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dranniehickox.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, PhD (Neurosciences). Therapist in private practice. I blog occasionally on Medium about mental illness, families, mental health shaming and stigma. My blogs: https://medium.com/@anniehickox
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Are we great yet?

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Wow ..

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My doctoral research confirms the content of this post, and worse 90 day remote for profit coercive control behaviour modification program where "abuse is the treatment", to quote one US lawyer

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

@jonathanstea.bsky.social @dranniehickox.bsky.social #depression

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We're having a bit of a discussion here. #mentalhealth people, would you say this is stereotyping people with a mental illness? Yes? No? @dranniehickox.bsky.social @ivacheung.com @awaisaftab.bsky.social @mentalelf.bsky.social @transtherapist.bsky.social ?

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, who wouldn’t have existed if my grandparents, in their infinite wisdom and love of children, hadn’t decided that having six kids wasn’t quite enough and went on to have two more, one of whom was my mom.💗

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Beware.

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“People who use their middle initial are narcissists.” - @DrDJWilde

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Is this what is meant by ‘hangdog’?

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I wrote a blog about the troubled teen industry, and how adverse psychological techniques (‘character building’) are used to excuse brutality towards vulnerable adolescents. medium.com/@anniehickox...

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

A beautiful piece about intergenerational mental illness and the fear of passing it on to our children. From Arianna Rebolini’s book, ‘Better: A Memoir about Wanting to Die.’ www.thecut.com/article/can-...

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Banana bread, dark chocolate, and caffeine.😵‍💫

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Colours on colours.

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“The voice of intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by the voice of anger. Most of all, it is silenced by ignorance.” - Karl Menninger

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“There are truths that lie beneath the surface of the words…truths that rise up without warning, like the humps of a sea monster, and then disappear.” - Nick Cave

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We are at peak ‘yep’, and it’s wonderful. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

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New bio of Lewis Grassic Gibbon out soon. x.com/heraldscotla...

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#Jail #incarceration #mentalillness #illness #police #cops #mentalhealth #lawenforcement [THREAD] Please share

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A beautiful piece about intergenerational mental illness and the fear of passing it on to our children. From Arianna Rebolini’s book, ‘Better: A Memoir about Wanting to Die.’ www.thecut.com/article/can-...

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this is long and difficult, but well worth reading all the way through. this could easily be me. when i'm psychotic i tend to think that people are trying to trick me into eating human flesh and i get suspicious of food. i haven't ever gone into a home, but i've trespassed in yards and on porches

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Essential reading: “People with untreated mental health problems are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than others approached by law enforcement.” Starved in Jail www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Prolific pseudoscientist, John Read—known by those close to him for his humility—is upset because he decided to troll my Blue Sky account and was told by several people that mental illness exists. Sorry John: In the real world where we help patients, we don’t tolerate anti-psychiatry propaganda. 😊✌️

submitted 66 days ago • 5 comments

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime. - Imre Lakatos

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Schizophrenia exists. Mental illness exists. Psychiatric medications can be life-saving. Psychotherapy can be life-saving. Don't let misinformed people tell you otherwise. Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️

submitted 67 days ago • 21 comments

Anyone who has a daughter or granddaughter will know exactly what this is about.👇 ‘A moment that changed me: my 11-year-old daughter received an unwanted compliment – and I taught her how to respond’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Silliness is genetic.

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

Immersing myself in some reading, or rather re-reading, for my upcoming trip to Charleston and V Woolf’s house.

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Difficult women? Or do they mean women who are a bit too gifted for general comfort? laurathompsonwriter.substack.com/p/difficult-...

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Homeopathy and acupuncture for psychosis? I think I’ll pass, thanks.

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philaholisticclinic.com/treatment-fo... @jonathanstea.bsky.social @sameihuda.bsky.social @dranniehickox.bsky.social 'Homeopathy for psychosis is the #1 natural cure for psychosis.' Scum 😠

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