#Hello my name is Rachel
@Rachel_Luby
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Trying to live alongside bipolar and a 'disordered' personality. Ambition to do better be better as an #NHS #MentalHealth #Nurse & Lived Experience Colleague.
Joined July 2014
#TW #Suicide One day you think: I want to die And then you think, very very quietly: actually, actually... I want to take my medications. I want to hold my dog. I want to have a nap. I want to cook my favourite dinner. I want to do some art. I want a coffee. I want to die turns into I want to go for a walk, I want to text a friend, I want to notice the changing of the seasons, I want to feel the breeze on my face. I want to answer that phone call. I want to go back home. I want to find a new job. I want to go on holiday. I want to find a new hobby. I want. I want to live. . . And sometimes we do that on repeat. And if your days are like mine have been, I hope that one day it starts in reverse minus the first line. #MentalHealthMatters Inspired by duckbunny.
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Part 2. - Being able to manage your own risks and not having to explain and repeat why you need something looked after. -Cooking our own meals, or as we have been doing, taking it in turns to cook for each other -Items that are accessible not behind locked doors. -Company and conversation when you need it. -Groups and activities to fit around us - 24/7 -Fox therapy
A #mentalhealth ward vs. a crisis house. No cameras. Few restrictions. Every member of staff (so far) genuinely wants to be here. There is lots of lived experience and peers on every shift. Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down. An impressive staff to resident ratio. A chance to breathe. And heal. And just be me. Every area should have one. These should be the alternative to admission that is so often lacking. I can't express how different things are. Am I recovered no. Do I have hope. Yes.
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RT @AT_Autism: @ElaineMcgreevy People do what they are trained in, what the policy says, and resources available. If the policy allows rest…
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RT @ProfLAppleby: This week we publish our annual report @NCISH_UK, analysing over 18,000 deaths by suicide of mental health patients in UK…
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RT @nuwandiss: Really bad combination of: Ignorance of SMI Increasingly untrained workforce Mantra of “least restrictive” Poor grasp of…
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RT @madbpd: People with bpd are often labeled as manipulative and obsessive, when really we are some of the most gentle, kind, empathetic a…
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A #mentalhealth ward vs. a crisis house. No cameras. Few restrictions. Every member of staff (so far) genuinely wants to be here. There is lots of lived experience and peers on every shift. Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down. An impressive staff to resident ratio. A chance to breathe. And heal. And just be me. Every area should have one. These should be the alternative to admission that is so often lacking. I can't express how different things are. Am I recovered no. Do I have hope. Yes.
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@DrHannahBelcher Interesting outcome so far. I think it depends so much on the psychiatric professionals you encounter and the diagnosis' you receive. The problem is how widely experience varies depending on the treatment and treating team IMO.
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RT @cityalan: Another heart-breaking story as years of austerity have diminished our mental health services and we too often fail children,…
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Today, all going as it's meant to, a new chapter of my #MentalHealth journey begins. I'm going to spend a few days in a 'Crisis House'. I'm feeling a mix of fear, relief, and a little speck of hope. Along with the feelings of sadness and failure that come when your mind doesn't do what you want it to do. This chapter is probably the most significant in my journey so far. I have been given all the things I (we) need; choice, control, voice, and to be empowered. The professionals who know me have advocated for me, reassured me, and validated me. Things I sadly didn't know were possible. I am humbled.
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@MotherMRuss @Susanb25Bevis I hope you have support around you. My DMs are open if you need to chat. Xx
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Dear @TheSun, Emily-Jane & Rob 1. 'Psycho' is not a helpful term 2. Capacity is assessed at the time of the assessment and decision. 3. A person with psychosis and/or a diagnosis of schizophrenia is far more likely to be victim than perpetrator of crime. 4. Do better.
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RT @MentalHealthCop: Just been reading a PFD notice where a student “fell between the cracks” of services because the CMHT in his student t…
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RT @AmySpaniel13: It’s so humiliating going through all of the things I’ve bought during periods of hypomania/mania. At the time, every sp…
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@Smithpeteralb72 That's a good one. And for me it isn't just about myself, but that's very relevant as I do lose faith in my ability to 'stay safe'. It's also about loss of trust in others with the fear of being detained under the Mental Health Act.
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RT @recovery_your: Suicidal thoughts aren’t always I want to die. They’re also.. I feel trapped. I need a way out. I am a burden. What’s t…
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RT @awaisaftab: Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist A guest essay by the psychiatrist Susan Mahler on her experience of depression (…
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RT @DrHannahBelcher: Just to clear up some misinformation about autism and mental health services. Autistic people struggle to tolerate cha…
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