David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I’ve had more folk congratulating me on getting to week six of Couch to 5k than living through two years of mental hell. 🤔 100
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 11/01/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | New Findings About Consciousness Are Changing How I Think About PatientsAfter brain injury, some patients are no longer able to respond to the world around them. Is this really the case? 000
Reposted by David GilbertDaryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Froze my butt off for this view, but look at it!!! ✨ 626622
Reposted by David GilbertMiriam Taylor Greenwood🇺🇦 @nomudnolotus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Fascinating and relevant 031
Reposted by David GilbertSally Latham @sallylatham.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Very excited to be giving a talk at the Phenomenology of Health & Relationships event next month. Registration details below... #philsky @ougradsch.bsky.social 0104
Reposted by David GilbertTom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 08/01/2025This was great! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukHuman Intelligence - Disruptors: Mary Wollstonecraft - BBC SoundsNaomi Alderman explores the mind of the brilliant feminist pioneer, Mary Wollstonecraft. 33917
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I’ve started an evaluation project. Done four calls out of 18 and my brain seems to function. Made sure I only do two interviews per day. Feeling pleased with myself for a change. It’s tough to rebuild. #GettingMyBoundariesSorted #MentalHealthRebuild 020
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Rabindranath Tagore - "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 04/01/2025A year ago almost to the day, I lost a ring made by my son. I swear I lost it on the third floor of the Enfield shopping centre car park. Today my wife found it at the back of the kitchen cupboard behind the oat cake packets. #2025miracle 010
Reposted by David GilbertGershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025www.audible.com/pd/In-Pursui...audible.comIn Pursuit of Peace in Israel and PalestineCheck out this great listen on Audible.com. Gershon Baskin's memoir of 38 years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. B... 064
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 31/12/2024To all those ordinary people who struggle. Without acknowledgement. You are all on the real Honours List. May you stay courageous. May you be granted peace. #2025newyear 030
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 30/12/2024www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/17/m...themarginalian.orgMay Sarton on the Cure for Despair and Why Solitude Is the Seedbed of Self-Discovery“Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands.” 020
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 30/12/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Jimmy Carter Deserved Our Thanks and Respect, Not Our SneersWe in the media and chattering class jeered at a man who probably improved more lives over a longer period than any other recent president. 000
Reposted by David GilbertDr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Reread some special sections today @davidgilbert43.bsky.social 111
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Moving atticle about living with schizophrenia www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/h...nytimes.com24, and Trying to Outrun SchizophreniaEarly intervention tries to rein in psychotic disorders before they can ruin young lives. For Kevin Lopez, everything is on the line. 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Xmas ain’t easy for those with mental health struggles. I’m with you. Let’s try and support each other? Fancy keeping this line of exchange open? #XmasBuddies ? How you doing? What are your tactics? 120
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 22/12/2024There is no greater strength than that possessed by the person struggling through mental hell. 020
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Bored of SocMed. Twitter is nasty, BlueSky is vapid, linkedin is boasting, Insta is self-indulgent. I’d quit if I could overcome my addiction. 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 21/12/2024"Now is the moment of magic, when the whole, round earth turns again toward the sun, and here's a blessing: the days will be longer and brighter now, even before the winter settles in to chill us." -Victoria Safford, from The Moment of Magic 010
Reposted by David GilbertDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 19/12/2024ImPatient - The Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership Newsletter #health #healthcare #NHS #PatientLeadership This month's newsletter all about 'patients excluded' - marginalisation /epistemic injustice. More than a dozen links and resources included... www.inhealthassociates.co.uk/patient-lead...inhealthassociates.co.ukImPatient, the Patient Leadership Newsletter | InHealth AssociatesImPatient, is a montly update on what’s going on in the world of Patient Leadership, including latest news, summaries of useful resources, feature articles and guest blogs. It will also include our la... 011
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 19/12/2024ImPatient - The Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership Newsletter #health #healthcare #NHS #PatientLeadership This month's newsletter all about 'patients excluded' - marginalisation /epistemic injustice. More than a dozen links and resources included... www.inhealthassociates.co.uk/patient-lead...inhealthassociates.co.ukImPatient, the Patient Leadership Newsletter | InHealth AssociatesImPatient, is a montly update on what’s going on in the world of Patient Leadership, including latest news, summaries of useful resources, feature articles and guest blogs. It will also include our la... 011
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Government wants ICBs and local authorities to align and has informally given these ‘new structures’ the name … wait for it… Strategic Authorities Oh how us old timers laughed. #flaredtrousers #whatgoesround #nothingnewunderthesun 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 16/12/2024If you’re stuck for a xmas book present #health #healthcare #NHS www.amazon.co.uk/Patient-Revo...amazon.co.ukThe Patient Revolution: How We Can Heal the Healthcare SystemThe Patient Revolution: How We Can Heal the Healthcare System : David Gilbert: Amazon.co.uk: Books 010
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 16/12/2024What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. -George Santayana, philosopher (16 Dec 1863-1952) via wordsmith.orgwordsmith.orgWordsmith.org : The magic of words. word, language, quote, quotation, anagram, dictionary, words, languages, quotes, quotations, anagrams, dictionariesWelcome to Wordsmith.Org, the home of A.Word.A.Day, Internet Anagram Server, wordserver, Listat, and more... 000
Reposted by David GilbertDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 14/12/2024New #poetry: Wounded #MentalHealth #healing #writing 021
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 14/12/2024New #poetry: Wounded #MentalHealth #healing #writing 021
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 14/12/2024www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Read This Before Buying That Video GameBig corporations turned video games from an engaging artistic medium into something addictive and gambling-adjacent. 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 11/12/2024You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. -Naguib Mahfouz, writer, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1911-2006) via wordsmith.org 000
Reposted by David Gilbertmari @amari.bsky.social · 09/12/2024“We need new leaders who have had enough of wars and understand that the military solutions are not solutions at all. There are only political solutions and the only real viable political solution remains the two-states solution.” #gaza #israel #palestine #peace 1124
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 09/12/2024For some, courage means multi-marathons across deserts or climbing mountains. For many it’s going back to office environment for first time after being mentally unwell. Travelling tube w/o over panicking, finding enough balance to listen and talk a bit. That’s me, that is. #mentalhealth #courage 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Will Gen Z revolt and go tech-less? www.wired.com/story/digita...wired.comThe Digital Natives Will Revolt—and That’s Good for EverybodyFrom underconsumption and de-influencing to work-life balance and the novelty of no-tech, Gen Z will upend the status quo. 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 09/12/2024For some, courage means multi-marathons across deserts or climbing mountains. For many it’s going back to an office environment for first time after being mentally unwell. Travelling the tube without over panicking. And finding enough balance to be able to listen and talk a bit. That’s me, that is. 020
Reposted by David GilbertAsylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Anna Fielding explains the background and principles behind a new peer support group in their article 'Antinormality Club by Anna Fielding' in our winter issue. asylummagazine.org/2024/12/anti... 065
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 08/12/2024#photography #heron #nature #HampsteadHeath #birds 050
Reposted by David GilbertHarvey #LUFC (C) @harveylufc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024@digiwilson.bsky.social @leedsunited.com, first club on BlueSky✅ greatest fans on BlueSky✅ more content please on BlueSky✅ #lufc 0122
Reposted by David GilbertAnnie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 07/12/2024As the latest storm rages around us in the UK, not enough is being done to inform us of the causes. If you live in the UK & haven’t already done so, please sign & share this petition - it’s already over 10k so must at least be debated petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisisCommunicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels 2) the implications of going beyond... 165
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 07/12/2024This is fascinating psyche.co/ideas/why-ev...psyche.coWhy every utterance you make begins with a leap of faith | Psyche IdeasTime pressure and the limitations of memory compel you and your listener to engage in a fascinating linguistic trade-off 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 06/12/2024When anxious too much has meaning. Over-stimulated and reactive. When depressed, too little has meaning. Balance is finding the agency to discern. #mentalhealth 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Overheard a woman complaining about a friend who never stopped talking. She then herself went on to talk non-stop for half an hour. Don’t be that person. 110
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 01/12/2024If anyone is interested, I wrote a book back in 2019. It’s got 50 reviews on Amazon at an average 4.6 out of 5.0 www.amazon.co.uk/Patient-Revo...amazon.co.uk 000
Reposted by David GilbertHarvey #LUFC (C) @harveylufc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I totally agree with this post 071
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Accept And Allow As Best You Can AAAABYC #mentalhealth 000
David Gilbert @davidgilbert43.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I’m working hard to stop catastrophising about my feelings. I’ll apply it today… Just one of those days. It happens. Means little. Onward #lufc 020
Reposted by David GilbertMark Hughes @unsungheromark.bsky.social · 30/11/2024petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... I ask everyone to help me get this petition to a 1k signatures by the end of today, being terminally ill myself & one person doing this I need your help.So please sign it verify the email & pass it onto your friends.U ask as many people as possible to follow mepetition.parliament.ukPetition: Automatic fast track benefits for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness.I call on the government to automatically fast track anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, not just those in their final year of life, so they can get essential financial support. We think this wo... 52619
