Also a full time unpaid carer to a young man desperate to work intelligent, trustworthy but far too vulnerable due to incredible social stigma. This is downright dangerous reducing vulnerable adults to 'untapped financial resources. Sickening and ignorant BBC Newsnight #smicarer

I find this particularly as an SMI Carer, always a mixture of anxiety overlayed with laser sharp focus. I named it fear and courage. 🙏

My loved one stood in front of a psychiatrist and said, smile, smile because you can, and smile because I can't. He uttered this generously, without reproach. #antipsychotics #joy #psychiatry #moralinjury #forcedmedication #slowcull

Today marks the 49th anniversary of the tragic passing of legendary English singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist Nick Drake, at the age of 26. 🌹

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If anyone wonders why life is so hard for parent carers,it’s because we finally accept respite from a LA recommended care agency for 3 hours a week,only for my 10 year old non verbal son to be assaulted,physically,and it be caught on camera. Autism care and share Js Mum

Our Chair Rachel Bannister will join the #EatingDisorders APPG today in Parliament2share her experiences of the battle to access safe&effective care for her daughter She will highlight the importance of universal access to intensive outpatient treatment that would have enabled..

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass jar, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle for the first time only 12 years later, in 1972, to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self-contained

In this domain of mental health, you can almost measure the impact you're having by counting the number of attacks against you. I'm doing quite well at the moment it seems..... 🤓

I hear you, as you get close to the truth the smearing gets worse and worse. #Readthesigns #slowcull

Politics UK The Times and The Sunday Times 😂😅 we already know that.

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Word of the day, should it be needed, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude, an aversion to other people, and the desire to be left alone.

Fascinating Louis Armstrong plays for his wife In front of the Great Sphinx, 1961

Fascinating The haunting ancient Celtic Carnyx played for an audience. This is the sound Roman soldiers would have heard their Celtic enemies make.

The wake doesn't drive the ship Alan Watts

Over the course of a single evening the most prolific graffiti artists from around the world descended on this abandoned building in Wynwood, Miami. [📹 Daniel Levy / Iamdanlevy] x.com/i/status/17550…

The Disability Action plan was published by the government this week. Opening line: “This government is determined to transform the everyday lives & experiences of disabled people for the better.” We don’t believe you. ALL Under your watch 👇