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1/ One of most important things I've learned: Severe personality problems find *camouflage.* No one thinks “I’m a sadist” or “I'm a malignant narcissist.” They find a belief system/social group that validates their most hateful, destructive impulses & construes them as virtues.

Mark L. Ruffalo This is quite insightful and meaningful. Thank you for sharing it, Mark. So, when these insights are discovered, are they shared with other therapists/psychiatrists as a must know (to help them with their patients) who unknowingly are misguided by trauma?

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It's like Euphoria but good

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Speculation about Southport case continues despite the many warnings that it’s (1) against the law & (2) liable to prejudice the case Every comment & online post is undoubtedly collected by lawyers to make the case that the accused cannot have a fair trial Is that what you want?

We were unsuccessful getting my Children’s Hospices Funding Bill read today. We go again Friday 24th January. We won’t stop until we secure the change we need✊ #FundChildrensHospices

I wonder what process will become easier for people, meeting criteria for assisted dying or being granted CHC funding.

New study recruiting! ⚽️🏈🥊🏉 If you have participated in impact sports (football, rugby, contact sports etc...) and have a diagnosis of young-onset dementia (before 65 years), I would love to speak to you in a one-off interview.

Psychotherapy is not always this wonderful other option, instead of or in addition to meds. It's not harmless and comes with significant risks. Going too in-depth when clients are not ready or safe can really destabilise people’s lives. Being too obsessed with a model and

There's just not enough Gong-Yoo in Squid Game, or anything else for that matter

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Happy #Caturday

I am having one of those days when everything seems bleak in the NHS (in mental health especially) The way I see the decline is: -there was the time when it was “good enough” -then, it gradually became bad, but people regretted the decline and missed the “good days” and wished

Nursing is so odd, it all feels hopeless for ages and then a wonderful outcome just lands and makes it worthwhile sticking it out.

“We can help doctors put patient wishes at the heart of end of life care” How will this help me get the following for patients which will allow me to better meet their wishes? -rapid access to home care and equipment for moving and handling assistance -timely access to symptom

The state of MH services - pts put through multiple assessments just to access an ONLINE 'managing emotions' group that lasted for just 4 sessions, with no interaction apart from being able to add comments to the Teams chat.

No matter what wellness grifters say, there’s no magic technique to “release” trauma (whatever that means) Real treatment goes like this: “Psychotherapy cannot erase painful memories. What psychotherapy can do is develop a person’s ability to become aware of their intrusion,