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Ashley Perkins PharmD she/her Co-founder @WeMatterTooInc TEDx speaker https://youtu.be/mRhO6ooS3eQ award winning MH advocate - messages aren’t med advice
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This fatigue is absolutely ridiculous. I cannot spend all my time in bed but I literally cannot function for more than a few hours…UUUGGGGGHHHHH 😭

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

Started a new medication for all of this joint pain but uggggh…I’m going to need these side effects to figure their stuff out…the fatigue & heart burn are not it but I really hope it’ll get me to a better & functional level bc I wanna get back to living

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Tinu passed away while I was absent from social media and even though I didn't know her well, I know that her message, strength and light shone like few others. Who she was and stood for will stay with us forever, and will continue to resonate with many. We are so close, please help if you can.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Could really use help with food. Some of you know why and you can read my posts but also we are getting buried. Thx for shares and any help. My friend encouraged me to not give up. www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t get the opportunity to wear sweaters much anymore given I live in hell…aka FL…so here’s my first attempt at a tank & it turned out great! Yarn by @isasaxonists.bsky.social 🧶

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

If you ring the doorbell & no one answers the door… Knocking on the door isn’t going to get me to answer it…quite the opposite actually…GO AWAY!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

First Tinu. Then Heather. Now Molly. I’m tired of losing friends bc a system doesn’t truly care about them. We keep fighting for them.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

For any community here that might not be on the other site anymore…our beloved Molly (@mollyboom.bsky.social) passed. My heart is broken we have lost another friend. She was such an amazing soul & she will be missed I want everyone to know how much you mean to me, thank you for being you 💚

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Stop expecting Black and brown people to educate you. Stop expecting them to do the emotional labor. Stop expecting…quite frankly anything from them Do. The. Work. For. Yourself.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

And they are worried about us wearing a KN95?!? Are you for real…

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

The hardest thing about learning to listen to your body…is learning to actually listen to it & slow down Yesterday I had a flare that kept me down all day & so today I decided I better just take it easy even tho I feel better… It’s the little things 🥰

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

When I went to the rheumatologist yesterday, I was worried bc I’d already seen the X-rays (normal) & lab work (everything negative/normal) Pleasantly surprised when the doctor said based on symptoms he’s going to treat me bc 20% of pts have neg lab work…thank goodness

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I made three phone calls today I will make no more calls for at least a month 😅

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Every time we talk about cops…cops get their panties in a bunch & bring us the “it’s not all of us” bs You know, I get that some might not be bad but the overarching problem is…they don’t wanna stand up to the problem ones…& who’s going to trust maybe getting a good one

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

I have to say this about her yarn Anyone who winds their own yarn from the skeins to make a pull center cake will understand the struggle of finding the beginning & the yarn twisting Her yarn is SO EASY to wind. So easy. It’s also consistent which makes it more manageable!

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

It’s #BlackSpaceWeek2025. I’m AJ. I do space law + policy stuff and I hang out with the cool kids at @blackinastro.bsky.social. This is my #BSW2025 roll call.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Do not ever call the police for wellness checks! I’ve said it once…I’ve said it twice…I’ve said it so many times…you cannot trust the police to do a wellness check that doesn’t cause harm! Resources ARE available!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Do not ever call the police for wellness checks! I’ve said it once…I’ve said it twice…I’ve said it so many times…you cannot trust the police to do a wellness check that doesn’t cause harm! Resources ARE available!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

ICE is the modern day SS…

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Today I.C.E. kidnapped Mr. Edgar Hernández while he was selling flowers. - #ICE agents faces covered - unmarked car - no visible names/badge numbers - refusal to provide same when citizens demanded Folks please understand, habeas corpus & due process have been suspended. This is domestic terrorism.

submitted 16 days ago • 28 comments

I'm sure y'all have seen Marjorie Taylor Greene singling me out during a congressional hearing this week right? Hold my margarita. Today is a great day for science education.

submitted 17 days ago • 51 comments

Of all the years I dispensed triamcinolone paste to people…I never fully appreciated the sensory nightmare it could cause & I really hate it I’m sorry bc this is nasty

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

…but but but property damage. I’d support it if people weren’t destructing property… Ummmm insurance replaces property. Property is replaceable. What are you going to do for the people being kidnapped? Tortured? Killed? Last time I checked, insurance cannot replace lives

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments