💔 Boys and men take 15-20 years on average to disclose sexual trauma.
New review found masculine norms, shame & fear of disbelief create unique barriers.
Disclosure less likely when perpetrator was someone close.
Gender-sensitive support needed.
buff.ly/ELBKXzx
#SexualTrauma #MensMentalHealth
6. Masks are key NPIs, all the more critical due to lack of clean air.
7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic".
8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".
It was a privilege to be in the chamber earlier to witness this incredibly powerful and effective speech from Charlotte Nichols.
This is pretty much bang on 🤣🤣🤣
#ModernDayThreats
This is very important and a major pet peeve of mine. If you don’t know what you’re doing- and if you learned on the internet, then sorry, you don’t know what you’re doing- please leave old gravestones well enough alone.
👀 Did you post this to my office? Written with pink/purple ink? I'd really like to talk to you if so, I can protect your identity but what you sent was really important but not enough on its own. Get in touch via DM email etc... Pls RT.
Folklore Material in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines
13 March, free online
Dr @poncarova.bsky.social discusses materials on Scottish & other Celtic #folklore published in Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar’s Gaelic magazines from 1900 to the 1930s
llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scott...
New paper! We show how diet culture & weight stigma are baked into eating disorder treatment—leading to missed diagnoses in higher-weight people, BMI-based denial of care, thin-centric programs, and clinicians unintentionally reinforcing fear of weight gain.
www.jandonline.org/action/showP...
We offer practical steps for truly weight-inclusive, stigma-free care across clinical practice, research, and policy.
If we want equitable, effective treatment, we must dismantle the systems that created the harm.
If only we had had a way to generate clean energy for free from the wind or the sun or the tides or something, so we didn't have to blame every government since Thatcher for failing to address the energy insecurity and pretending that fossil fuels were OK.
Man does not know he carries the stars hidden in himself and he is the microcosm and thus carries within him the whole firmament~ Paracelsus
I think to any observer, it seems fairly clear that we didn't evolve for 9-to-5 desk jobs, hyper-palatable processed food, and 24/7 digital social comparison. A lot of what we currently label as "mental illness" is actually a highly predictable mismatch between our brains and the modern environment.
What does it really mean to say Happy International Women’s Day beyond cliches, tick box exercises & marketing?
To me it means I’m with you my sisters in your struggles. I understand & empathise. I acknowledge our struggle as a source of both suffering & strength. We grow together. You’re not alone.
This International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting stories of women who helped shape movements for rights and equality, from early feminist writings to oral histories of activism.
Read the blog post here: link.bl.uk/15n
#TheBritishLibrary #InternationalWomensDay
Children continue to be exposed to this in our schools. It’s utter madness.
Neurodiversity becomes more visible in highly standardised systems. The narrower the behavioural expectations, the more natural variation appears pathological. All may benefit if we consider alternatives!
Feeling guilty over doom scrolling? Stress responses are regulatory systems designed to allocate effort in response to perceived demands and uncertainty, chronic activation often reflects structural conditions not necessarily pure personal responsibility.
"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters"
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay
The simplest definition of trauma is that it’s a life experience we didn’t have the mental and/or physical and/or emotional capacity to deal with and the psyche was wounded in the process.~James Hillman, The Essential James Hillman
Complex trauma training discount, from the world leaders in this field
“I built a new life but the soil is thin. I can feel the heat of the fire beneath it…”
Zeynep Yasar, @bpsofficial.bsky.social member, Clinical Psychologist and author – on navigating geopolitical tremors in the therapy room.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
There is just something deeply disturbing and offensive about watching a Labour govt keep kicking the most vulnerable in our society.
Jung said you can cure a psychotic patient if you can make him creative. In other words, if what is destroying him from within can be brought forth in writing or painting or some other form, then he can be cured. What we try to do is to help people bring forth the Self. ~Marie-Louise von Franz
Why Open? Because what is a blossom anyway but a fist saying I can't do this anymore —Joseph Fasano
words for the new year
Exposure-based interventions for chronic pain and bodily symptoms? It's possible! Together with an international group of experts, we summarize the current state of the art from theory to implementation across multiple conditions. doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
Oh wow I am so excited to read this, this is such a key part of my work, integrating exposure to pain symptoms with mindful self-compassion and brain spotting. Thank you!
A doctor whose career ended after getting the virus says long Covid patients are being forgotten
6 years on there are "hundreds of thousands of people" in the UK with significant long Covid who could not work and were "not acknowledged," she says
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Kirk Sessions: an evening of poetry & music
3 April, Kirriemuir. Tickets £12/£10
Poetry from Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lesley Harrison & Lisa Brockwell, with music from David Ogilvy & Don Paterson
@northseapoets.bsky.social #poetry
www.northseapoets.com/events/the-k...
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longcovidkids.eaction.org.uk/awarenessday
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