@myhandyhints

I am a psychologist and person I have some useful handy hints for you having made plenty of errors myself My views are my own and not the views of the #NHS

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Don’t wear a flowered dress unless you are over 80

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The wierd thing is - if someone is really horrible to you - after you kind of got over it it’s rather liberating

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The funny thing is it never actually is the deadline for claims of what you are alleging is bad enough

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You absolutely must read books or your brain will deteriorate due to tech

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Don’t say picky bits

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If you want your children to be confident recognise your jealousy issues and deal with them

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The weirdest thing. Talked about needing a kettle and a few minutes later without me doing anything one was in my Amazon basket!

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Secrets indicate shame of one sort or another so don’t indicate to your children that they should keep secrets. There are very very very few exceptions.

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If you want your children to have confidence never ever ever indicate that things should ‘stay in the family’ or be secret. There are very very few exceptions.

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Honesty is a highly highly valued quality

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The other thing about liars is that they think other people don’t realise they’re lying when they are often just being kind and letting it go

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If you want your children to be confident always be positive about other people

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Your children will not grow up with confidence if you pass on the message that they shouldn’t boast, draw attention to themselves or - worse - appear ‘up themselves’

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Sometimes it would be good if people had knowledge of how an illness affects you - they might feel better about what they think you don’t do or don’t do for them

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@cmcayley Wish you hadn’t lost your confidence. You were the most amazing housemistress and teacher - changed peoples lives for the better. You should be so so proud

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It’s a bit silly thinking people with very little money have mobile phones - because they often don’t

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A good trick for coping with hot weather is to freeze a bottle of water and then use it to bludgeon people who get on your nerves.

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Etiquette tip - you don’t leave tips in old fashioned clubs

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The diary of a nobody on @BBC radio 4 is marvellous

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If you are closely involved with someone who worries about you it’s a kindness to tell them about the jolly things you do etc so they don’t worry so much