Christie Roberts (she/her) 🩵
@christienursing
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Public Health OBU c’24 🎓 BSc RN 💉 Queer 🌈 AuDHD, cPTSD, T1D ⛅ Views are my own.
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crying in Tesco because I bought myself some flowers after a stressful day, but found they didn’t have a barcode when I got to the till and staff said ‘just take them, have a lovely Tuesday’. I really needed this today 😭
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is it just me or is it quite tasteless to have ‘cheer up, it’s christmas’ on the door to a hospital ward? imagine being unwell enough that you need to be in hospital, or going to visit an unwell relative, and seeing that??
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I’m being discharged from hospital today. I’ve spent the past 2 weeks as an inpatient, sectioned in a psychiatric hospital. It’s been the toughest couple of weeks of my life but today I get to go home and figure out how to start rebuilding things.
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incredible interaction with the crisis team tonight.
crisis: so I can see from your notes that you like pepper. you talk about it a lot. why is that? because it’s spicy?
me, after a very long pause: Pepper is the name of my cat
😹
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Made it through my first shift back at work, after almost 5 months out due to my physical and mental health. Proud of myself is an understatement ✨
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my mortgage has been approved 😭 I’m really buying my dream house at 22. It’s an 1820s cottage, with exposed beams, wood burning stoves and a water well in the garden and it’s really going to be mine 😭🥰
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today I got to wear my uniform for the first time and write my name followed by ‘Research Nurse’ and it felt so lovely 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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in my childhood bedroom with a duvet that is the width of a single bed with 0 overhang. so it works until you move the slightest in the night, at which point you’re duvet-less
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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spoke to a MH professional recently who said I ‘lacked identity’. I told them I felt I had strong identities as a nurse, Queer, Autistic, a cat owner, a home owner, a middle child, creative. They told me those ‘didn’t really count’… genuinely unsure how I was supposed to answer?
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phoned 111 after passing out at home earlier and my favourite part of the call was when the operator said ‘tachycardia is a big word, how do you know that word?’ 🥴🥴🥴
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degree results are out.. officially graduating with BSc First Class Honours in adult Nursing 🥰 going from getting only 8% in an a level exam to finishing a degree with an average of 85% feels pretty amazing !
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on my flatmates ward, they get the new doctors to spend a shift shadowing a HCA and a shift shadowing a nurse- I think this is an amazing idea! Helps to increase understanding of roles in the MDT and helps to orientate the Drs to the ward. Does anyone else do something similar?
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for anyone interested, this is Pepper, the cat in question (full name: Princess Peppercorn)
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a second person stopped, looked at me for about 30 seconds (I couldn’t speak or move) then cycled off. a passing driver saw this, pulled over, and phoned an ambulance. that plumber on his way back from work saved my life 💙
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really sad to see this, but I’m not surprised. student nurses are qualifying already burnt out from just trying to survive their degree programme, no wonder they don’t want to hang around in a system that overworks and undervalues them
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keep remembering how the first person who found me collapsed, before I was admitted to ICU 3 weeks ago, asked me what I was doing on the floor, then kicked me (hard) in the shins and chest to see if I was responsive. then they left without calling for any help.
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Weston General Hospital having a super mare
We have revoked the derogation granted to Weston General Hospital. It has become apparent that both the BMA and NHS England were misled over the level of staffing cover. Either local management were unaware they had sufficient senior cover, or they deliberately misled us.
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@Keirwales
Really respect this reflection and you sharing it; I’ve had numerous situations where I’ve been penned into a room multiple by MH staff (sometimes all male) and it terrified me
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autistic brains are so weird. how am I writing thousands of words on ontology, epistemology, axiology, etc but I can’t order a sandwich at Subway because it’s too complex
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it’s okay to tell people to reach out for help with MH, but reaching out needs to be met with compassionate, knowledgable, well funded and resourced services who can respond appropriately. otherwise, reaching out has great potential to worsen a crisis. MH services need reform 💔
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@TaraGrace_
@clarentina
that time when everyone was baking bread and there was a national shortage of flour???? feels like a weird fever dream
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(I remain unapologetically open about my mental health, icymi)
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now that’s what I call a glow up ✨ 5 days post discharge and everything’s going in the right direction 💙
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To any student nurse joining the register early to help protect our NHS and save lives- thank you. You’re doing an amazing thing under incredibly difficult circumstances and we’re all endlessly grateful 💗
#StudentNurses
#NHSheroes
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@commaficionado
Buying multiple of every product to a) overcome task initiation/exec dysfunction issues and b) in case it goes out of stock/changes if it’s a safe food/item
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I’ve just seen that
@TraumaPhDandMe
has ended her life, after reaching out for help and repeatedly getting nowhere. this is a devastating loss. huge hugs to her family and friends and all those who loved her on here. I know I will miss her immensely 💔
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@Nurseborisbash
Pt w beautiful long hair, been in ICU 14 weeks. Completely matted at the back and told the only option was to shave it. Me and another student nurse spent nearly 8 hours on shift washing and combing and got a hairdresser to come in to sort rest- she left with all her hair💙
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For context- I’ve had poor mental health for around 8 years. It got worse around a year ago and never bounced back. 2 weeks ago I had a brutal crisis, the likes of which I’d never seen, which led to this admission. Thank you for all your kind messages xxx
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between 18-21 years old, I volunteered over 2300 hours, as a requirement of my nursing degree. pray tell, where would I have found extra weekends when I wasn’t on shift, studying or working at my part time job to do national service?
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@Alayanabeth
I thought I was the only one!!! I don’t ever make calls if it’s not on speaker, and all my allistic people found it strange
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in a shocking turn of events, the tiny work task that I’ve procrastinated for weeks took me no more than 15 minutes and was significantly easier than I anticipated it would be
#AuDHD
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I wrote a uni essay whilst in hospital a few weeks ago- sectioned under MHA, on 2-1 obs, awaiting a tribunal, working exclusively at night because I was too overwhelmed to be awake during the day. today I got the loveliest feedback so I cried for 40 mins 🥲
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big news- delighted to be joining
@UniofOxford
as a hepatology clinical research nurse! but bittersweet, as I’m so gutted to be leaving
@OUH_CritCare
💙 I’ve loved every experience in ICU over the past 1.5 years, but can’t wait for new challenges ahead 💙
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@chronicnotebook
them: “you know yourself best, you’re the expert of your body!”
also them: “no not like that”
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@hi_its_annaleah
🔴 god complex, inflexible, unwilling to admit when they are wrong or have misinterpreted something
🟢 listens twice as much as they talk, is open to suggestions and collaboration, professional curiosity
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13 days later, I’m home from ICU 💙 I literally don’t have the strength in my legs to walk up the stairs in my house currently, so lots to work on, but for now, lots of rest 💙
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RESEARCH NURSES- how do you best explain to people that your role is still clinical/patient facing? I spend my life convincing people I’m not sat in a lab all day?
#reaearchnurse
@NursesResearch_
@ResNurse
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this was part of a wider conversation about a personality disorder diagnosis. I don’t agree with it, but they were trying to ‘convince me’, even if that means making square symptoms fit into round holes apparently
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I’m feeling too fragile this week to fully join with the
#MadVigilForRachel
but I’ve lit a candle for her and am taking some time to reflect on the wonderful conversations we had, and the wonderful life we lost 🩵
@TraumaPhDandMe
rest in power
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92% on my first masters essay, genuinely sobbing 😭
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currently hospitalised in London and yesterday was the anniversary of my best friends death. in an incredible act of holistic and spiritual care, they re-opened the chapel at 10pm so I could go and light a candle for him like we do every year. it meant everything to me 🌷🕯🤍
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@chronicallybeee
I guarantee that some things I do when I’m a patient would be considered icks by HCPs caring for me. hurts when you’re in such a vulnerable position, sometimes just doing what you need to survive, and your HCPs could be bitching about you without understanding those behaviours 😕
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completed my first week back on ICU. My heart is so happy. I’d forgotten how much I love ICU and how privileged I am to be a nurse 💗
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@strugglingmeds2
It’s devastating. She did everything they asked and still couldn’t get the help she desperately needed. Hideously unfair 💔
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@DeborahParr
I think the decorations are lovely, but not sure the sentiment to ‘cheer up’ is necessary. who is it aimed at? patients stuck in hospital for christmas, their family who can visit them for an hour a day, the overworked staff?
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@SBMPediatrics
Every time I push a wheelchair, a comment about how I haven’t passed my driving test yet is 100% necessary
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@niamhbuckley16
Absolutely. There were people visiting EOL family members on the ward opposite, can’t imagine it felt great seeing that when leaving. And absolutely agree that Christmas can be such a difficult time for MH anyways without being told you need to cheer up!!
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a huge thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to like my previous tweets, follow me on this journey or send me a message. they’re all gratefully received (too many to reply individually!) just had a good visit from the home treatment team. it’s strange but nice being home 💗
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I applied for a cat at
@The_Blue_Cross
which didn’t work out. I’d told them how lonely I was. The next day Pepper arrived at the shelter. Usually you have to apply again, but they reserved her for me because they thought we’d suit each other. She is my whole world 🩷
It's National Cat Day, so tell me: how did you get your cat?
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happy 17 years since my entire family somehow managed to survive the
#BoxingDayTsunami
in Thailand ✨ boxing day will always be a very special day day for us
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during a painful convo with crisis team in which I was repeatedly asked why I hadn’t self referred to ‘the trauma unit at the hospital’ for my PTSD, it later transpired he was referring to the Trauma and Orthopaedics ward ☠️
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I used to get changed in this bathroom during my first year placement and now here I am again, 3 years later as a proper nurse 😭
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I remember crying with relief when someone made me a cup of tea one day, because it was the first thing I’d drunk in 10 hours during a 12.5hour ICU shift. It meant 5 mins off the shop floor to take a second to breathe and look after myself, before I went back to my patient.
@NHSMillion
Easy..
Take away nurses stations and kettles to stop them standing around drinking tea and coffee and making tik tok videos and concentrate more on the care and support of their patients
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@thisw0manswork
Pepper is literally listed as my only protective factor too 😂😭 tbh, she’s done more for suicide prevention than most of the crisis team have ever done so 🤷🏼♀️
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called a pt into clinic this morning, first thing he said was ‘I knew it wasn’t true!’
was v confused and asked what he meant?
he said ‘someone told me that you can’t see a smile behind a mask, but I can definitely see yours!’
☺️ lovely start to a very hectic clinic ☺️
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@CaptainRandom10
yep. I took a month out between graduating and starting a job to travel in 2019, and the company I was applying for in 2023 wanted copies of my plane tickets and museum tickets because any gap longer than 2 weeks needed to be explained 👀
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told my parents that getting a pet would really help my mental health and they really have delivered 🥺🥺🥺 I don’t even live with them but am going to meet Ruby on Saturday!
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@toniacmaggs
this 100%. When I’ve been in hosp with MH stuff, I’m often told it can’t be that bad because I’d shaved my legs. Forgive me for not wanting to kms with hairy legs 🤷🏼♀️
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after years of pushing for the right care, and 2 misdiagnoses of BPD, a psychiatrist has finally diagnosed me with complex PTSD. I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel now. overwhelmed, I guess?
#MadTwitter
#TraumaNotPD
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completed my first day as an RN in ICU, and I loved it!! It was super hard, but I survived (and my patient survived!) and I can’t wait to be back on Saturday 💗
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guess who survived an entire 12.5 hour shift today !!!! it’s me !!!!! I only nearly passed out once !!!!! It was a challenging shift, probably the sickest patient I’ve ever had and my first on RRT but I had great support and I learnt a huge amount 😊
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radiographer at MRI said I had a beautiful looking brain, gonna put that on my CV
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Was very nervous for my interview, as I’ve never wanted something this badly but....... I got the job!!! 🥳🥳🥳 over the moon doesn’t even begin to cover it. Can’t stop smiling. Thanks all for good vibes and advice!!!
#nearlyqualifiednurse
#ICU
#CriticalCare
I have an interview for a NQN post in Intensive Care on Tuesday... so excited but very nervous!!! Need good vibes (and any advice...) please!!!
#nearlyqualifiednurse
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5am tea and toast on ICU night shifts was truly special. didn’t matter how awful your shift was going, that toast revived everyone for the final 2 hour push
I fully support the BMA campaign for hot food to be available for hospital staff 24/7, but I swear at least 80% of the benefits for staff morale could be achieved by returning toasters (and a large supply of white sliced bread + proper butter) to every department in the NHS.
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not my average day at the office- supporting critical care nurses across OUH by drawing up meds and delivering them to the units 💊
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having one of those nights when I just keep remembering that Rachel is gone.
@TraumaPhDandMe
we miss you ❤️🩹
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oh bless my little sister has just broken up with her boyf of 7 years and she’s sending a card to his parents thanking them for making her a part of their family 🥺
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@Sectioned_
I’ve gone without insulin for 2 days after being sectioned as they couldn’t source any of my insulin and ended up in general hosp. doesn’t seem like there is much of a procedure tbh
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@OmgItsTania
omg yes. the other day in Resus, I overheard the ED team saying ‘they do look quite poorly. we’re going to intubate, let’s call ICU’ like 0 to 100
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just finished my first week as a clinical research nurse and I think I like it here 🥰🥰🥰 interesting and only slightly overwhelming so far !
#CRN
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I’m thrilled so many people have followed me off tbh back of this tweet? Stay tuned for more commentary on MH services and pictures of my cat ✨
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still can’t get over calling the crisis resolution team last week. they asked me what my expectations for the call were so I said ‘crisis resolution’ and they said nope sorry not something we can do 😭
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now seems as good a time as ever to say this… I’ve left nursing. made the impossible decision to leave my research team and take myself off the NMC register. no idea what I’m doing next, but I’ll let y’all know when I know x
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first night in my new house and I’m celebrating with a tin of beans 🤷🏼♀️
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@Nurseborisbash
also myself as a patient- with autism, panic disorder and an ED. a nurse sat on the floor, in the corner underneath the sink with me for 40 mins and helped me take my meds and eat rice pudding until I felt safe enough to get back into bed 💙
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82% in my dissertation and a place to live from August, it’s been a pretty good day!
on Monday I get my dissertation results and find out if our application for a flat for next year has been approved... definitely going to be a nervous wreck!!!
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@Shrink_at_Large
I’ve often had conversations with paramedics where I tell them what MH services have suggested. They’re always disappointed but never surprised. But sometimes will call crisis team back to give them a piece of their mind on said ‘advice’!!!
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Survived my first day of induction! And got a new ID badge which proudly says STAFF NURSE and honestly? It made me a bit emotional seeing that 😭
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@hatporter
@StopOxevision
@SurvivorsNotPD
@OxfordHealthNHS
This only came to light because of survivor led movements. I’m endlessly grateful to Mad Twitter for helping me to uncover this
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We managed to take my ventilated patient, who’s been in ICU since december, off the unit and onto the roof garden so she could feel the sun and wind on her face today. I’ve never seen someone smile so much. Possibly the most rewarding shift of my career so far!!
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6 years today since I moved to Oxford 🥰 and that spider plant is still alive and thriving 🪴
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@mellovescake
Thank you for respecting that request!! Christmas is a really hard time of year for a lot of people, more so when you’re in hospital 💙
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I used to get teased because my eyes ‘disappear’ when I smile but I don’t even care anymore. I’d rather be smiling with no eyes than crying 🥰
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@Katynurse27
evidently a band 5 nurse who’s been a band 5 for 30 years just isn’t experienced and doesn’t deserve pay to reflect that 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
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I’ve absolutely loved attending my first
#baccnconf2020
as a virtual event! Looking forwards to sharing points with our team, and to next years event!
@BACCNUK
✨
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this account is solely for sharing sunrise/sunset pictures on the way to/from work now 🤷🏼♀️🌤✨
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I’ve just been accepted onto a Masters degree in Public Health, starting in 3 weeks. I’m going back to uni!!! 🥰
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@ThewebstermWebb
@Rachel_Luby
my lovely Jack. he would’ve made the most fantastic nurse. I miss him every day 💔
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I have an interview for a NQN post in Intensive Care on Tuesday... so excited but very nervous!!! Need good vibes (and any advice...) please!!!
#nearlyqualifiednurse
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am I ‘unwilling to tolerate’ waiting to see psych, or am I sensory overloaded in the ED waiting room?
am I ‘demanding’ & ‘intimidating’ during my assessment, or am I clearly advocating for my care?
am I ‘complex’ & ‘cynical’, or have I been repeatedly failed by MH services?
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just finished my final lecture for my masters degree. no more face to face teaching, just my dissertation to write. I genuinely believed I wouldn’t get to this point, so I’m trying very hard to be proud of myself ✨
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