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Lily Bailey

@lilybailey.bsky.social
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Dyspraxic writer with OCD & MS. Loves: dogs, books, tea, crafts, horror films, being cosy 🐾🍁 📚WHEN I SEE BLUE, WHEN I FEEL RED, Hachette Children’s linktr.ee/lilybailey?utm_source=lin…

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OCD-UK @ocdukcharity.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A fresh new year can feel overwhelming for some, because of this, some people choose to avoid making big promises and live life each day as it comes. Is there anything you would like to achieve with OCD recovery by the end of this year? We wish you all the best for 2026, Team OCD-UK 🤗
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There’s a bogey in my library book. I’m so upset
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Anyone else thinking of going as Claudia Winkleman for Halloween?
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I just finished the marvellous Beastopia, the first in a new series by @chrissiesains.bsky.social. I think it’s the first book I’ve read with type 1 diabetes rep. Can anyone recommend any other books with good disability /chronic illness representation? #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidLitUK
Book cover for Beastopia by Chrissie Sains, illustrated by Jenny Taylor. Book cover for Tosh’s Island by Linda Argent, Joe Brady and Leo Marcell Book cover for Can You See Me? By Libby Scott and Rebecca WestcottBook cover for When I See Blue by Lily Bailey
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."
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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#OCD #CBT #ERP #MeanGirls I made a thing. The brilliant @lilybailey.bsky.social made the original of this several years ago though.
"Get in losers, we're doing CBT/ERP!" The Plastics from Mean Girls looking after the mental health of people with OCD.
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I just put a teabag in the dishwasher tablet drawer, anyway, how’s your day going?
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Some of you didn’t save your best stickers for a special occasion that never came, and it shows
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Do you ever feel like you are just a series of Taylor Swift lyrics in a trench coat
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not to brag but this week I didn’t forget to put the bins out
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sees a follow from ‘Crips Against Cuts’ Instant follow back @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just saw a headline that read “what not drinking enough water really does to your body” and honestly I got a jump scare
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“Listen to your body” Not a good idea because my body can’t tell the difference between being chased by a bear and an incoming Teams call
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
When someone says they’ll just “pop by” your house at “some point today” so you enter a liminal social waiting room where you can’t do anything else until they’ve come and gone
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The reality of claiming PIP: a 🧵 1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 19/03/2025
Two tweets, 9 years apart...
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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🧵 The UK government has announced they will make over £5bn in cuts to disabled people’s social security. This is the biggest cut on record. And we’re appalled. People at food banks have told us that they’re terrified about how they might survive.
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“Tell me why I don’t like Mondays” Because they’re a soft reset when I’ve only just managed to get the hang of the previous week and the cyclical and unstoppable march of weekdays is it’s own a kind of prison Oh
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
"You're so quiet" Thanks every time I tried to speak someone spoke on top of me
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I just had THE nap. My neighbour’s dog is here and she’s bigger than my dog and she put her weight across my legs and oh my GOD how will I ever sleep without that reassuring pressure grounding me to this Earth again
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
God bless the “it looks like you forgot to attach an attachment” pop up
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Always thought I was alone in this
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The neurodivergent urge to be filled with promise for the day, thinking of the many nice ways you could spend it and little hobbies you could do - only to lose time because you’re frozen between all the options
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“The love that exists between you and me is proof that actions speak louder that words”
A white fluffy dog kissing their human A white fluffy dog cuddling with their human
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
“You’re so quiet” Thanks I’m doing choose your own adventure but the scenarios are every other decision I could ever have made
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It’s one of life’s great sadnesses that you cannot tag your dog in memes
A meme of a human and dog sleeping says “me and my dog sleeping 10 hours”
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
When I see this in shows it always makes me think maybe I’m just a bit obsessive about saying goodbye clearly. But maybe I’m… normal?
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
My son is looking exceptionally sloth-like today
A white fluffy dog with a face like a little sloth
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Losing changes you spent hours working on waaaaah the pain never gets easier
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Sometimes I will open a snack extra quietly around my dog because he’s asleep and I don’t want to have to share it with him, and I think, how did we get here
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Jasbinder Bilan @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A gathering of animals in honour of World Wildlife Day 2025 - still time to join in this fun event - see link in previous post! See you shortly!
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hey, it looks like you’ve been scrolling for a while. Would you like to see a dog?
A small white fluffy dog in a park
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Sun on your face on 1st March is like coming up for air
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Apparently it’s pretty normal to not feel in sync with your actual age, so what age did you get stuck at? I’m 16-18 and every morning it’s a total shock to remember I am not just about to leave secondary school.
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Sometimes I get so intensely anxious and stressed that I pass over the event horizon and start to feel absolutely nothing at all
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here's what's happening in Palestine & the region. I was inspired to post this by someone in my mentions saying the genocide has intensified under Trump (and of course blaming Arab voters). It's clear that for some, what actually happens in Palestine doesn't matter, only how it...
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New panic unlocked: front door key disappearing through a hole in the lining of your coat pocket
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Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Boosting this link one last time. Tonight, I am doing a virtual #Dyspraxia at Work webinar with a #Neurodiversity training specialist organisation. If you are interested in tuning in & have not yet signed up, there are still a couple of hours to go until the event, so here's the registration link👇
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Responding to all “I hope you are well” emails with this from now on
A hamster in a pink toy car, text on screen reads “the horrors persist but so do I”
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The canine urge to snort the air under a door just to check if your human is on the other side
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Constantly feeling the need to reiterate that if you post about something sad and difficult and I like it, I obviously do not in fact, ‘like it’
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
My toxic trait is listening to voice notes but not replying immediately, thereby entering a liminal space where I know I need to reply but can’t remember exactly what to
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Found this old picture of my dog with our Lego pirate ship and he looks like he built it and is going to take it in for show and tell
A small white fluffy dog on an orange rug next to a Lego pirate ship
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
It would simply not make sense to assume that straight people are interested in everyone of the opposite gender so it honestly blows my mind how quick people are to assume bisexual/polyamorous people would have it on with everyone
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?
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a woman is standing in front of a window with the words unforgotten written on the bottom
Alt: Nicola Walker standing in front of a window with the words unforgotten written on the bottom
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Just watched Anatomy of a Fall. Perfect for Valentine’s Day
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Me: shifts in seat Dog (doing backflips): yooo let’s ride
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Them: “how are you?” Me: “I cling like a barnacle to the rock of this life, weathering a tempest of global horrors and negative self talk, birds wheel in the sky above… I envy them” Them: “ma’am this is a Lidl”
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Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Continuously fending off the Big Sad by reminding myself that Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to play Buffy
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