The butterfly represents mental health care at its best. The Royal is here to shine a spotlight on patient care, community focused education, and breakthrough research.
The symbol most associated with Fibromyalgia is the butterfly. This was adopted as although a butterfly is light and weightless it could still cause pain if it landed on someone with the condition due to their heightened sensitivity to pain and pressure.
We all know the expression “butterflies in my stomach” and we all tend to agree on what that feeling signifies for us at a psychological level. We use this expression to describe feeling nervous, anxious, or excited.
THE BUTTERFLY RELEASE CEREMONIES THAT RELEASING TRAUMA LIKE RELEASING A BUTTERFLY MEANS FLOWING ON WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS TO YOUR OWN HEALING AND GIVING YOURSELF A CHANCE TO BE FREE WITHIN IN THE MOMENT WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE TO FACE THE WORLD.
The purple butterfly symbol is used throughout the hospital to raise awareness of the dying person.
The Butterfly Hug is accomplished by an individual wrap their arms around themselves, so that each hand touches the opposite upper arm or shoulder. They then move their hands like the wings of a butterfly, to tap their arms/shoulders in an alternating rhythm. (as an alternative, the person might just tap their knees.)
The green ribbon is the international symbol of mental health awareness. Wear a green ribbon to show colleagues, loved ones or simply those you walk past that you care about their mental health. It can also be worn in memory of a loved one.
ADHD Rainbow Butterfly Symbol
The butterfly symbol pictured below resonated with many, symbolizing how ADHD minds typically flit from one thing to the next. The rainbow butterfly symbol pictured is a current popular version.
If you notice, butterflies usually occur when we are nervous, anxious, or excited. For example, maybe you had the jitters and got that “butterflies” in your stomach feeling before you were scheduled to give a big presentation to your team.
The Bipolar Butterfly Project aims to spark a conversation surrounding mental illness and end the stigma. The artist has bipolar 1 disorder and the two sides of the butterflies represent the two sides of bipolar disorder.
The Butterfly Effect is a movie that is based on the idea that the main character Evan Treborn has a disorder called Dissociative Amnesia.
In ancient Greek, the word for butterfly was "psyche," which means the "mind" or "soul." It's where we get the word "psychology", which means "study of the mind."
Listen to your gut
News flash: Butterflies in your stomach are bad news. "We're taught to think that butterflies are a good thing — that it signals excitement, but our research has found the opposite," Gandhi explained. "When you're feeling heavy butterflies, your gut has been triggered by fear and anxiety.
The sensation of butterflies in your stomach is often associated with the fight or flight response, a natural physiological reaction to stress or danger.
Butterfly. The butterfly symbol is one that signifies change and represents the diversity of people on the autism spectrum. It also symbolizes the full lives of the autistic community, and the beauty of the differences of autistic people.
A relatively new symbol for autism, the butterfly has been a suggested replacement for the puzzle piece as it inspires thoughts of change and symbolizes the beauty of diversity and continued development.
Our Symbol - the Dandelion.
You might have seen rainstorm images, ravens, and skull or grim reaper symbols. Barren landscapes and faces of cliffs are popular, too. All of these are commonly associated with depression because they capture the essence of the darkness, despair, struggle, and thoughts of death that are hallmarks of major depression.
A semicolon tattoo is a tattoo of the semicolon punctuation mark (;), which is used as a message of affirmation and solidarity with those who have dealt with suicide, depression, addiction, and other mental health issues.
The idea is simple. The self-harmer simply draws a butterfly on their place(s) of self-harm and, if the butterfly fades without them self-harming, it means it has lived and flown away, giving them a sense of achievement. Whereas if they do self-harm with the butterfly there; they will have to wash it off.
The Butterfly Project encourages people to draw a butterfly on their wrist. They name the butterfly after someone they love and look at it whenever they feel the urge to cut. If the person cuts, they kill the butterfly.
To some folks, a lack of butterflies could be seen as a red flag that their potential partner isn't a good match or that the spark has left a marriage. Others believe experiencing the fluttering feeling is a warning sign, though it shouldn't be perceived this way, says Solomon.
"The fluttering sensation you experience after feeling nervous is caused by the reduced blood flow to your stomach," Vandenabeele adds. "Our stomachs are particularly sensitive to emotions - anxiety, worry, sadness - so all these feelings can trigger symptoms in the gut."