Garrett Reuscher

Your friendly neighborhood harm reduction psychotherapist. LCSW. He/Him. Views are my own. You'll like the way I tweet. I Garrett-ee it.

[Garrett Reuscher @GarrettReuscher]

I am:
⚪️ a man
⚪️ a woman
🔘 a harm reductionist

Looking for:
⚪️ men
⚪️ women
🔘 people to understand that chaotic drug use is a rational response to underlying issues (trauma, pain, isolation) and/or our systematic policy failures (homelessness, hunger, poverty).

[Zito @_Zeets]

Who could have seen this coming?

[✮ راينر براون @dondawastaken]

Never forget that you are the main data center. Drink water, and consume as much literature as possible.

[heɪz(ə)l @cisgenderhaver]

why can't anyone mind their own business?

[Diana S. Fleischman @sentientist]

In adults, limiting smartphone functionality to texting and calls and blocking all social media and mobile internet for 2 weeks significantly improved attention, self-reported well-being and mental health. 90% of participants experienced a benefit.

[Lake @_endlesslake]

Children are naturally enamored by trains. It is an evil society which does not build trains

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC?

Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program.

If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

[Libriscent @libriscent]

Saw a post that said “PTSD is surviving the crash, CPTSD is growing up in the wreckage.” That one really resonated with me.

[🎨Artsy M*rxist 🎨 (commissions closed) @ArtsyMarx1st]

yes its called ptsd and cptsd, we know this.

[I Dissent @DissentFu]

Homelessness is now a felony charge in Louisiana.

A felony.
For being homeless.

[TheLizVariant @TheLizVariant]

The Supreme Court is deciding whether police can get a warrant to search every phone near a crime scene …including yours, mine, and every innocent person nearby.
The Founders called that a general warrant. They literally fought a revolution over it.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

First randomized trial to show Ozempic reduces alcohol consumption in people seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder. Placebo-controlled, double-blind. Participants with BMI >30 kg/m2.
https://t.co/M9Pk2gzKHD @TheLancet

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent.

Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

BREAKING: Louisiana has advanced one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country. It would force homeless people to choose between jail and involuntary treatment, make them pay for it, and if they can't pay, force them to perform unpaid labor. https://t.co/0J9rBRtKkA

[Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith]

All of this was fucking foreseeable 🔮

[maddy catgirlprostate @catgirlprostate]

Just found out about recency bias, it's gotta be the best and most interesting kind of bias

[Muting/Blocking = Self Care @QueeringPsych]

I’m a therapist. Clients come in with self diagnoses all the time. Their self dx is supposed to be an invitation to a discussion. A time to gather info in an unbiased manner from the patient

You don’t live in their bodies. You actually need their input for a proper diagnosis

[Dan Wyke 🦠➡️🧠🔥 @Dan_Wyke]

"Over-diagnosis" is a fiction designed to cast doubt on historically under-researched diseases which disproportionately affect women. Patients either meet diagnostic criteria or they don't.

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

Drs have such weird control issues that you literally have to go into every apptmnt acting like you’ve never heard of the concept of medication. I’m not just talking opioids or benzos. I mean even if you want migraine meds for a migraine you have to let them come up w the idea

[fredesque @FredTaming]

[reading a book in first person] i dont remember doing any of this

[toad @thelifeoftoad]

[walking into my intervention] lmao nightmare blunt rotation