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Trauma survivors & allies against the label 'personality disorder'| Against pathologising survival | Blaming us for our own distress| #traumanotpd 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Labels eroding a sense of belonging - one of the most important things needed to feel whole and healthy in society. #RRNConf25
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
#RRNConf25 #TraumaNotPD
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Restraint Reduction Network @restraintreductionnetwork.org · 13/11/2025
Good morning to everyone joining us in Liverpool and online for this year’s RRN conference! We are ready for two days of learning, discussion and working together to inspire a collective shift toward relational, trauma-informed care with relationships at the heart. #RRNConf25
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Autistic radio explaining how ‘BPD’ is an almost constant in every members story before they realise they are autistic. #AutismNotPD
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@jendaffin.bsky.social such an important talk today expanding on research conducted by Platform. Trauma is STILL not asked about When it is, it’s often denied or belittled. The diagnosis is used as a way to gatekeep care and deny services. It creates chronic dismissal and structural denial.
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Telling someone who has and is surviving #CSA or sexual abuse that their personality is disordered, is wrong and unethical. #TraumaNotPD This diagnosis is like a red flag to all mental health and social care workers - it means we are hated and suspected before we even get near a service.
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
To all spending Christmas or the hols estranged from family: you're not broken, selfish, or unworthy. Sometimes, choosing life means letting go of those who hurt us. Totally legitimate chosen Fam include: lovers, partners, rabbits, cats, Twitch friends, snails, stars, clay, plants, dogs and friends.
A block of clay on a wooden surface, with a small handmade bowl and a smaller clay fragment beside it. It suggests we can make something of our own, I hope x
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Suicidal thoughts are loud, but they don't tell the truth. The world is better with you in it.
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
#NeglectedToDeath
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Classism in psychiatry and psychology
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
#NeglectedToDeath
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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I’m Withdrawing From DBT and This Problematic Language Is Why
"It feels as if you are taping my mouth shut, and I do not like it."
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
‘FIRST DO NO HARM: CLIENT AND STAFF EXPERIENCES OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS FROM DIALECETICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY’ #DBT Zazie Lawson repository.uel.ac.uk/download/ec7...
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Richard Lewis @rlewistherapy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The invalidation mentioned here was once all that was available, sadly
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Charlotte 💚🍋 @lemonade-charlotte.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Those of us who support child victims could do with being up to date on key issues for adult survivors ⬇️
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Ansie @ansiepants.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
PLEASE 🙏 and thank you to @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social for highlighting this*
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Coercive control in the mental health system
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Yes it’s us from ‘X’ to those asking if we’re real or fake!
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The ending of Girl, Interrupted sees the main character reject psychiatry—and specifically Borderline Personality Disorder—for its inherent sexism. On #BPD, she writes: “To quote my post-Melvin psychiatrist: ‘It’s what they call people whose lifestyles bother them.’”
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Telling someone who has and is surviving #CSA or sexual abuse that their personality is disordered, is wrong and unethical. #TraumaNotPD This diagnosis is like a red flag to all mental health and social care workers - it means we are hated and suspected before we even get near a service.
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Think it’s fair to say we’re all pretty disappointed* with @teamlabouruk.bsky.social with regards to broken mental health support promises. *Devastated & Terrified
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Grassroots in action
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The Samaritans are blocking people's telephone numbers if they call too much The Samaritans has a quietly buried policy to block telephone numbers for 30 days after a certain length or volume of calls - leaving people at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social investigates www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
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The Samaritans are blocking people's telephone numbers if they call too much
The Samaritans has a policy to block telephone numbers for 30 days after a certain length or volume of calls - leaving people at risk
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Mental Health Services - ‘They get worse if they’re admitted to inpatient’ Suicidal person - ‘oh ok, do you have a community based alt that will help me not to think about dying?’ Mental Health Services -
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed . Saying I offer you nothing
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Laura Hughes (she/her) @lauralhughes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
No one should be told that they have a disordered personality. #TraumaNotPD
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
It’s not ok. It’s not fair. It’s not humane. It’s wrong. Survive in spite of it all. The horrors persist, but so do we 🤜 🤛
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
TW: Suicide I’m grateful that, thanks to the brill @georgejulian.bsky.social, Morgan’s inquest is receiving so much awareness. But I also know of multiple—and I mean multiple—inquests that have happened or are about to start this year. I truly can’t overstate the scale of this crisis. #TraumaNotPD
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Facts! Similarly, Mad Studies and Survivor Roles!
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Naomi Salisbury FRSA @doricgirl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hey everyone - after 10 years heading up a lived experience-led self-harm service I'm venturing out on my own & developing a podcast - I'd love as many views as possible & you can contribute anonymously here: forms.gle/H8tZowgh1JNw... - NEW LINK NOW WORKING! #selfharm #selfinjury #mentalhealth
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Developing an Experience-Led Podcast about Self-Harm
Thank you so much for following the link to this survey. My name is Naomi Salisbury and I am a user and survivor of mental health services, have personal experience of using self-harm and have worked...
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
#TraumaNotPD
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Though I have lots of ‘big T’ trauma, NONE of it makes sense without its intersection with Section 28, which left many of us incredibly vulnerable to further exploitation and self-destruction. Clinically, we must be deeply curious about the landscapes of people’s lives #cPTSD #TherapySky #Trauma
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Imagine…
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It’s not okay to guilt young people who’ve realized they’re #actuallyautistic (after being told they had BPD) into feeling morally obligated to uphold the BPD construct in public space for others. Both the ICD + DSM acknowledge that BPD is so heterogeneous it lacks scientific validity. #AutismNotPD
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
RIP Morgan Betchley, a 19-year old lovely young woman and an amazing mum. As ever when #ActuallyAutistic, there is scant regard or formal assessment. Thanks as ever to the amazing @georgejulian.bsky.social for the coverage tinyurl.com/44x43z2s and INQUEST. #AutismNotPD Fourth such inquest this year.
"The diagnosis of EUPD is often given to women who are deemed to be hormonal, or hysterical, or considered to be constantly up and down or attention seeking. If that were the case Morgan and Dominic hardly ever had an argument ... they went through all that and ostensibly had a really loving kind relationship with no drama or trauma.
They wouldn't have been able to do that if Morgan had an inherently unstable personality disorder"
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
TW death We have another inquest of a young autistic mum framed with the diagnosis of #BPD at the moment. Here a typical misuse of the idea of mental capacity to deny risk: JE: And then she walked off. She's at risk. AA: She had capacity JE: What about risk? There is no risk assessment at all.
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
TW Sexual abuse by mental health staff Mental health nurse abused power for sex, threatening to discharge one if she didn’t comply. This is rare but much more common than professionals tend to realise. Fellow survivors and disabled people’s orgs will believe you tinyurl.com/bdper9tm
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Mental health nurse abused power for sex
A BARNSLEY mental health nurse who preyed on ‘vulnerable’ patients to pursue a sexual relationship has been... Local News News Barnsley South Yorkshire
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
I am not against diagnosis full stop. I am against diagnosis that: - character assassinate - result in the 'withdrawal of warmth' - block needed admissions - enable offrolling - silence trauma - hide neurodivergence - lack scientific credibility - repeat trauma #HumanNotPD #MadSky #TraumaNotPD
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Note the sex difference entirely levels out when periods finish. It is very clear that PD = trauma/neurodivergence x hormonal cyclicity intepreted through a deply misogynistic framework to character assassinate women and queer folk. 2/5 #TraumaNotPD
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
We know not only are there other, better, more affirmative and hopeful diagnoses available for those who want them, but that no treatment approach NECESSARILY requires a PD label for access. The core of good treatment is hope: the storylines we provide MUST foster it #HopeNotPD #TraumaNotPD 5/5
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I find it 'interesting' that, at this moment in history, we have predominantly white male professors insisting that telling young people (or anyone) they have a 'personality disorder' is beneficial—despite countless generations of female and queer survivors saying otherwise. #TraumaNotPD 3/5
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
What people see and judge as our personalities is often just the armour built from past trauma, shielding who we really are. #TraumaNotPD
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
1 in 4 women screens positive for a 'personality disorder' in young adulthood, yet this rate halves in later years. Attributing these profound difficulties to 'personality'—a supposedly lifelong trait—not only contradicts the data but reflects a misogynistic framing. #TraumaNotPD 1/5
Graph for screen positive for an PD by age and sex showign supposed prevalent of 27% in 16-24 year olds which flattens over coming decades
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Nell @nellh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Following Morgan Betchley's inquest is breaking my heart. Thanks to George Julian for the incredible open justice work www.georgejulian.co.uk/blog/ #autismnotpd #traumanotpd #MadSky
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I am a freelance knowledge transfer consultant who has worked with researchers, policy makers, care providers and sector-led improvement organisations to support them to apply research into practice. I also work as a crowdfunded journalist whose primary focus is live tweeting coronial inquests into the deaths of learning disabled and autistic people. I have worked as a family representative and advocate, supporting bereaved families with NHS death investigation processes and am a former special advisor to CQC.
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Nell @nellh.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
I made a #MadSky feed for people migrating over from #MadTwitter to hopefully find one another. Currently only a feed based on those two hashtags plus #PDinTheBin and #TraumaNotPD Can edit and add more hashtags, keywords and key users as we (hopefully?) grow Search MadSky in the feeds to join
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Survivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
#TraumaNotPD
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