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Melanie Ryberg

@melanieryberg.bsky.social
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Chartered Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist in #CriticalCare & #ICURehab 🇮🇪 Champion of people 🏅 Good Enough Mother Prioritising Self over Socials for now. #Delirium #PTSD #PICS #LongCovid #EMDR #ACT #Neuropsychology #EndOfLifeCare ☮️ 🧡 🧠 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I think we may now be in a state of emergency In less than a week 12 people are dead, more seriously injured, by joyriding teens tik-tokking the wrong way down motorways in Ireland & UK Absolutely terrifying Lynn Ruane is spot on in terms of a bigger picture approach, but we need action now
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Adding a bit of colour to the day for our ICU staff 🌈
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Alasdair MacLullich @amaclullich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Delirium treatment should involve *brain care* AND *mind care*. #delirium
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Alasdair MacLullich @amaclullich.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Delirium is very common, affecting about 1 in 4 older people in the hospital. Yet many members of the public have never heard of it or don't link it to a medical condition. Professionals should always use the term "delirium" & provide clear explanations.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A beautiful morning for a sunrise swim for Darkness Into Light, raising funds for Pieta House, turning the tide on suicide. A friend now two years gone; never forgotten 💔 #DarknessIntoLight #EndSuicide
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Laughter really is the best medicine.. when you work in medicine! Working in ICU can definitely take its toll, but the camaraderie and craic I experience in my unit is an absolute tonic. A life-saver for the life-savers. #IntensiveCare #ICU
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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004
It's the classic Mel Gibson and Jesus meme where Mel is on set in normal clothes casually chatting to a very bloody Jesus (for those of you who don't know it).
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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2026
Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Add to this the *at least* 1,722 healthcare workers killed in Gaza since October 7th. There's so much in this world we cannot stand for. We categorically cannot stand for these repeated, heinous war crimes.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Every time I see this piece it cuts right to my core, breaks my heart and generates such profound compassion for the world that I am moved to tears. If only I could hold such compassion for myself. A work in progress perhaps 🌻 #SelfCompassion #OurCommonFate
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Our Common Fate | by Rikke Kjelgaard | psychologist & ACT trainer
YouTube video by Rikke Kjelgaard
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PSI Division of Neuropsychology @donpsi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Registration for the INS 2026 Mid-Year Meeting in Dublin is open! 🇮🇪☘️🧠💚#INS2026inDublin insdublin2026.com/registration/ @insneuro.bsky.social @donbps.bsky.social
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
An inevitable consequence of a society that fails to really get it: to break these cycles takes investment, participation, trauma-informed compassionate systems and therapeutic communities that see pain long before they reach for punishment. Some days I just get so mad. Frequently I feel very sad.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
With every barrier to succeed in society. Coping as best as you can with the demons in your mind. Lacking the skills, the knowledge, the means to break the cycle. And so it continues. People are hurt along the way, chances are the central figure dies young.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
... distress and behaviour becomes volatile. The revolving door of incarceration begins, sometimes at a very early age. Prison becomes the new norm; can be aversive, but also provides structure, predictable meals. Containment. Maybe opportunities. Then you're out. Back into chaos. No structure.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
There are those, born into disadvantage, with every barrier in place to succeed in society. Those living in poverty are steeped in adverse childhood experiences, whether it be personally or in their community. Without ready access to opportunity and supports, drugs and criminality interact with...
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
God love the poor women in the dóchas, surely being in prison is punishment enough. #BurkeFamily
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
You're in for such a treat!
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Have experience of a loved one in ICU follow a traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Open to talking about your experience? Contact Maggie to find out more, & contribute to this valuable research that will help us improve how we look after families through this very difficult time 🧡 Shares appreciated 🙏
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Curious about, or struggling to make sense of your ICU experience, or that of a loved one? We are so pleased to share our 'Virtual ICU Tour', that we hope may help 🧡 Please share 🙏 bit.ly/4kinDSp #ICURecovery #PICS #ICURehab #HumanisingICU #ICU #IntensiveCare
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Dedicated to the memory of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, this is a nurse's pledge.
Dedicated to the memory of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. A nurse's pledge:

“I am a nurse. 
I will not permit consideration of religion, nationality, race, or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient.
I am a nurse. I will maintain the utmost respect for human life.
I am a nurse. I make these promises solemnly, freely, and upon my honor.
And I will do it again, every day.
Every day.
Every day.
Amen.”
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
You proud of this America?
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Disbelief seems like part of a normal response to a very abnormal situation 💔
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My heart breaks for the young people, and their families, who were killed and injured in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The footage online is chilling, to say the least. It says something that so many chose to video than to flee, as the fire took hold. Adds dimensions to the devastation. 💔
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
"Gaza needs freedom, reconstruction and a genuine chance at life. Without justice and lasting peace, humanitarian aid alone will never be enough." #FreePalestine
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
My personal favourite! Poor Santa.. though the 'Elf Response Team' (CCO) are on the way!
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Our ICU team upping the festive spirit this Christmas 🎄 Little things do so much to bring people together and spread joy!
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
What an absolute cracker of a Toy Show! Shout out to the Irish, at home and abroad, who know what I'm talking about. 🇮🇪 Faith in humanity restored. Children are the future! ✊️ #LateLateToyShow
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A much-needed story of 'sticking it to the man' and triumphing. Loving the style of those women 💪 RTE news : Rebel octogenarian Austrian nuns win reprieve www.rte.ie/news/newslen... #Nuns
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Rebel octogenarian Austrian nuns win reprieve
Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials hav...
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thank you so much for that heartfelt feedback Alice. I hope you are well.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A virtual tour of our #ICU, developed with patients, to help those trying to make sense of their experience afterwards. Very proud of this. Please share with those who might find it helpful 💡 #CriticalCare #ICURehab #PICS #A2FBundle @nydahlpeter.bsky.social youtu.be/c4DmWQG1koY?...
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Virtual ICU Tour to Support Recovery & Understanding for Patients & Families
YouTube video by Tallaght University Hospital
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Stalinism and Stephen Miller. Chilling reflection by @timothysnyder.bsky.social Underestimate this man at the world's peril. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)
Cause for concern
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK? rage rage rage rage rage So much rage these days.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It's back 🙌
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Can't help but notice the more understated approach to memorialising kids slain at school over the years. To be clear: Every death to gun violence an absolute tragedy. #GunViolence #2ndAmendment
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Very concerning 😟 It's the soundtrack to our house!
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Anyone know what's happened to Radio Paradise? All quiet this afternoon... #RadioParadise #SundayListening
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Janey! #TraitorsIrl
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Iconic. The Traitors Ireland.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Terrifying for families. Horrifying to patients afterwards. See a lot of feelings of guilt and shame about delirium-driven agitation at our post-ICU clinic. #Delirium #ICUDelirium #ICU #IntensiveCare #PICS
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mind full, or Mindful? Today is #MindfulnessDay so take time to just pause, breathe and be here right now 🙏
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
A not-so-gentle reminder of why I'm not going back to Tw*tter. For f*cks sake.
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Melanie Ryberg @melanieryberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Perhaps another time. Wishing you well.
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