So hey it turns out the only candidate that spoke any sense at all during the 2017 snap general election was @LordBuckethead - an interstellar Space Lord from another galaxy ... [source: https://t.co/VcUhjWzjcX]
Hi all, it’s OCD Awareness Week.
Often trivialised & sometimes dangerously misrepresented, OCD is a misunderstood yet (according to the @WHO) one of the most disabling health conditions globally. I’ve had OCD since I was a teenager.
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#OCDweek#OCD#OCDAwareness
🚨 BREAKING: Tim Walz just STOPPED his speech to ensure that a person who fainted from heat got the help they needed.
"It's about caring for our neighbor, that's who we are."
Walthamstow tonight.
Will you retweet @elonmusk?
You know - just to provide your 193 million followers with a rounded picture of national sentiment in the U.K.
You may recall that @SuellaBraverman was always quick off the mark to condemn what she referred to as "hate marches"
Here are all her tweets this last week about right wing thugs 👇
@JDaviesPhD@justin_garson Please, PLEASE, stop talking about people with mental health diagnoses as if we are one giant monolithic blob, duped into believing some kind of mass psychiatric/bigpharma conspiracy, clinging to our diagnoses like a comfort blanket as we willingly hand our power and lives 1/
This survey is the ONLY opportunity to grasp the state of personal wellbeing within UK screen. Please take a moment to complete it.
🎧 to my conversation with @RupertJonesLee on @livelymindspod about the ongoing mental health emergency in film and TV ⬇️
https://t.co/4bOfJNYsyW
Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today.
TLDR there isn't a new "smoking gun", the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9
Find out all about Dramatherapy with Ciara McClelland on our latest episode of #LivelyMindsPod! Learn how it helps people to reframe their experiences leading to better mental health. Listen here: https://t.co/jeLmi0pp4u #DramaTherapy#MentalHealth#Podcast@badthofficial
In ep423 Will Sadler and Ellie Page of the @livelymindspod interviewed myself, & Matthew Antonelli of the @IOCDF about tackling the misinformation about OCD: https://t.co/7hbGRR108L
The podcast is made possible by NOCD (@treatmyocd) https://t.co/nwh362Q941
🌟 In S2E3, we're tackling the topic of misinformation about OCD with the insightful perspectives of Matthew Antonelli from @IOCDF and Stuart Ralph of @TheOCDStories
https://t.co/obNZ96AUjl
thread 🧵 about why I’m a wheelchair user
I’m a full time manual wheelchair user due to Tourette’s
“How does that work?”
“No that’s not how Tourette’s works”
“But Tourette’s is just about swearing”
“No you don’t really need the wheelchair. You’re not paralysed”
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Why is learning disability and mental health so often confused? What stops LD people from receiving support? What solutions lead to greater awareness and better wellbeing? We chat to @wilshaw3 of @MtGstudios and @disabilityarts’ ‘Disability And…’ podcast
https://t.co/CRK1WZct3N
Conservatives when you ask them how to get a doctors appointment, buy a house, get the police to investigate a burglary, find a river without shit in it or fall in love with and marry a foreigner.
In today’s episode, @viciws explains how the Social Model of Disability can transform the way we understand our mental health.
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https://t.co/2PsMr0GVID
62% funded 22 days to go! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the 'God's Promises Mean Everything' Kickstarter so far! Here's a short video explainer. Please do continue to share the project (and support if you can!). https://t.co/Fi5baP7bzh
WE'RE LIVE! The Kickstarter campaign for my debut photobook 'God's Promises Mean Everything' is here! Please do take a look at the project, share the link and -if you can- please contribute! Thank you! https://t.co/QE8te0o1Yf
Another great conversation with @marples_amanda and @stillillok
Whilst trauma&neurodivergence are not a guaranteed coupling & ND identity has become a v positive way for many (including me) to reframe their experiences, it was fascinating to discuss the connections between them.