#Depression is NOTHING like diabetes.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I 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: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa... You're welcome. 😊
A slide with saying: "Disruption? Distraction? Download 44 deeply researched slides that will uou help you understand where the exciting and chaotic world of mental health is headed". In the top left corner is the logo of my knowledge sharing platform School of Sanity. In the bottom left corner is a photo of me.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A 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
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Where's global mental health headed in 2025 and beyond?
YouTube video by Tanmoy Goswami
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What 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. www.sanitybytanmoy.com/healed-peopl...
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The problematic politics of 'healed people heal people'
What does it mean to be a 'healed' individual in an era of licensed bigotry against those the majority considers unhealed?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Stop 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... +
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Do '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 media
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I 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. www.sanitybytanmoy.com/how-quitting...
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How quitting smoking helped me quit the news
Notes on going cold turkey.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Who calleth our syckness misinformation and not infaction?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
📢 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: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
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The biggest mental health trends to watch in 2025 with Tanmoy Goswami
From apps & bots to peer support & community mental health
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG." +
A black and white selfie of me. I have short hair and salt and pepper beard. I'm wearing a collared t-shirt and big semi-round glasses. My expression is a combination of a frown and a pout.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This new year, may you learn to differentiate a panic attack from a heart attack.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Here's a new year resolution for you: Don't make fun of people with health anxiety.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
As 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. 🙏🏾
Official portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in a white kurta and blue turban. Image source: Wikipedia.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
20 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...
A fading black and white photo of my boarding pass for Alliance Air flight IC1288 from Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to Kolkata, the capital of my home state of West Bengal. The flight date was Dec 29, 2004. My seat number was 21F.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Joy 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. www.sanitybytanmoy.com/laugh-like-e...
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Laugh like everyone's watching
Joy as resistance.
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Soumitra সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா سومترہ @netshrink.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Young ppl: Outlive Chat is a safe space to find peer support & tools to help manage difficult feelings & thoughts of ending your life. It has many tools that can help you manage your thoughts & feelings in difficult moments. It's free! Pl RT & share chat.outlive.in/landing-page
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Writing personalised "pleeeeease come back" emails to 300 lapsed newsletter subscribers. Then obsessively refreshing inbox every 5 seconds. How's your Christmas week going?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I 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
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Sanity by Tanmoy
Independent mental health storytelling for independent minds. Funded by readers from around the world. Subscribe to support now.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
STARTE LEARNING MUSICK AFTER 40
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Shiny 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. www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/...
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Wellbeing washing: Are workplace mental health apps doing more harm than good? | Welcome to the Jungle
Workers are struggling with mental health. Are employers approaching it the right way?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
But what happeneth when thy beautyful wordes are stolen by AI companyes to train their modeles?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Relate?
Photo of a gnarly tree trunk. At the center is a green patch of moss. The rest of the trunk is grayed out.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Economic 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...
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
"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.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Who'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?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Why are YouTube viewers obsessed with their favourite YouTubers 'saying their name' during live streams? www.sanitybytanmoy.com/youtube-supe...
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'Plizzz say my name!'
Feel lonely and unseen? Have you tried sending a Super Chat to your favourite YouTuber?
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Urgently looking to speak to folks whose employers offer access to a mental health app. I'm sussing out what employees think of this 'benefit'. It's an important piece, I'm on a *tight* deadline, and will guarantee anonymity. Pls DM if this fits you or point me to anyone who can speak on this.🙏🏾
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
They also neede to paye experts they recruiete from global southe countryes for diversitye and inclusion before sayd experts doth growe olde and die
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
'A Man Called Ove', closely followed by 'Bird by Bird'
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"I like the world a little more than I did before this call. Thank you Tanmoy! 🤍" I just conducted a live session on the hard lessons I've learned surviving 4 years as a solo indie creator. This is a feedback note from a participant. I don't think any compliment can top this. My heart is full. 🥹
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Do you add anxiety expenses to your travel budget? Chronic anxiety makes you bleed money just so you can in be control of at least a few things in your life. Here's how. 1/n +
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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I make a newsletter on international disability news and I need your help. The two biggest challenges for a project like this are visibility and financing. Please share, to help others find it. And if you're comfortable, it runs on pay-what-you-can. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/open...
Photo of Peter, a white man nearly 40, sitting in wheelchair and engaging smile. He works on a laptop, and wears a green hoody with a disabled-gingerbreadman theme. He has short dark curly hair, glasses and a trimmed beard.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@thementalelf.bsky.social Hello there Good Elf :)
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📢 I've created a free workbook on curiosity for writers. What does curiosity mean to you? How does it shape your creative choices? How would your relationship with curiosity change if you were to absorb its links with colonialism, power, and in/justice? Free download: topmate.io/tanmoy_goswa...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
You're also a real writer if: - Publishers make you wait years for your payment, causing you to wonder if you really wrote that piece or made it all up in your head - Carpal tunnel curtails your hand movements, and you choose to prioritise holding your heavy phone to watch Netflix over writing
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
OUP is late. Desis had dimaag ki dahi long before brain rot became a thing. 😒
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two men are having a conversation and one of them says dimaag ki dahi karta rehta hai
ALT: two men are having a conversation and one of them says dimaag ki dahi karta rehta hai
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The vast patches in therapy when nothing seems to happen, session after session, when there's no breakthrough, no movement... ... tolerate and value those patches because something critical is going on here. Insight is fermenting in your head. May you soon smell its heady waft.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
2 things everyone who goes from a job to life as a solo creator tears their hair about: 1. Now that your salary doesn't magically ka-ching in your account on the 31st, without your having to ask anyone, you must-aargh!-personally ask people to pay you. 2. "I'm just not ready." Antidote:
Screenshot of my LinkedIn post that reads: "i) "You aren't asking people for money. You're giving them the opportunity to join you on your journey."

ii) "Start before you're ready."

- The 2 most empowering lessons I've learnt as a solo indie creator, notwithstanding my healthy cynicism towards 'self-help' 
 
Drop yours in the comments?

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Courtesy: i) Someone at Substack whose name I don't remember ii) Sean Cannell @ Think Media"
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Non-US/-European solo creator trying to protect paying subscribers from being eaten up by a bad economy, broken payment infrastructure that doesn't care about them, lack of paying culture, whimsical regulations, loneliness, impostor syndrome, faltering motivation,and the terror of Elon Musk.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I have a starter pack of folks to follow in the newsletter world. If you identify as one or know someone here that should be in the pack, hit me up and I'll add you/them in. go.bsky.app/NHR2GqQ
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"Went to the Arctic Circle despite massive anxiety." "Stood up to a bully boss." "Escaped a dictatorship, a marriage, and an anxiety disorder." "Navigated a hypomanic episode without fully losing myself." - my readers' wins in 2024. What an honour it is for me to write for you beautiful people. ❤️🥹
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@joshuajfriedman.com Hi Joshua, thanks for curating non-Substack newsletters. I run sanitybytanmoy.com on Ghost and would love to be added. Thanks again!
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Independent mental health storytelling for independent minds. Funded by readers from around the world. Subscribe to support now.
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Meet Lorraine. Lorraine has supported my mental health newsletter Sanitybytanmoy.com since I started it amid the pandemic. 4 years on, Lorraine is a beloved friend who regales me with photos of her freshly baked bread. She's also a star before the camera, as you'll see. youtu.be/hrVUlbvc1jM
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What Sanity means for Lorraine
YouTube video by Tanmoy Goswami
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Tanmoy @toymango.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Most solo global south newsletters die swift lonely deaths coz the odds are crushing. All the tools are built for US/EUR creators. We have no role models. There's no culture of paying for newsletters. That my little newsletter has survived 4 years, thanks to readers in 50+ countries, is just🤯.
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This too has passed. Four times over.
Sanity turns 4. Wuttt? 🥹
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