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March 2011

191 posts

Anonymous asked: I know you said you wouldn't publish any more on this matter today but I just wanted to put my opinion in to this matter: my mother was sectioned when I was 8 and I was put into care. The way my bullies called her 'schitz' was not the same way my social worker called her 'schizophrenic'. It sounds silly to some people that dropping a few vowels could be so offensive but I...

Anonymous asked: I'M SO FUCKING TIRED of people refusing to check their privilege and throwing their toys out of their pram every time someone expresses the opinion that something they said was offensive or upsetting. I'm equally tired of people using humour as a 'get out of jail free' card. Just because you're trying to be funny doesn't make it okay. This doesn't have to be...

midwest-monster: I’M SO FUCKING TIRED of being accused of this “ism” or that “ism” or some other “ism” every time i casually and jokingly comment on something of no serious nature. clearly, if i’m discussing something of a serious nature, or how someone is/was treated, i don’t actually feel that way. GIVE ME A BREAK, I CAN SAY THAT BETTIE PAGE WAS CRAZY. YES, I’M A HORRIBLE PERSON....

TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of violent attack / images of severe facial injury An interesting and inspiring look at the physical and mental recovery of one woman following an attack with sulphuric acid which led to severe facial burns and scars.

Anonymous asked: http://redmoonlight.tumblr.com/post/1424310363/i-guess-this-is-why-my-tumblr-is-working-slow

do you know where the illusion from "hearing" the thump for the gif comes from?

clementinecannibal: it really bothers me when people are rude, mean or dismissive to people who have incorrect spelling or grammar. the value of a person’s idea is not based in it’s gramatical correctness. shaming people for spelling things wrong is a form of silencing. it especially silences those who don’t have access to a lot of formal education, those who have learning...

tellthebirds-deactivated2011041 asked: There's a documentary on BBC 2 right now called 'The Brain, a Secret History'. This is part one of three, this episode is about mind control - don't know if you'd be interested but I thought I'd mention it! :)

likeabearbythebees-deactivated2 asked: this was in the metro today and made me think of a lot of the posts you have made/reblogged recently. i hope that's not too weird.
http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/639/photoyo.jpg x

Anonymous asked: I have an eating disorder. It falls into neither anorexia nor bulimia as a categorisation. I told someone about it, someone I love. He said "Yeah but then it's not a real one if it's not those two then is it".
I hope your zine can bring some understanding to the "normal" people who don't live under the umbrella.

Anonymous asked: I'm sad.

tellthebirds-deactivated2011041 asked: Your post about William Utermohlen just reminded me of something very similar - are you familiar with Louis Wahn's cat paintings? He was thought to have suffered from schizophrenia, and his paintings reflected the deterioration in his health. An example;

http://www.schizophrenia.org/Cat.jpg

Wikipedia;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain

Gene therapy offers hope for Parkinson's disease →

iwannabetheverybest-medic: Small trial improves patients’ symptoms. An experimental gene-therapy treatment for Parkinson’s disease has eased the movement problems of a small number of patients and raised no major safety concerns. The study, reported in The Lancet Neurology1, is the first double-blind clinical trial to show a benefit of gene therapy to patients with the neurodegenerative...

obscure-one asked: i just finished reading a book called "the protest psychosis" by jonathan metzl for a class on mental illness that i'm taking. i highly recommend it. it studies the racial discrepancies in diagnoses of schizophrenia and how they developed along with our societal perceptions of schizophrenia.

by the way, i LOVE this tumblr!

hubert asked: I be interested in this. am I too late? perhaps.

everythingversushost asked: Hey, thought you might like this, a bit of a different approach to mental health. Of course, seeing as he's a philosopher he skips over any science (at one point he mentions 'genes and things')

But anyway, here's a link:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/jonathan-glover-on-personality/id257042117?i=91281987

And here's a direct link to...

'Strait jacket disturbed top' →

setmeonfireintheevening: strait jacket disturbed top Please do not reblog me removing the commentary about how I think this item of clothing perpetuates negative stereotypes that the mentally ill are all dangerous and should be restrained so that ‘Disturbed’ can make money off this image. The commentary was there for a reason: don’t pretend that there are not people out there...

noorinataco asked: hahahah funny you say i should follow fyneuro: i run it! :P

Thank you Anon for the account you just sent me. I was so interested to read more and I’m glad you’ll be a part of the printed zine.

Anonymous asked: Yes, I've found that discussing your goals with your psychiatrist is terribly helpful. Because I want to do medicine, it is absolutely essential that I am stable - firstly to complete such a demanding course and secondly so I can deal with the actual job.
An ST5 psychiatrist in CAMHS prescribed a low dose of quetiapine, which helped - but made me very drowsy. My new psychiatrist...

noorinataco asked: (this is doesnt have to be posted) but ahahha i applied for that course at oxford for undergrad at magdalen. reeeeejected. i had a phone interview since i'm in international student. what a mess that was! D: now i'm at univ of manchester instead, doing neuroscience, and about to graduate! fun times.

lets-drink-teaa-deactivated2011 asked: Hello :)
You know how on the other ask you said you go to Oxford, by any chance do you know someone called Frankie Roe?
Sorry about the question being rather spontaneous, and if you're wondering, Frankie is my friend's sister :)

Anonymous asked: Did you go to graduate school for Experimental? Cause that's exactly what I would love to do, but I can't find any schools near me...

homgsh asked: http://twentytwowords.com/2011/03/14/7-minimalistic-posters-representing-various-mental-disorders/ This seemed like something you'd be interested in. :)

Anon: thank you for your suggestion - I am actually interviewing him for the zine!

“Mental health problems are second only to HIV/AIDS in terms of stigma”

– Roeloffs, Sherbourne et al (2003)

Anonymous asked: I don't see what being a tranny has to do with mental health.

Bindel again involved in deciding trans people’s...

From transkitten.com It seems that the Royal College of Psychiatrists is hosting a conference called “Transgender: Time to change”. I agree, it is time to change, but time to change for the better. Unfortunately, the inclusion of Julie Bindel, a transphobic radical feminist on the panel gives me little hope that this will be anything near that. You see, asking her to a conference on...

Ellyn Satter: How to Feed Children →

midwest-monster: tangledupinlace: (Click the title) I’m posting this as reference material for those who sent me a message upset because I called that mother from this ask a monster. There is a HUGE difference between making sure your kids get nutrition and are competent eaters and pinching their fat rolls policing their eating decisions and making them feel shitty about their bodies. IF...

Why insisting that BMI is bullshit isn't just...

[Trigger warning: Eating disorder] thehumorlessfeminist: I have a dear friend. Let’s call her P. P has been recovering from anorexia and bulimia for over a year now. She had one year purge-free a month or so ago. She has been in transitional living for like nine months now. They’re sending her to the hospital tomorrow. To spend her entire Spring Break. Why? Because she lost a few pounds. This...

I’m conducting postgrad research into how the way we think about and imagine the future might affect our mood. I am looking for participants. The procedure takes about an hour & you will be reimbursed for your time. This is who I’m looking for: able to get to South East London for testing 18 or older not dyslexic not currently receiving treatment (therapy / meds) for...