I'm concerned by the way people are defending the r-slur. It's a harmful term linked with eugenics and oppression of disabled people, specifically people with ID/LD. People with ID/LD are already devalued and the use of this word reflects the danger they now face. 1/3

Rest doesn’t mean you’ve quit. Rest is be a pause. A refusal to disappear into overload. XO, Dr. Jen

Childhood trauma isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it’s just… • People-pleasing to avoid rejection • Fearing abandonment in every relationship • Struggling to trust love • Believing you’re “too much” • Silencing your needs to feel safe It shows up in adulthood, quietly

I promise, you are not in pain because you're "choosing" to "hang on" to the past. Nobody reading this is in pain because they are "stubborn." CPTSD mangles our information processing & self-esteem-- & that's not a "choice" or something we quickly or easily fix by "letting go."

To the people continuing to use the r word even though SEVERAL people have told you it’s offensive—you’re not cool or edgy. You’re just an immature ableist😊 You lack the imagination to change your vocabulary and you lack common decency and respect.

Medical fatigue is such a real thing. I don’t want to go to the doctor. I don’t want to go to the hospital. I want to cancel my appointments. I don’t want to talk about future medical plans. I’m tired, and I don’t want any of it.

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Public health officials and pharmacy executives (you too @Sanofi): “tHeRe’S nO dEmAnD fOr nOvAvAx” Meanwhile, on the ground: Publix locations (like the one in Stafford, Virginia) are reporting people traveling significant distances to receive Nuvaxovid, and have the feeling

When you hear someone over-explaining, know one (or all) of these is true: 1). They’ve often had their reality denied. 2). They've been hurt in unpredictable ways & believe it was because they didn't explain better. 3). They've grown up being ignored. Please be patient.

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January. He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement. His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon. 🧵

John Oliver just called out Disney and ABC for cancelling Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely “Giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, he just comes back hungrier each time.” He’s right. They need to grow a spine.

ADHD is a life lived in drafts. Almost organized. Almost on time. Almost finished. The gap between intention and execution isn’t laziness. It’s the friction of executive function. If that helps you feel seen, I hope this message finds you. XO, Dr. Jen

Every neurodivergent person in the world right now listening to this man speak, I promise, most of us hate listening to him because every word out of his mouth feels like dirty, gross oil washing over your brain, he's terrible, the way he speaks is manipulative, he grosses me out

Fun child psychiatry fact! If we analyze a group of 40-year-old adults with the same diagnostic criteria & screening as we use currently on children, we get virtually identical rates of autism. "Exploding rates of autism" likely a reflection of our exploding understanding.

In a new post, President Trump threatens to sue ABC again. He says the White House was told that Jimmy Kimmel’s show canceled but ABC/Disney never said that publicly or privately.

They’re not even hiding it anymore — this administration is obsessed with petty insults, not leadership. Putting an auto-pen where Biden’s portrait should be is the definition of childish, and it dishonors the office of the presidency itself.

Healthy indoor air is a human right! To get clean air infrastructure everywhere, we need organizations, universities, schools, healthcare facilities, communities, etc, to sign the document below. Please spread the word! Global Pledge for #CleanTheAir: aas.eventsair.com/healthy-indoor…

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There is a big difference between someone who hurts another person because they’re hurt, and a hurt person who hurt someone and isn’t sorry.