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It really feels so damn good to live truer to yourself

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Trauma informed professionals have zero problem saying, "I don't fully understand what's going on here, & I don't have all the answers-- but I believe you."

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Growing up w/ undiagnosed learning disorders and/or neurodivergent conditions is absolutely a complex traumatic stressor-- not because there is anything traumatic about having them, but because of the way the culture almost always misunderstands & mistreats nonconforming people.

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Meditation & relaxation training won't solve all, or even most, of our inflammation issues-- but for people as vulnerable to chronic inflammation as trauma survivors are, any & every tool we can develop to manage sympathetic nervous system activation can be useful.

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The pain is real. But so are your skills. And not just the ones you learned in therapy, either. You are a survivor & a warrior. You always have been, & you still are. Remember. Remember.

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We've focussed on the big names , Shell , Exxon , BP , but these companies are run by people . People who hide behind those brands to keep their anonymity These corporations , and their leaders , are committing ecocide & they must be held accountable Ban Fossil Fuel Ads → govpetition.uk/700024

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Good morning , a restful #FoxOfTheDay from @ali1973.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky today .

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Capturing the atmosphere of peace & love of the Quaker Meeting for Worship held outside New Scotland Yard from 12-1pm today. 💚🕯️💚🕯️💚🕯️ Meeting violence with love, ‘power over’ with ‘power of the people’ Next stop: the Houses of Parliament Democracy & protest must not be criminalised @quaker.org.uk

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Our culture often condones "little white lies" for the sake of "courtesy" or to avoid awkwardness. When discovered, these "small" lies of omission & commission are annoying to most people. To survivors of gaslighting & other emotional abuse, they can be triggering as hell.

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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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You're not yourself when you're triggered-- let alone triggered, & exhausted, & dehydrated, & in pain. Taking responsibility for our behavior during those times starts w/ extending ourselves realistic grace & compassion for the inner sh*t storm we were trying to manage.

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pretty shit tbh keep blowing up

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“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak. Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social

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No one ever created a safe, authentic relationship w/ anyone else through coercion, humiliation, or deception-- & we're not about to create a safe, authentic relationship w/ ourselves if we try to relate to our parts through coercion, humiliation, or denial.

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When following the headlines fills me with despair, it's comforting to cuddle with a family member who remains blissfully unconcerned about fascism. That would be Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite).

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It's not your fault if it's just not possible yet to get out of an abusive relationship w/ a person, job, church, etc. You're not "failing" or "choosing" this. Just do what you can, day by day, to develop the tools & resources you'll need to safely & realistically make your move.

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We have to fight this genocide. If you're in London, join @pscupdates.bsky.social's Emergency Protest ⏰ Saturday 22 March, 12:30PM📍 Israeli Embassy, London

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I have nine children living in a $9,000,000 life-sized replica of the Titanic and if they develop psychic powers they don't die 🥰

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We can be frustrated by how long a wound, either physical or emotional, is taking to heal-- while resisting the urge to pick at it in ways that will only prolong its healing. It's not the wound's fault. It's doing its best to heal. We just need to support it w/ patience & care.

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takes someone's wheelchair away in broad daylight we pride ourselves on truly aiding these poor jobless scoundrels in actually getting a job and having a life. they clearly haven't tried helping themselves! we LOVE disabled people. anybody saying otherwise is the REAL ableist!!!! - red tories

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Don't waste your time "proving" to anyone else who you are or what you're all about. You don't have to "prove" anything to anyone. Focus on affirming to yourself your commitment to your goals & values-- day by day, decision by decision, course correction by course correction.

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We care about a lot of things but can only take action on a very few.

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PSA: Disabled people do NOT deserve to: - Go hungry - Be made homeless - Lose their scooters & cars - Be discriminated at work - Dehumanised as “scroungers” - Receive poor care - Abused - Attacked In fact, no-one deserves those things. So why is it ok for disabled people?

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I'm a broken record on this so I'll just say again that you should take every opportunity to [if you can] gather with other people who are trying to do constructive things in the world. Attend the zine fairs, the craft circles, the workshop sessions, food distros, people's assemblies, all of it.

submitted 23 days ago • 34 comments

This, from a DWP press release yesterday (gov.uk/government/n...), is outrageous In two short paragraphs it peddles multiple falsehoods about the current system that will be used to justify upcoming cuts & changes Here's what MPs & journalists should be challenging... 🧵

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There is no shame in wanting or needing connection. Survivors often have parts that are afraid of or furious about or disgusted by our need or want for attachment-- but we gotta remind ourselves, over & over again, those needs aren't "stupid" or inappropriately "childish."

submitted 23 days ago • 7 comments

thank you so much, owen. I'm so tired of disability rights being treated as an afterthought and your concise explanation of the horrors of the PIP process is incredibly helpful to get more people to understand. I'm working so hard rn to get at least a bit of independence and PIP is vital for me.

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Determined to keep getting up and getting better - my health situation is becoming clearer over time and while that's very daunting, it's also a long-needed light to shine on how things can improve. I'm not climbing out of this mine without taking at least some of you with me......!

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The BBC may have put a target on the back of a 13-year-old Palestinian kid. He's the narrator of the Gaza documentary cancelled by the BBC. I spoke to incredible journalist Richard Sanders about this outrage 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXAu...

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When we love someone, we don't demand they not struggle, ignore their struggles, or shame them for struggling. We sit w/ them. We see them. We validate them. If we want to develop realistic self love, we can't be demanding, ignoring, or shaming ourselves in our own struggles.

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Yeah, speaking it might feel dangerous. It might even be objectively dangerous, depending on who you are and the culture or setting in which you exist. But storing it, especially over time, is dangerous, too-- often in invisible, but life-and-relationship ruining, ways.

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📢 The UK Government plans to make deep cuts to the aid budget, claiming it’s a choice between defence spending or humanitarian aid. Yet a small tax on the super rich would raise £24 billion a year. Tell your MP to speak up ➡️ bit.ly/4i0SgK6

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As @oxfamgb.bsky.social makes clear, Israel’s decision to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians Gaza is “a reckless act of collective punishment, and is explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law”. Full Oxfam statement here: oxfam.org.uk/mc/yf84ug/

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ten thousand lifetimes have passed since this happened

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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

submitted 41 days ago • 2026 comments

Healthy, sustainable relationships-- including (especially!) our relationship w/ ourselves-- are not possible when we're denying, disowning, or dissociating parts of ourselves. (I was going to say "important" parts of ourselves-- but all parts of us are important. So.)

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