"Perhaps the most significant omission in the clinical and academic discourse on BPD is the failure to acknowledge that the diagnosis itself generates tremendous harm.” An honour to contribute to this, read it here 👇

Superglued my fingers together. 10/10 do not recommend.

The taste of sando-k is growing on me

I've had more therapy, support, and care in the last three weeks of inpatient than the last 30 years of involvement with mental health services, and it's absolutely scandalous how access to GOOD CARE FOR EATING DISORDERS DEPENDS ON YOUR POST CODE @HopeVirgo @DumpTheScales

Ordered mushroom soup for lunch because I LOVE MUSHROOM SOUP and as it was being served, the chef yelled that it wasn't gluten free and instead I was given a bowl of some weird red/orange sauce/soup that tasted suspiciously like bananas

full of blueberries and worries

You only live once, so make sure to spend as much time as possible on your computer. You won’t have access to it when you die

Is it a red flag if a clinician has on their profile page a list of publications that they had no involvement in? (In this case, they pre-date the person's high school graduation!) I am thinking yes...

Missed a call from the hospital and now not sure if I try calling back and navigating switchboards, despite not being sure who called, or just wait and hope they phone back

A first on my dissertation, hallelujah

Last dose of antibiotics, hallelujah

There has been a recall of SERTRALINE 100mg tablets batch number V2500425. The regulator said 81,872 packs are included in the recall. Please check if you are on Sertraline. Thank you.

And for the lady? Perhaps a living wage?

phoning up the radio and describing yourself as 'a landlord' is so embarrassing, get a real job jfc

Please share this very important participant call for South Asians (18 , UK-based) with lived or living experience of eating difficulties, and family members, friends, or caregivers. The research aims to amplify voices too often unheard and improve culturally sensitive support.

If I didn't have MH issues before engaging with MH services, I'd sure as hell be developing some kind of stress-related / anxiety disorder

🗞️This week’s Journal Club highlights research on how body dissatisfaction in adolescence may impact later mental health and BMI. Using UK twin data, the study explores whether these links are causal or due to shared genetics. Read the full paper via the link in our bio ☝️

Live, laugh, lock yourself out of your email account and send yet another embarrassing request to IT support to reset the password

Ten years ago, Gordon Collins was convicted in court. Two years ago, he died in prison before ever being released. That should have been the point where the truth was no longer argued and the focus remained where it belongs, on the harm done, the survivors, and the failures that allowed it to continue. Instead, many of us were forced to watch people defend him, excuse him, and attack those who came forward. It was not only strangers making comments. It was care workers, co-workers, family members, and others who still chose denial over reality. Even after evidence was heard, verdicts were reached, and was serving time in prison, some people continued insisting he “would never do that,” that he was “a nice guy,” or that me and the other girls were lying. That is one of the hardest truths in abuse cases some people find it easier to defend an abuser they knew than to accept the pain of the children he harmed. Even now, two years after his death, some of that same rhetoric still exists. Survivors are still being called liars. A convicted man is still being defended. Proven facts are still being questioned. Several charges went before the court. Some resulted in guilty verdicts, some did not. That is how the justice system works. What should never have happened is survivors spending years afterwards being judged, doubted, and publicly undermined. I will still be releasing my video about how he was able to continue abusing for as long as he did, and the failures that helped protect him. Abuse does not continue in a vacuum. It continues when people ignore warning signs, stay silent, protect reputations, and refuse to face the truth. I have delayed it because university work and life responsibilities have needed my focus, but I have not forgotten. Ten years on, and two years after his death, I am still choosing truth over denial.

The growing inaccessibility of science that you can understand by paying €27.99