Ashgus

I’m just a girl who has an English Cocker Spaniel. Studying nursing and a MPH. Dreaming of being a NICU nurse and working in global health.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

Not only do people with BPD have to struggle with their disorder and recovery they also have to cope with enormous stigma and stereotypes that is even prevalent with MH professionals. Don’t be the person who perpetuates this problem; help to change the language used with BPD

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@CarlDunnJr I tend to assume that I’m not noticed by other people; that I’m kind of invisible because nothing about me would be worth noticing. I’m guess I view myself as insignificant and unworthy so I presume that’s how other people view me too.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@boltonted @gkcnshn Having a lived experience gives you a unique perspective, increased empathy, and so many other ‘soft skills’. But all universities see is impaired competency and lack of ability solely because of mental illness. It’s discrimination but phrased as ‘professional standards’.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

Having a mental illness doesn’t mean you aren’t able to be professional, relate to patients or act ethically. We should be supporting students who have mental illness to become nurses not creating barriers for them. Mental illness not a personality or character deficit.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@CarlDunnJr Treatment cost and access would be a big obstacle. I also have trouble with forming relationships with people and trusting them. None of these I have been able to overcome yet.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@Smark_phd @SonjaCowling As someone who experiences severe depression it is not the same as a feeling of deep despair. It is a feeling of a dark hole of nothingness, a feeling of hopelessness, a feeling of nothing, not being able to eat, of sleeping all day, of wishing to disappear.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

Do you ever feel like so long as you smile, laugh & say the right things nobody thinks you need help. Got told by a psychologist that ‘you’re laughing and smiling so I’m not worried’. It’s when we’re smiling & laughing that is the most worrying in severe depression & suicidality

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@c3convertase I’ve been wanting this princess Highway dress since it came out a few weeks ago. It’s so cute.

[ben. 🧠 @bpdbellend]

My childhood trauma didn’t make me stronger it made me a people pleaser, it made it impossible for me to give up on people, it made me exhaustingly empathetic, it made me constantly have the urge to take responsibility for everybody’s problems even if I didn’t cause them

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@melbsonmymind What is his freaking issue with letting a family live and work in regional qld. They just a want a safe and secure future where they can raise their kids and be free.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@melbsonmymind Haha yes I quite often imagine a group of dogs would be a great government compared to the liberals. Get in different breeds (the needy cocker spaniel, the loud husky, the bouncy Labrador, the excited border collie, a yappy chihuahua) and you’re all set honestly.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@melbsonmymind We could have the children who form a student council (ranging from kids in prep/foundation to year 6) in primary school be our government and they’d do a better job.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@IndigoDaya I also experience a similar thing with self harm. GPs, psychiatrists and psychologists freak out and what to make you stop, without wanting to understand the why behind the behaviour. It’s a behaviour that scares them and their way of coping with it is to control what you do.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@IndigoDaya Maybe I see it differently because I’ve suffered from chronic suicidal ideation over many years. When I feel suicidal I just need someone to listen; it just sit with me and be there. I don’t need the mental health act thrown at me and hospitalisation.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@IndigoDaya Suicidal thoughts are just thoughts; yes they are distressing and terrifying to the person experiencing them. But they don’t mean dangerous, violent & need to be stopped by coercion. People should feel safe in voicing their suicidal thoughts without fear of punishment.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@BPDFFS Yes for sure. More and more it’s that anyone who does not fit the medical (and society’s) view of how people should behave, think and feel gets the label.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@Keirwales With all the evidence we have about PDs now it should be clear to psychiatrists how to treat the disorders & work with people with PDs. Yet they continue to perpetuate stigma & stereotypes and harm the people suffering from PDs. An apology isn’t enough when it’s a culture issue.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@Keirwales People with PDs have known for a long time that there is significant issues with how psychiatry treats them and this publicly confirms it. In 2022 it’s not good enough to have psychiatrists still having the views about PDs that were around in the 70s and 80s.

[Ashgus @royalservile]

@rcpsych You need to consider what it means for people with PDs that psychiatrists still think these things about them. Why in 2022 are psychiatrists still contributing to the stigma and stereotypes people with PDs experience? It’s clearly a culture issue within psychiatry.