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Now on Instagram Too

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Being a tech and social media geek means that I’m always playing around with new things. In the interest of doing different things with social media, I’ve created a new Instagram account for this site. It won’t necessarily have things that are shared anywhere else, but it will be a way to share some different visual stuff, and hopefully interact with some of the folks who read this site, or want to talk about being a survivor, or mental health over on Instagram.

Feel free to check it out, and share it with anyone you think might benefit from it!

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