#Illnesses

y’all ever stop to think about how dissociaDID never said anything bad about tr*sha at first? they literally said that they weren’t going to decide if someone had DID or
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Lot of messages circulating about how there is very little illness around (except covid) when all dispensaries are closed so doctors make up diseases to fleece you.Let me offer you
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Oh dear. So like the big theory about the social role of illness is based in the functionalist model (which is outdated and sociologists hate and is only really taught
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Ok, I was talking with my sister (social worker) about exposure therapy. I said that I don’t believe many people (patients & mental health professionals) know about exposure therapy, she
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this is a great read for fans of insane propagandahttps://twitter.com/StephMcMahon/status/1250089629895794690 ahahahahahahahhahaha SMILES! WWE: A VOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE! lmao this is such good shit wwe is a STRENGTH PROVIDER, and
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Off-topic, but in recent weeks I've been reminded of a fascinating lecture I once attended by someone who was multilingual about the ways we talk about illness in different languages—English
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some of you NEED to learn the difference between TWs and CWs so here’s a little thread on what they are and when to use them! TW - trigger warning:
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• Just spoke to a Somali doctor she mentioned all her points as to why Somalis shouldn’t be classified under the black category in the health department as there’s many
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I'm really glad I have finally figured out a lot of the self care that actually helps my bodyBut I'm still perpetually wrestling with the part of my brain that
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Just wondering: is the working hypothesis in the UK that people who are finding themselves feeling more mentally 'unwell' will be people developing psychiatric illnesses; people experiencing life stresses; people
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Normally I'd say this is your brain on drugs, but in Randy's case it's more complicated. This is his brain on the wrong kind of drugs rather than the kind
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Let us be clear, Black folk are not inherently more susceptible to #COVID19 morbidity or mortality.1. Systematic inequalities in occupation & job type have placed Black folk on the front
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A thread about ICU admission decisionsThere seems to be lots of (mis)information about how intensive care doctors decide whether a patient would benefit from coming to ICU. I thought I’d
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1/ I hope the worst case predictions about COVID don’t come true. I hope some combination of social distancing and overestimating the disease means we can avoid a truly catastrophic
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I would simply not be fat.https://twitter.com/josephineperry/status/1300806279758327809 We live in an obesogenic environment. How patronising to state that people with weight issues are making it "so complicated" when looking for
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Does anyone have any fucking clue why supermarkets have made themselves even less accessible for disabled people now? Thanks so much @Ocado for ensuring that someone like me can barely
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