wandering aloud

josie. 20.

[Agnes Ayton 💙 @AgnesAyton]

Equal number of psychiatrists oppose and support of assisted suicide in the 🇬🇧. 😳
65% were not confident that consent is a sufficient safeguard
58% doesn’t want to participate
18% want to widen to people with mental disorders 😳

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Clinical psychiatrists and professionals who work in eating disorders say the assisted dying bill fails the public safety test. Really important intervention.

https://t.co/IsyikDIud8

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

This is how a dishwasher works

[Thom Yorke @thomyorke]

The new album Wall Of Eyes, 26th January 2024

[The Smile @thesmiletheband]

The new album Wall Of Eyes, 26th January 2024.

The title track, Wall Of Eyes is out today and is accompanied by a video from film director Paul Thomas Anderson.

Pre-order the Wall Of Eyes album: https://t.co/wUccoMhTjO

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

This is where we are at right now . . . and this is not what my relatives fought and died for in the last century . . . nor what our youth should tolerate now . What has this nation honestly become ? I feel utterly ashamed watching this @streetskitchen @BigIssue

[Wren @jaunty_aphorism]

I lived rough between the ages of 17-21. That included sleeping on the street, in tents, squats, in empty buildings, & on peoples sofas. It was not a "lifestyle choice". It wasnt fun, it wasnt an adventure, it wasnt urban camping. During that time, I experienced physical & 1/

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

it makes it harder to view things from other perspectives, and I feel that can be very dangerous for the person with the label

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

I feel whilst diagnostic labels have their uses, what a lot of people overlook is how restrictive and subjective they can be. When you're associating someone with a diagnosis it's like putting on glasses with a different lens....

[Agnes Ayton 💙 @AgnesAyton]

Anorexic woman allowed to die by judge despite parents urging decision reversed
This is heartbreaking and wrong. https://t.co/8Y7k0318ds

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Today I can share I'm challenging the PM on the legality of abandoning key Net Zero commitments

I believe the timeline for the UK to meet Net Zero cannot be changed at will by the PM – I contend that he does not have the legal right

The ball is in your court , Prime Minister

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

@ShouldHaveCat Climate

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

"Time to withhold benefits from those who won’t look for work", Jeremy Hunt will declare today.

As a consultant clinical psychologist, can I say clearly the government has been doing this since 2010.

This has increased suicidal attempts and self-injury.

It is a dehumanising.

[Thom Yorke @thomyorke]

Ladies and Gentlemen.. please step this way for the Uk VIP Lane https://t.co/PBm7ADeQST

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

It's really important to have this global context when we have MPs saying things like "The UK cannot be the refugee camp for the entire world".

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

@iamcjharris Thanks, appreciate it, I’ll think about it when I feel ready

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

How does one act on the realisation that they probably still need some sort of professional help, when traumatic experiences of mental health services have led to complete fear and mistrust of anyone claiming to be able to understand and help??

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

@lokiesteve Thanks for the recommendation :)

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

It’s hard to think about how if people had actually taken time to understand me all those years ago, I may not be in the mess I am today 🙃

[wandering aloud @italktothewind_]

If I did reach out it would be on the NHS, where access to my medical records (written by people with little tolerance and empathy for me) would likely lead to me being treated with the same assumptions and pressure as I was before which would be incredibly unhelpful.