I think the huge amount of pain I'm in with my broken tooth is probably NOT GOOD for my mental health, and it keeps disrupting my sleep, but root canal sounds sooo scary :(

Everyone recommends light therapy for SAD but has anyone found a lamp that 1. Doesn't trigger migraines and 2. Doesn't cost a small fortune? I swear they all have a tiny flicker that triggers my migraines

Had my first ever filling, everyone tell me how brave I am (I have a debilitating dental phobia)

I have my fluoxetine again 🙏 Thank god it's not a med I get wild withdrawals from, but its also the only antidepressant that's kinda-sorta worked for me. And it's October. And I have SAD.

Super cool how my GP just regularly doesn't prescribe my antidepressant, says nothing about it, and I don't find out until I'm back from the pharmacy, contact them, and then they go "oh yeah, you need a review". Cool. You couldn't tell me that before I ran out?

For their next trick, pharmacists should invent tetracyclines that don't make you feel like your stomach is on fire and that you're about to vomit red hot magma

I really want to look at setting up some sort of low cost/pay what you can postnatal nanny/doula/general newborn support thing because it feels *very* needed, but I also don't think I could cope with being self employed and that's kind of the only route I think 🥲

Made a mistake in my UC application. Phoned the helpline, they transferred me to another line and told me to select option 2. The other line was a bot with no options to select from, asked me to provide my address and postcode, repeatedly got it wrong, got transferred to a HUMAN after 10 minutes...

If Doublebase Flare Relief has no fans, I am dead. I owe my life (or, really, just my skin) to this stuff

*laughs in UK*

I'm in the "skin peeling stage" of tretinoin and I have been reassured by my dermatologist that it's normal, but I FEEL LIKE A REPTILE

I have been a parent for a few weeks now. I like it a lot. But most of my conversations are now just me saying things like "yes its hard being alive, isnt it. Especially when you are awake" to a tiny crying blob.

It's #worldsuicidepreventionday so here is one of the best pieces of mad writing on suicide and loss I've read, by @rrowanolive.bsky.social madcovid.wordpress.com/2021/06/02/w...

It’s not really the point whether leucovorin “works” to “cure” autism. The point is if you think I need curing, you’re a eugenicist and fuck you www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Got into wearing skirts again. But every single one needs me to add pockets and also belt loops.

Products for sensitive skin: 100% natural and organic! Gentle to your skin barrier! So gentle you can use it on babies! Products for acne: MAY BLEACH CLOTHING AND FABRIC. MAY CAUSE SKIN TO PEEL. REDNESS AND STINGING AND SHEDDING IS COMPLETELY NORMAL. WEAR SPF 900 AT ALL TIMES. Me, with both: Oh.

Need to take my meds with food, but one of the meds I can't take with anything containing calcium and the other I can't take with anything containing vitamin C. I also can't wake up without my meds so I have them with a protein bar or a shake and THEY ALL CONTAIN THOSE THINGS. Suffering!

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ADHD Havers: has anyone been on both elvase/lisdexamfetamine and methylphenidate? I've been on elvanse for just over a year, but thinking about maybe asking to try methylphenidate instead sooo I'd like to hear how they compare!

My ADHD meds are being prescribed on the NHS, finally FINALLY 😭

Gideon Nav 🤝 Me the whole way through Harrow the Ninth: "What the fuck are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about?"

Every time it's mentioned that Gideon Nav is ginger, I'm like 🥰 me too 🥰

I hate when there's Plot Stuff happening in a book and the author has decided its not yet time to have any clue what's going on

It isn't a labubu, it's a lagoogoo doll, and it'd give up forever to touch you

Slovenia has banned imports of goods made in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and may ban exports to them too. PM Robert Golob called Israel’s actions “serious violations of international law.”

Remember when she made that tweet about how blablabla believe whatever you want but dont get women fired from their jobs and now she's trying to get as many trans women fired from their jobs as possible

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity. "What service is Microsoft providing?" Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

Starting EMDR next week 🫠

Heads up that my open call to recruit people for my edit team is fast filling up with people who want to do transcribing and I really, like REALLY need more editors If yr looking for flexible PT remote work and are a whizz at audio proofreading, word find&replace and capturing natural speech, hmu

Psychologist and I are discussing starting EMDR over some of the more Spicy trauma memories that I still can't bring myself to actually talk about in session because words are hard. Aaaa. Aaaaaaaaaaaaa.

"ADHD isn't disabling" my guy I have to take medication that makes me violently shit just so that I can do basic self care

URGENT. I'm stuck in a tiny town with a violent abuser who wants to kill me. (Sabotage. Threats. Choking me.) My ID is missing. Loan request: Any amount. $10, $20, $50. I will reimburse you IN FULL on July 31st. **No donations.** PayPal: [email protected]. bsky.app/profile/east...

leather chair £10 - collection only

People who know me tend to describe me as approachable and friendly, I think I'm pretty outgoing compared to Your Average Autist, but there are still folk out there who talk about me as though I shat in their cereal and kicked their puppy because of some weird social norm that I didn't grasp

Genuinely do not think those who Get Social Cues and Behave Appropriately understand just how much people are demonised for not doing that. Like to the average neurotypical, me not initiating small talk at the bus stop is the pretty much the same as spitting in their face

Getting myself some new books as a little treat, and I have to say, I find it funny but also infuriating that the "psychology" section is everything from shitty CBT self-help to pop psychology to anti-psychiatry to clinical resources to philosophy and theory and EVERYTHING in between.

Social anxiety is so funny because WHY did I put off emailing my optician to ask about my glasses prescription for *weeks* and worry about coming up with an excuse in case they were mad at me for buying glasses online, just for me to get in touch and ask and them just going "ok sure here"

In today's case seeking leave to judicially review the ban on Palestine Action, a judge has said the Kent case with the woman with a flag was an “officer that doesn’t understand the law” and “there will be cases where the police get things wrong” But armed. And threatening a terrorism arrest 🤔

Whenever animals are described as having a "cosmopolitan distribution" I imagine them wearing heels and having a stylish pink bag, somewhat Sex and the City vibes

Local journalists are reporting that Israeli military just bombed the very church in Gaza that Pope Francis used to call every night, killing 2 Christians and injuring 6 more. If you still actually believe this is "Muslim vs Jew" & not War Criminal vs Civilians, you're helping whitewash genocide.

I suppose one of the fascinating things about having POTS is that needing to get up to pee seemingly every 15 minutes does serve as a good test run to figure out if you're drinking enough water to manage your symptoms.

Tiktok has started putting those awful AI generated interviews on my fyp, and I'd be annoyed, but they're in... Croatian? And Slovenian? So I'm actually too confused to be angry about it atm.

Friends don’t let friends walk by a mushroom without saying “hey look a mushroom”

btw I cant believe my local A&E has a commemorative plaque for the guy who invented listeria 😠😠😠

I don't understand why the concept of triage is so hard for people to get. Every time I'm in A&E there seems to be someone that thinks it's a first come, first served kinda thing. I would think common sense would prevail, that's no way to run a hospital, AND YET

A nice example of how reformist neurodiversity so often ends up repackaging the same old forms of oppression with slightly different aesthetics. This is happening in education, work, etc. too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Freedom for Charlie after a gruelling 7 hours! Freedom! Basically my ECG was abnormal so I decided to stay, then when I saw a doctor he was like "your ECG was a bit off but I'm not too worried about it, let's get you home" and 7 and a half hours for. That. 🥲

It's a 7 and a half hour wait here, I was planning to ask the triage nurse if I could just go home because I dont think I need to be here, but then she did my obs and my heart rate was 🥰 180 🥰 so I decided she'd probably say no.

Nearly fainted again while walking home from the shop so now I'm on hold to 111 who have been "busier than usual" since I first called them in 2018 or something.