Mental Health in the Metaverse
A Psychiatrist Reflects on Why NFT Projects like Blazed Cats are the perfect blend of community, creativity and charity.
When I got a message from a Twitter user who goes by “A Very Blazed Cat” offering to send a NFT of a JPEG of a tired looking pink cat wearing an Etherium T-shirt to my digital wallet, I felt as though I had found my tribe. If that last sentence does not read like something you’d expect to read from a Harvard-trained board-certified psychiatrist who just turned 40 and doesn’t smoke marijuana, I don’t blame you. However, hang in there with me as we journey into the metaverse today. Don’t know what the metaverse is? It is a buzzy term for the digital world we increasingly live in and everyone seems to have their own definition.
Several months ago, I thought NFTs- Non-Fungible Tokens- were “some weird art things that those crypto people like.” Now, I believe they represent endless possibilities when it comes to building online communities, establishing identities and transforming industries, including the mental health industry. Over the …