@kobi_lacroix@snouts.online I suspect nobody really knows? That's part of the charm, we're all making this up as we go along.

Having said that, here's what I've observed and try to follow:

- using a content warning for posts that are about your mental health situation is met with approval. This allows people to judge if they're able to read at this time, come back when they are, or skip if they aren't. It also streamlines the feed by collapsing longer posts. (On some instances it also gives you more characters for your entry, which I find nice for venting, personally)

- subject field often says 'mental health' or 'mh', and then the topic followed by a "status" modifier, and trigger warnings if applicable.

- topic helps readers know if this is going to be a heavy topic, something personal, or something less demanding, like this discussion of format [ie, (discussion)]. You can have as many as you'd like. Can help to focus your thoughts as well as describe what follows.
- modifiers describe your state of mind. - (negative ie. Mood took a turn for the worse, panic attack, intrusive thoughts), + (positive ie. Engaged in self care, took my meds today, used substitute behaviours in place of self-harm), ? (Unsure ie. Something changed in my head and I want to talk about it because I don't know _what_ the heck it means.) Emojis show up often, but they're hit-or-miss due to software reasons.
- trigger warnings. There is some tension around this term, but I'm using it unironically. If you are describing something in the body of your post that you're concerned might trigger a PTSD response in another person - a violently traumatic experience, for instance - put an actual warning in the content warning, so they aren't blindsided by it and can choose to engage or not.

That's what I've got so far, mostly through trial and error.