@colgateuniv '14 • Peel & Heal Studio • artsy entrepreneur • word nerd • #mentalhealth advocate • #spoonie • Dino nugget kinda adult.

Joined July 2009
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Come say hey!👋🏻 I'm Haley: artsy silence-fighter & solopreneur. almost-author. ex-corporate translator. Jams: ☕, poetry, planners, crafts (DIY 🍺), fun 🧦, typographic design, NJ🍕, #truecrime. Roles: word nerd, #selfcare realist, expertly ill (mental, chronic, rare), doodler.
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I just signed the Participatory Medicine Pledge 💪🏻 Please join me in transforming the culture of healthcare for chronic illness patients like myself: participatorymedicine.org/ma… #S4PM

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“When I invest in my value as a professional advocate, I open myself to opportunities on a larger scale of impact.” #KnowYourWorth @WEGOHealth
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I just completed the @WEGOHealth course on how to use TikTok for patient advocacy! Take the free course if you're ready to elevate your advocacy impact: infl.tv/nSUi
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Haley DelPlato retweeted
When someone who is going through a healing process says they are lonely, it’s not always a lack of people, but a lack of supportive people. People who understand the depths of what is feels like to be turning your world upside down in order to find relief. To those, you are seen
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Haley DelPlato retweeted
Know the difference between being their go-to person and their yes person.
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I'd like to formally withdraw every single time I said "sorry" today at the dentist's office for oral surgery AND when waiting 75 minutes for prescriptions at the pharmacy. I'm not sorry for hurting or being anxious or wanting answers or seeking comfort.
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Remember when my allergist was like "UHM if you're unwilling to try a gf/df diet, I can't help" even after I explained my hx of eating disorders, then I overheard her telling staff that I had too many mental problems for them to fix my skin? 🥲 good times!
Several clinical studies have looked at elimination diets in people with #eczema & found they were not effective. Unless someone has a diagnosed food allergy, cutting out essential food groups can be harmful. See LWE & CAE booklets 👉 bit.ly/3m2az48
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BTW lady, it turned out to be psoriasis not fucking eczema like you ASSURED me so thank God I had my stability in recovery enough to walk away from your magical elimination fix. I can only imagine how many ed patients relapse with these blindly-prescribed elimination regimens 🫤
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I've taken the enneagram test like 8 times in the past couple yrs but I get wildly different results every time. And sometimes that irks the hell out of me bc I really am ready to dive into an enneagram obsession... like dammit just COOPERATE with me, rabbit holes of the world!
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well dang the new placeholder text gives me a new flavor of anxiety (yes, I already HAVE several anxiety disorders, but trust me these panic pangs can indeed be directly attributed to the aggressive tone of twitter's new filler text/punctuation choices)
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To all the companies calling people back to the office full-time: Don't mistake presence for performance. Showing up is not a sign of commitment or contribution. It's an act of compliance. What matters is the value people create, not the place they inhabit.
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Imagine, at age 31, saving pennies to replace a handheld vacuum burnt out from 1 hr/day of use, cleaning up skin you shed in withdrawal from drugs taken as prescribed. Imagine your doc denies his actions caused a REAL issue. Then wastes your workday on a ghosted appt. That's TSW.
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I smell like wet dog. Not because I'm petting a wet dog, but because I used topical steroids as prescribed. Now, 374 days steroid-free, I'm STILL plagued with bone-deep itch as my skin dries to a crisp, oozes plasma, and flakes off. Trying to replace itself on repeat. Fuck TSW.
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PSST wanna support an amazing organization AND get your daily dose of #puppypics in?! Head to the @SeeingEyeInc calendar contest & vote for Werner! My sis has been raising this lovey dude since puppyhood. $1 = 1 vote!!! gogo.photo/426683

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Haley DelPlato retweeted
Giving away a copy of my book TO ENTER: 1. Comment where you're from 2. Retweet Winner will be announced tomorrow, good luck! amazon.com/How-Do-Work-Recog…
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When @cvspharmacy tries to kindly alert you about "your medication FLU" but you're a #spoonie so that's actually not enough info bc ya girl has OPTIONS 🙃 💊fluoxetine hcl 💊fluocinonide cream 💊fluocinonide ointment 💊fluticasone propionate
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Ok internet #whatwouldyoudo - •you arrive at 3mo derm followup to an empty lot & locked doors👻 •phone line disconnected •website gone & Google says permanently closed •no patient portal •they prescribe your biweekly injection for autoimmune dx •need records for disability
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Well hot DAYUMM if it ain't another medical trauma scootin' its way to center stage 👏👏👏
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psst... if ya like decals on your water bottles, laptop, phone case, car bumper, journals, and all the other things...peep my hand-drawn ones! BONUS: your order helps support an artist in #topicalsteroidwithdrawal - Share to help my small biz grow!! 🙏🏻 peelandheal.com/collections/…
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Can we stop following every fucking headline about shooting with "s/he is reported to have past struggles with mental health"- I'm sick of the fearmongering. Do y'all realize how many ppl would be diagnosed with mental illness if everyone was evaluated?!
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My existence isn't wrong. But this quiet doubt exists in even me, an advocate. Someone who fell to rock bottom, invested in therapy, now stable. The way i see it, I represent the best case scenario. Not everyone is at this point in healing. For many, the doubts are much louder.
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I own my diagnoses and my past disordered behaviors. But I refuse to be defined by the blurry scarlet letter of "mentally ill". So please, for the love of fluffernutter sandwiches, STOP. PUSHING. THIS. NARRATIVE. Stop making normal humans feel guilty for existing. The end.
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