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Tympanic & Frisketty
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Yorkshire based, printmaker at West Yorks Print Works, tarot nerd, mad person and carer, passionate about disability rights, BSL and mad/crip/MMIND culture.
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They are the sweetest lovebugs ♡ my sympathies to you and your sister, it's heartbreaking to lose a dog.
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's where you have two lots of seats and the stage between them, it's a fun vantage point.
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You'll like it when you get there!
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Right? It's a long time for a no. Poor lad.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Portrait in the attic......
🤣
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Toe beans!
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wishing you a safe, cozy snooze like Wilford.
youtu.be/jO2FAE5aLeA?...
Wilford The Bear Makes A Bed And Takes A Nap In The Angeles National Forest
YouTube video by Parliament Of Owls
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Unfortunately we live in a system where (despite the relative privileges medics have) nobody is getting high quality mental health care and structural causes of distress are normalised.
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Suicide rates are high too, not as high as in the patient population but noticeably high on the suicides by occupations list (a table of data exists for England and Wales.)
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Suicide risk for female doctors 76% higher than general population
Suicide rates in profession have declined but analysis of evidence from 20 countries shows need for more prevention efforts, BMJ says
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The 2022 RCGP Tracking Survey found that 23% of GPs across the UK were so stressed that they felt they couldn’t cope most days or every day, and a further 22% felt this way once or twice a week. So they might have lost touch with what normal life stress is....
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Doctors also tend to self medicated quite a bit, around 10% of UK doctors are abusing alcohol and drugs.
sick-doctors-trust.co.uk/overview-of-...
Overview of Addiction – Sick Doctors Trust
sick-doctors-trust.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Only 30% of those GPs suffering would seek support from their practice manager, 45% would seek support from colleagues. The BBC's small sample likely shows the resentment and internalised ableism of very unwell GP staff projected onto patients.
Source: Mind share.google/hAr7Sx7KHYJT...
share.google
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Tympanic & Frisketty
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.

Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM