Today I’m celebrating my last ever day of classes at uni, after trying to take my own life less than a year & a 1/2 ago. I’m now just 3 essays away from a graduation I never thought I’d live to see & beginning the hunt for a job in mental health policy/charity or politics sector.

After more than a year and a half out of university, including several months in a psych ward, I’m here at my first day back at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to finally finish the last semester of my undergrad in Anthropology & Philosophy!

Feeling so immeasurably lucky & grateful to have met my amazing, goofy & kind girlfriend & to celebrate with her this Christmas. I feel so seen & cherished for myself as a person, not just for what I can do. I’m happy. I’m so glad my suicide attempt failed & I kept fighting.

Top of the list on things I’d have missed out on if my attempt had succeeded. Feeling so grateful and at peace. 💛

I was discharged from the psych ward a year and week ago today. Last year I spent most of my days lying in bed. Today I finished a 2500 word university essay and finished a book last night. It gets better. I promise. Please stay.

Today it’s been announced that Jamie Bryson has been appointed to Donald Trump’s cabinet as minister for blue bins.

I was discharged from the psych ward a year and week ago today. Last year I spent most of my days lying in bed. Today I finished a 2500 word university essay and finished a book last night. It gets better. I promise. Please stay.

In what to me is an absolutely MASSIVE achievement, I ran my first ever 10k today!

I apologise to everyone who thinks this is the real NI Assembly account. I completely forgot I made it until I signed back in this evening…

I’m back on here! Had an amazing time in New York recently, presenting my policy paper on SEN children and young people in Northern Ireland.

Anyone still here?

98 days. 14 weeks. Over 3 months. Yesterday afternoon, I was finally discharged from the psych ward & returned home permanently.

Today I represented my country and spoke in front of an audience of over 2200 people at the One Young World conference about my experience of mental health & attempted suicide. I was immensely grateful to receive a standing ovation for my short contribution.

I can’t remember a day since I was 10 where I wasn’t disappointed that I woke up. I feel like I’m already dead.

I have appealed Twitter’s decision and have received a permanent suspension of my account. I have been banned from the platform for talking about suicide.

My account has been suspended for commenting under a YoungMinds tweet about the best advice I received about mental health being ‘if nothing matters, you can always kill yourself tomorrow’. Twitter is a cesspit, but I’m honestly heartbroken. It was my one outlet while in hospital. I feel so alone.

My family when they see my Granda and I arguing about politics at the dinner table again.

I was able to leave the ward to walk to the shop for the first time today! While an incredibly agitating & scary experience, surrounded by constant temptations to run & harm myself, I still managed to keep myself safe momentarily- & I’ve a box of quality street for my troubles!

How do you feel about your adult autism diagnosis?

The Roman Empire of Neurodiversity.

Men thinking about the Roman Empire everyday is no match for the power of a neurodiverse special interest. Your little trebuchets and puny testudo shield formations would get stomped into next week by any dinosaur of my choice.

If you have any ideas for what I should make the NI Assembly say next, please let me know- I’ve ran out of ideas.

It has been 593 days since Northern Ireland had a Government.

It’s been so long since I’ve seen civilisation. Is anyone out there?

The Drs when they look at my brain scan results:

Just found out that there is a whale called “52 Blue” which sings exclusively at a 52 Hertz frequency, making it unable to communicate with other whales, nicknaming it “the loneliest whale on the planet”, and I’m not okay.

Bluesky! Our little trans community centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland gives a home for people to come together and get support and we've been open since 2016. We've always been so grateful for the public support we've received - can you help fundraise into 2024? Ty! <3 belfasttrans.org.uk/2023

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

Anyone got a spare BlueSky code?

This place is giving 2010 Tumblr vibes.

Finally taking the plunge on here. If you’re interested in queer/neurodiverse poetry & terrible dad jokes, I’m your person. I’m also the Co-CEO & Co-Founder of the local mental health charity, Pure Mental NI- so if you’re passionate about mental health, consider following my journey on here.

On Saturday I took my first steps into the outside world, beyond the psych ward, in 50 days (almost 7 weeks), & was reunited with my (overjoyed) dog. A first on a long, long journey to recovery.