Claire

Writer, day-dreamer & cat lady. Mental health and disability rights advocate. Most invested in spreading awareness on type 1 diabetes & eating disorders (T1DE).

[Claire @_shewrites_]

Claire's Story part 2 - #T1DE: Still Drifting, but Treading Water https://t.co/x1jhHvHfsT #T1D #type1diabetes

I'd be so grateful if you read/comment/share. First thing I've written for years since the increase in my vision loss (retinopathy), so hope it's not too shabby! *shy*

[Jacq Allan 🎼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @JacqThePsych]

Inching closer to getting this new organisation for Diabetes Mental Health set up. Next step is a big meeting with those who have T1D. If you want to be involved please dm me your email address

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych @DrRoseStewart @diabeticswithed thanks doll. p.s psst DM me x

[DSNforumUK @DSNforumUK]

🚨 Emergency podcast with @DrRoseStewart

TW: suicide & T1DE

We unpack @theHSSIB report published today on insulin safety in the community for people with mental health conditions & how Poor coordination between specialists is causing “severe harm”

🔗 https://t.co/9DnXpDnLI2

[Claire @_shewrites_]

So. Fucking. Sad.

[Gerome Breen @psychgenomics]

@DumpTheScales @edgi_uk Now watch moving speech from Lesley and Neal Davison (parents of Megan Davison) talking about #diabulimia #T1DE #dumpthescales @edgi_uk

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

'I didn't think I needed to be here' says woman with diabetes and depression https://t.co/qI0ORBtNLJ

[Jacq Allan 🎼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @JacqThePsych]

'No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.'

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych love you xxx

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych @beatED Later: "I didn’t feel safe, and ultimately, despite pretence of being adept, they didn’t feel confident having me there...I am not the only one. I am not a lost cause or “too complex."' & that's just from blog 1! @beatED seriously?! :(

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych Opening of my 1st blog posted by @beatED (Nov)! "...when so-called experts... routinely furrow their brows and display perplexity, it’s easy to feel dismissed. Being pushed back and forth because nobody knows what to do with you is quite disheartening." Urmm, yeah *face-palm*.

[Jacq Allan 🎼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @JacqThePsych]

#t1de is completely treatable with the right expertise. Not everyone has that. I wonder if the variability in outcomes across sites is reflective of this wider issue. And further how PPI was incorporated when NHSE were making the decisions about who got what?

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych @beatED Later: "I didn’t feel safe, and ultimately, despite pretence of being adept, they didn’t feel confident having me there...I am not the only one. I am not a lost cause or “too complex."' & that's just from blog 1! @beatED seriously?! :(

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych Opening of my 1st blog posted by @beatED (Nov)! "...when so-called experts... routinely furrow their brows and display perplexity, it’s easy to feel dismissed. Being pushed back and forth because nobody knows what to do with you is quite disheartening." Urmm, yeah *face-palm*.

[Claire @_shewrites_]

@JacqThePsych @Kes_t1D_SW @DrRoseStewart @diabeticswithed *ahem* girl, if I don't hear about this you'll be in my bad books I am afraid. I miss DWED, it might sound selfish but I v much being a part of it and having a purpose to write. Lemme know okay, pinky promise?

[Claire @_shewrites_]

Learning how to run away, not towards red flags, even if I feel I deserve to be treated badly b/c turning blame around onto myself is too easy.

Working on a blog about all this. Clearly i've too much to ramble about (yes i talk too much, so what?) #2025Lessons #2026Resolution

[Claire @_shewrites_]

I definitely feel this. SIENNA SPIRO - Die On This Hill (Lyrics) https://t.co/MZUr6mGyfM via @YouTube @siennasph0219

[Claire @_shewrites_]

Being lonely is better than being used. Genuine friends uplift you rather than bring you down and take you at your best and your worst. The precious ones are the ones to keep. This year I am trying to break the cycle.

[Claire @_shewrites_]

One of the best film endings ever: #CruelIntentions iconic ending scene - Kathryn gets exposed #90snostalgia @SarahMGellar @ReeseW @RyanPhillippe #bittersweetsympony #epicmovies https://t.co/bZgQhPjUbY via @YouTube