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
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Good morning! Woke to find that it’s apparently now December, winter solstice within touching distance!
Somehow I know I’ll dreaming of the light all day!
Happy new month to you!
Somehow I know I’ll dreaming of the light all day!
Happy new month to you!
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Good morning! Woke to find that it’s apparently now December, winter solstice within touching distance!
Somehow I know I’ll dreaming of the light all day!
Happy new month to you!
Somehow I know I’ll dreaming of the light all day!
Happy new month to you!
“The crisp path through the field in this December snow, in the deep dark, where we trod the buried grass like ghosts on dry toast.”
― Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning
― Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“The crisp path through the field in this December snow, in the deep dark, where we trod the buried grass like ghosts on dry toast.”
― Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning
― Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.
Pay all workers a living wage.
Sunny Sunday afternoon.
The eve of Advent.🎄
The eve of Advent.🎄
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sunny Sunday afternoon.
The eve of Advent.🎄
The eve of Advent.🎄
The very best kind of autumn day.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The very best kind of autumn day.
The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at 90.
“Because I think I’m making progress” he replied.
Good article on ageism:
“I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
“Because I think I’m making progress” he replied.
Good article on ageism:
“I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
Opinion | I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at 90.
“Because I think I’m making progress” he replied.
Good article on ageism:
“I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
“Because I think I’m making progress” he replied.
Good article on ageism:
“I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
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
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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
A beautiful essay by food writer, Tamar Adler, how how she staves off depression during the dark days, by hanging out in her kitchen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Opinion | My Antidote to Early Evening Despair
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A beautiful essay by food writer, Tamar Adler, how how she staves off depression during the dark days, by hanging out in her kitchen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Reposted by Annie Hickox
The UK state pension, worst in the world.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The UK state pension, worst in the world.
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Distance yourself from people who easily hate a whole group because of the actions of a single individual.
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Distance yourself from people who easily hate a whole group because of the actions of a single individual.
"I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and always thrilling".
- Unknown author cited on Old House Gardens
- Unknown author cited on Old House Gardens
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and always thrilling".
- Unknown author cited on Old House Gardens
- Unknown author cited on Old House Gardens
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Happy Thanksgiving. While you enjoy your meals today with family, please keep in mind the people spending this holiday in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. While you enjoy your meals today with family, please keep in mind the people spending this holiday in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. 🧵
Immigration enforcement going after indigenous people?
You couldn’t make it up.
You couldn’t make it up.
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Immigration enforcement going after indigenous people?
You couldn’t make it up.
You couldn’t make it up.
Reposted by Annie Hickox
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Getting into the groove.🎄
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Getting into the groove.🎄
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Great stuff from the inimitable Rebecca Traister.
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great stuff from the inimitable Rebecca Traister.
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
Reposted by Annie Hickox
I wish ppl wouldn't go after RFK for being a heroin addict.
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I wish ppl wouldn't go after RFK for being a heroin addict.
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
drug addiction is an illness. lots of addicts are lovely people who are not trying to destroy the public health system and murder children. 1
Reposted by Annie Hickox
Crowdfund schools, hospitals and libraries by paying tax.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Crowdfund schools, hospitals and libraries by paying tax.
“Every day makes clear that the claim that #metoo went too far is simply a lie.”
www.thecut.com/article/why-...
www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Every day makes clear that the claim that #metoo went too far is simply a lie.”
www.thecut.com/article/why-...
www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Reposted by Annie Hickox
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
Reposted by Annie Hickox
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
Reposted by Annie Hickox
I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
There is something unfathomly cruel about denying access to SNAP in the run up to Thanksgiving.
Even sadder, many recipients actually voted for the leaders who are making things so painfully difficult for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Even sadder, many recipients actually voted for the leaders who are making things so painfully difficult for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
SNAP Recipients Plan Thanksgiving, Down to Their Last Cent
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There is something unfathomly cruel about denying access to SNAP in the run up to Thanksgiving.
Even sadder, many recipients actually voted for the leaders who are making things so painfully difficult for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Even sadder, many recipients actually voted for the leaders who are making things so painfully difficult for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...