To those suffering #Akathisia #SSRIwithdrawalsyndrome #Benzoharm A little message I hope is of value to someone! 🙏🙏 >2yrs my worst days have eased 4 now, AKA is becoming more manageable & nervous system is seemingly balancing more. Don't give up! Taper V slow. #Polyvagaltheory

Today's intention - be a Communist Mental Health Nurse, slowing the fuck down to the internalised demand to fix everyone.. Instead listen, share and support people to radicalise and free themselves #anticapitalism

Anxiety is real...it's not 'all in your head' like twiddly, random thoughts. It's throughout your nervous system - which is reacting to the uncertainty, corruption and chaos of impending neo-liberal fascism #resist #anticapitalism #CostOfLivingCrisis

Sertraline

I've just discovered that Chapter 1 - a brilliant conceptual overview of the field & controversies - of the seminal mental health textbook 'Psychology, Mental Health and Distress' by Profs John Cromby, David Harper & @reavey_paula is available free online academia.edu/2580550/From_D…

@r0bertpau1s0n Prof James Davies (PhD) 💭 In total agreement about both books. 'Cracked' woke me up to what is really going on and one of the reasons I work for an alternative organisation to the NHS... I want to do a book group on 'Sedated' with colleagues from my peer support organisation .

In total agreement...if one has the resources to engage with it...

Simple but so true sister...

#SocialistSunday Happy #SocialistSunday 👊 I will follow back all like minded people ✊

70's kid...feel part of that history.

Perennial reminder that the biggest determinants of population health (yes smoking, alcohol, obesity, mental health) are childhood experiences, especially experiences of parental care, and poverty. Preventing poverty, maltreatment & trauma in childhood is a public health superwin

Turns out menopause and teenagers isn't that bad. We all like 'me' time. Hashtag average parenting hashtag okay with it.