Complex trauma tries to tell us we gotta hide from everyone, because if anyone REALLY saw or knew us, they'd feel as bad about us as WE feel about OURSELVES. CPTSD mangles our self-perception & tries to cut us off from sources of support & reality testing. Push back.

The Doug Ford gave his caucus MPPs (mostly men) a raise of over $16,600 per year but only $780 for the mostly women who works in education. You think his MPPs work harder than your kids childcare worker? #onted #39kIsNotEnough

Trauma survivors very often get so used to blotting out our feelings & physical sensations for the sake of staying functional every day, that we don't even REALIZE when we're having an emotion or our body is clenching up. Knotty emotions & muscles can kind of become the norm.

The Government of Ontario is rotten.

Shouldice is an example of how For Profit surgery “up-sells” patients. Most hernia surgery in ON requires no overnight stay. Shouldice charges patients (paid out of pocket or private insurance) for in-hospital stays. This shows the $$ risk associated with for profit care.

9. Emotional boundary violations Boundary violations look like: getting children to take sides in relationship issues, telling children negative things about the other parents, acting like a child is a peer, making a child responsible for the home.

CBC has confirmed a journalist has died after another random attack on Toronto's streets. Michael Finlay is being remembered as an exceptional documentary maker. Police say he was shoved to the ground during a daylight assault on Danforth Ave. Suspect image here. Please share.

There is no need for Metrolinx to do this. It cannot build the stations as proposed for a variety of serious technical and financial reasons. There is plenty of time to find a different path while solutions to the technical issues are found, or a different plan is adopted.

I don’t know how this isn’t a state of emergency. Two of the warming centres downtown are already full. People have nowhere to go. This system failure is incredibly cruel in -20 weather. We need more humanity in public policy right now.

Breaking: Ontario Human Rights Commission statement on need for 24/7 warming centres across #ontario. #topoli #onpoli John Tory Your city manager just has to issue the order. Dr. Eileen de Villa this is a #PublicHealth emergency.

❤️Toronto turns its back on the homeless thestar.com/opinion/editor… via Toronto Star

Enjoying watching the woman doing the sign language for Rihanna at the #SuperBowl half time show having the time of her life. Her name is Justina Miles 🙌🏻

Meanwhile, the premier is weighing in. It’s been 12 years since Toronto had a left-wing mayor and the city has a $1.5 billion budget hole so I’m not sure what the fear is, really. The last left-wing mayor left office with a budget surplus.

48% of Canadian human resources leaders say their employer’s benefits program doesn’t provide access to a mental-health professional. Benefits Canada Environics Research bit.ly/3JG3fbH #mentalhealth #SocEnt #humanresources

The Ontario government is procuring a temporary Science Centre. I’m calling it now: - This temp location will cost more than $22-million. - It will be more expensive than making short-term repairs on the real museum.

From Jennifer Carter, a teacher at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. What the hell are we doing?

Do Canadian’s not realize that if the Cons get enough Priemier’s elected and Pierre Poilievre wins a maj that he can open up our Charter? Meaning he can end our Healthcare system,remove the rights of any and all minorities including women’s bodily autonomy! #BCelection2024

The real reason some people aren’t having kids: they have to re-raise themselves.

Why is Netflix stream of Tyson fight so pixelated? Poor quality stream.