Paul Baxter 💚💙

Flawed Father. Inattentive Friend. Computer Science Academic. Human-Robot Interaction Researcher. Generally Curious. Merely Human. #AcademicMentalHealth He/Him.

[lets heal and recover @recovery_your]

Depression is,nt just sadness.
It’s hating yourself.
Having no motivation to do ANYTHING .
Never being able to sleep.
Struggling to get out of bed.
Knowing you have stuff to do, But can’t do it.
Ignoring hunger.
Forgetting about self care.
Depression isn’t always sadness.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Trauma doesn't make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive track. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they are stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.

[lets heal and recover @recovery_your]

Suicidal thoughts aren’t always I want to die.

They’re also..
I feel trapped.
I need a way out.
I am a burden.
What’s the point in life?
I need to escape my thoughts.
Nothing will ever get better.
I see no future.
I can’t bare this pain anymore.
Am worthless.
#SuicideAwareness

[Paul Baxter 💚💙 @PEBaxter]

Interesting read...
https://t.co/ChGnMGGfz1

[Dara Ó Briain @daraobriain]

I bet he’ll give the government’s Deputy Leader of the Opposition a tough time.

[Paul Baxter 💚💙 @PEBaxter]

@ADHDForReal Fatigued Flump

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

❌ We NEVER want to see a sign like this ever again. ❌

The next government has the power to make that happen.

They can end the need for food banks.

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Rishi Sunak, "I understand why you're frustrated with our party, with me, I get it.. Before you make that choice, think"

Right: The Conservative Party HQ have changed the name of their Twitter account to 'Tax Check UK' which leads you to a website that presents incorrect and misleading information about Labour's tax plans

So yes, think. Ask yourself if you can trust a party in government that needs to mislead and tell outright lies to win votes. Because if that's the standard you expect from a Prime Minister and a government, I feel sad for you

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Jemma Forte, "Farage campaigned for Brexit, was the face of Brexit. Brexit has been a complete disaster. And now he's saying vote for me again. I don't get it"

"Reform is a limited company.. 40,000 people paid £25 to join.. That's £1,000,000 going to his limited company"

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

So true. As a palliative care doctor I now find myself routinely having to have end-of-life conversations with elderly patients on trolleys in corridors. It’s unimaginably undignified & wrong,

And it didn’t used to be like this.

14 years of Tory policies have savaged the NHS.

[GeniusThinking @GeniusGTX]

3. Norwich City - World Mental Health Day