Annie Hickox
@dranniehickox.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, PhD (Neurosciences).
Therapist in private practice.
I blog on Medium about mental illness, families, mental health shaming and stigma.
My blogs: https://medium.com/@anniehickox
Therapist in private practice.
I blog on Medium about mental illness, families, mental health shaming and stigma.
My blogs: https://medium.com/@anniehickox
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Happy Advent.🎄
“And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things..”
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
“And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things..”
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Treats for the delivery people.🎁🎄
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Treats for the delivery people.🎁🎄
Tree arrives tomorrow.🎄
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tree arrives tomorrow.🎄
Reposted by Annie Hickox
What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care
What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care
Diagnosis rates are rising because the NHS pathway is overwhelmed and fragmented, not because distress is being exaggerated.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
I’ve just finished reading Jeff Hardwell’s account of his experience of depression & bipolar disorder.
A rollercoaster of misdiagnosis & suicide attempts, disrupting the joys of family life & fatherhood 1/https://amzn.eu/d/ekxoKGH
A rollercoaster of misdiagnosis & suicide attempts, disrupting the joys of family life & fatherhood 1/https://amzn.eu/d/ekxoKGH
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve just finished reading Jeff Hardwell’s account of his experience of depression & bipolar disorder.
A rollercoaster of misdiagnosis & suicide attempts, disrupting the joys of family life & fatherhood 1/https://amzn.eu/d/ekxoKGH
A rollercoaster of misdiagnosis & suicide attempts, disrupting the joys of family life & fatherhood 1/https://amzn.eu/d/ekxoKGH
Luvvies embracing conspiracy theories about vaccines..
ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/liam-neeson-covid-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/liam-neeson-covid-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary
Taken star lends his voice to a film that questions the legitimacy of vaccines and includes interview with RFK Jr
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Luvvies embracing conspiracy theories about vaccines..
ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/liam-neeson-covid-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/liam-neeson-covid-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Can someone explain to me like I’m five why psychologists who bang on about mental illness only being caused by social factors are so completely silent when it comes to talk about the impact of wealth inequality on mental health?
Anyone?
Just a few words?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Anyone?
Just a few words?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Can someone explain to me like I’m five why psychologists who bang on about mental illness only being caused by social factors are so completely silent when it comes to talk about the impact of wealth inequality on mental health?
Anyone?
Just a few words?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Anyone?
Just a few words?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.
“‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream
Women work longer and per hour earn a third of what men are paid, in figures that have changed little in 35 years, UN report shows
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
If you don’t believe in equality, you are unlike to call out discrimination because you will not recognise it.
And if you don’t recognise inequality, you are very unlikely to stand up for those who are victims of discrimination. You may even believe they are scrounges/whiners.
And if you don’t recognise inequality, you are very unlikely to stand up for those who are victims of discrimination. You may even believe they are scrounges/whiners.
Many Republican women don’t believe in equality.
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you don’t believe in equality, you are unlike to call out discrimination because you will not recognise it.
And if you don’t recognise inequality, you are very unlikely to stand up for those who are victims of discrimination. You may even believe they are scrounges/whiners.
And if you don’t recognise inequality, you are very unlikely to stand up for those who are victims of discrimination. You may even believe they are scrounges/whiners.
Many Republican women don’t believe in equality.
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Many Republican women don’t believe in equality.
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
“Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Everything is getting stupider
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Everything is getting stupider
Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.
In case you’re curious to know what X is getting outraged about now….
Non-binary biscuits.
Non-binary biscuits.
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In case you’re curious to know what X is getting outraged about now….
Non-binary biscuits.
Non-binary biscuits.
Good morning, Bluesky.
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
Providing work opportunities for at-risk kids is one of the most progressive things we can do.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/w...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/w...
Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | CNN
Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 CNN Hero of the Y...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Providing work opportunities for at-risk kids is one of the most progressive things we can do.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/w...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/w...
“Masking” is part of life, especially for those with autism or A.D.H.D. But hiding your true self comes with a cost.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
Everyone Uses This Coping Strategy. When Does It Become a Problem?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Masking” is part of life, especially for those with autism or A.D.H.D. But hiding your true self comes with a cost.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...
Pertinent writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
“This terrorizing and demonizing pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“This terrorizing and demonizing pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Pertinent writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
“This terrorizing and demonizing pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“This terrorizing and demonizing pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Annie Hickox
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott kicked off #70yearsagotoday. The boycott was launched after the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott ended on December 20, 1956 when the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled segregation unconstitutional.
#xyearsagotoday
#xyearsagotoday
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Montgomery Bus Boycott kicked off #70yearsagotoday. The boycott was launched after the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott ended on December 20, 1956 when the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled segregation unconstitutional.
#xyearsagotoday
#xyearsagotoday
Rest in peace, dear sweet old Romy girl.
Glad to know you are now sleeping beneath the pear tree in our orchard.💔
Glad to know you are now sleeping beneath the pear tree in our orchard.💔
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Rest in peace, dear sweet old Romy girl.
Glad to know you are now sleeping beneath the pear tree in our orchard.💔
Glad to know you are now sleeping beneath the pear tree in our orchard.💔
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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Yesterday the doctor who saw me was black. She was attentive, empathetic, took my pain seriously, explained the next steps as clearly and in as much detail as practical. She examined me for half an hour for a comprehensive examination. She will also be subject to racist abuse. It’s revolting.
Who can blame nurses for looking elsewhere for work, where they can get better pay and be treated with respect?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yesterday the doctor who saw me was black. She was attentive, empathetic, took my pain seriously, explained the next steps as clearly and in as much detail as practical. She examined me for half an hour for a comprehensive examination. She will also be subject to racist abuse. It’s revolting.