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[Which Tyler]

I listened to a podcast with Oprah Winfrey and a psychologist she had worked with and one thing they said was that not belonging and trying to fit in over an extended period of time can lead to PTSD that is just as bad as coming from a single traumatic event. You're constantly not able to regulate your emotions and feel safe and those micro traumas continually build up (I am writing from memory, so may not be explaining it exactly).

Sounds about right.
As a rule of thumb, everyone with gender dysmorphia has PTSD, as do a huge majority of the LGBTQ community, even if they've since worked their way through it

 

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340,000 cancer patients face late diagnosis due to NHS staff shortages

MPs’ report condemns the government’s failure to fill gaps in the cancer workforce and deal with the impact of Covid

www.theguardian.com

An issue close to my heart knowing how crucial it is to get an early diagnosis.

 

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England's ambulance service is failing patients and paramedics. We can't take it any more | The Secret Paramedic

The system is so badly run that 999 calls are going unanswered and people are lying unattended for hours

www.theguardian.com

 

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Rugby hero Scott Hastings treated for cancer

The 65-times capped Scotland player says he has been inundated with support.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

#IveBeenThere #YouAreNotAlone #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay
Important for rugby, in a world of increasing awareness of CTE, and a sequela of concussion.
Particularly important after the last 2 years, and a pandemic in its own right!

This year's theme is loneliness – the impact it can have on our mental health and how we can all play a part in reducing loneliness in our communities.
Please remember to check in on your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues - ask them how they are, pop round for a coffee, go for a walk and let them know they matter.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

 

[Which Tyler]

Just for this week, I'll post in here every day, raising awareness is kinda the point.
If anyone just wants to talk, there's the Samaritans on 116123

Or if you want to talk to someone you kinda-but-not-really know; you can PM me.

No-one needs to feel alone.

 

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Fergal Keane: How I found a way to live with PTSD

The BBC correspondent, who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2008, explores the effects of the condition and how it can be treated.

www.bbc.co.uk

One aspect that has really interested me is the role Self Compassion can play in mental health. Especially in something like PTSD. I think you really need to know what it's like to hit rock bottom, before you can understand how desperate one can get for treatment. The ability to tap into one's own Oxytocin to give yourself the comfort that you need. But also combined with Talking therapies and if necessary, with medical guidance, drug treatment.

Waking up in the mornings and having that heavy feeling of anxiety sitting on my chest and knowing how to relieve it has made a big difference to my own mental health.

 

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Always remember after my Mum died telling everyone I was doing okay it was really a relief when a friend said after my normal response "you know its okay to say your not".

 

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In her gracious acceptance of death, Deborah James has given us lessons in how to live | Nicci Gerrard

None of us truly knows how we will behave when the inevitable gets ever closer. Facing it squarely might allow us to savour those final moments

www.theguardian.com

 

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More than 42m UK adults ‘will be overweight by 2040’

Poorest set to be hit hardest by obesity crisis, Cancer Research says, as MPs accused of ‘kicking can down road’

www.theguardian.com

 

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And WTF?

 

[The Seeker]

And WTF?

I went to the hospital here in the USA for heart palpatations and they charged me ten dollars for a single aspirin. But you can buy an entire bottle of 100 pills for about five dollars at the supermarket. Our health $ystem is very greedy and corrupt.

 

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I went to the hospital here in the USA for heart palpatations and they charged me ten dollars for a single aspirin. But you can buy an entire bottle of 100 pills for about five dollars at the supermarket. Our health $ystem is very greedy and corrupt.

Yeh that is pretty shocking to charge for that. Just remember watching John Q film and although only a film, it brought the very real dilemma of insurance doesn't cover everything including life saving operations in USA, unless you can afford it.

Made me glad we have at least the NHS. But having said that the pandemic has brought home how under strain it is and will be getting through the backlog caused and also future variants in the winter

My operation a few years ago was luckily covered by private medical from work but subsequent blood tests and scans annually will still be subject to excess not covered.

 

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BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Hannah Fry: ‘It made me realise that life isn't a problem to be solved, it's an experience to be had.’

Hannah Fry talks about her new documentary, Making Sense of Cancer.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Smoking age of sale should rise by year each year

Review suggests year by year increases until no-one is allowed to buy tobacco and cigarettes.

www.bbc.co.uk