Mental health services are so overstretched and disjointed! The A&E nurse could see that I needed help. Crisis team - we will email the person who hasn't responded to you for two weeks and they might speak to you tomorrow 🤦‍♀️

Best post ever!

It’s publication day! The ED Recovery Journal got to number 1 in the charts when it was released and it would be a dream come true for that to happen again. You can order here on Amazon, but it’s also available online from the publisher and all major bookstores.

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Painfully aware every week, every day and every minute on some days. I can only hope that the awareness raising of this week does help others.

Brilliant blog that describes my experience!

This is so true!

I just caught up with the full of beans podcast about research on eating disorders, self harm and suicidal ideation open.spotify.com/episode/38xm... with Una and Moritz from @kingsioppn.bsky.social. So amazing to know that I am not alone! Looking forward to seeing more from this research.

The (ever changing) fitness watch target tracking has led me to miss/be late for appointments/meetings, not give my children the attention they deserve and even pour boiling water on my leg. Why do I do it? The 'reward' of meeting those targets? It doesn't make sense but still I do it.

Today I have been pondering on how recovery is not a straight line. In fact recovery isn't even a line at all. My 'illness' is multifaceted so it is more like lots of lines. The gradients vary. I can't discern 'turning points'. There is no meaningful 'average' or 'trend'. Am I getting better or not?

Fab article! closler.org/lifelong-lea...

Hi. Recently joined as saw lots of the people I admire move over. Hoping to continue to learn from and be inspired by those wonderful people and to find some more amazing people in this community.