'We cannot conceive a disorder of the mind without a disorder of those cell mechanisms [of the brain].' - Adolf Meyer, 1897

Meyer, Collected Papers, vol. 2, p. 274

Candy Darling was a true superstar from the Warhol days, and one of the sweetest people in the world.
Yes, she was trans, and none of us batted an eyelash back then.

The Warhol “Superstar” Candy Darling and the Fight to Be Seen | The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

So much support in few hours about reversing this decision.

Suggesting a hashtag so that efforts can be coordinated and amplified.

Not sure anyone has made one yet, but incase no, then maybe #FundNHSPracHealth ??

Oh, yes, we have come across of these pious therapists.

'There were no Autistic people when I was younger'...

Oh yes there were, just any of the 'obviously Autistic' people were treated like this so you never saw them.

Shepherd’s Pie.
No filter.

A lot of negative assumptions are made about people in the caring professions.
People should reserve judgement because many of us may have walked in their shoes.

Breaking/

Appalling news that Department of Health and Social Care has decided to stop funding mental health services for hospital doctors from
Monday.

When I was broken & traumatised during Covid, sessions with an NHS Practitioner Health psychologist helped me back on my feet.

How can the govt suspend this?

Stopping funding for mental health services for doctors?
Can things get much worse, and more retrograde?

Jesse Luke💊🧠 But I’m still the arch villainess of twitter.
And, hey, that’s not just any man’s pic in my banner, It’s the @realjesseluke

This survey is flawed from the outset

First, as someone diagnosed with severe #mentalillness but with no access to NHS #mentalhealth services, I can't tick the box for 'Mental health service user', but nor am I a carer, MH worker or any of the other categories

And there's more

If we believe something that leads to egregious mistakes & irreversible consequences

We’re likely to double down on the belief rather than recognizing the mistake & reconsidering the belief

In social psychology, it’s called cognitive dissonance

Apply this insight as you wish

knitting, psychedelics: Jesse Luke💊🧠
Wellness is her job: Jessi Gold MD MS
Farmacy: Drew Ramsey, MD
Feminism, fashion: Kirti Patel, MD

Travel Foreigners Dr Annie Hickox🐣🐇 Jakub Z-N Dr John Read You don't know my history, so I will not challenge you unfairly. But I have been on both sides. To accuse me of ableism is a gross mischaracterisation. Lets just say I have skin in the game on both sides, and if it were as simple as a dichotomy we would all be better off.

If a song were to provide a snapshot of your mood right now, what would it be?
No overthinking allowed.
Here’s mine:
open.spotify.com/track/5l9c6bJm…

If there is one thing that #psychoanalysis got very wrong, in my view, it is the idea that #mania is a defense against #depression , e.g., a 'flight into mania.' #Freud was silent on mania; he wrote practically nothing on it, ceding manic depressive illness to the German...

Great article on dermatillomania (skin picking disorder) and its link (often) with OCD.
This is an excellent description of this condition which many sufferers keep secret because of the sense of shame they feel.
Often overlooked by therapists, and an important subject to talk…

TFW my husband remembers we froze some leftover roast lamb at Easter and now we are going to make Shepherd’s Pie for dinner.
Feeling pretty groovy.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's recipes for cooking for a crowd theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Dr Annie Hickox🐣🐇 Travel Foreigners Jakub Z-N Dr John Read Dr Janaway Depression not an illness? What sort of Dr is he?

Dr Janaway Travel Foreigners Dr Annie Hickox🐣🐇 Jakub Z-N Dr John Read THIS. Speaking as someone whose family went through a tragedy because of untreated psychosis in one of our relatives, it is another level of hell.