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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yesterday was all kind of urgh. Two people speaking really ugly about folks with MH struggles. First someone talking about someone acting out of sorts as "schizo". Secondly, a MH nurse saying she gets bored of duty work these days as folks are suicidal due to social stuff 1/

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Why is it 24 degrees in late September. Truly fed up of sun. Bah humbug to me

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Had UC panic me with requests for bank statements. Anyone else had it happen? Honestly, has sent me into a tailspin

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

First time in ages that I became overwhelmed with some life stuff. Locked myself in the bathroom and sat in the dark. Haven't needed to do that in a long while.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Soooo grateful for good long sleep. I've been so extremely fatigued for months.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Jeez. Just spent over an hour talking with friends. "You look well" they said at the end. I nearly burst into tears. Couldn't be further from my sharing of how tough things have felt and been. I wanted to scream and tell them how suicidal I feel most days

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Restless leg syndrome...please get lost. It hurts

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I feel more tired than I have ever been. Wanting to sleep for 10+ hours a day. I think it might be to do with how little I was able to sleep and how stressed I was by the heat.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Autumn is such a happy time for me. Blue skies, bright sun, warm but not hot, getting dark early, crisp air. Love it. And I also think of those who hate and fear the darker times knowing how a season change can be feared (I get it in Spring).

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

27 degrees at 10pm? I'm going to move North

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Heatwave #5. Anyone else tired of summer?

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Anyone else get such severe leg spasms at night that have to go to bed? It's so painful

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How are people feeling about the new Burnham mental health units in town centres??? Cynical or hopeful? #madsky

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

August is such a funny month. Where do all the people go for weeks on end? Surely noone has that much holiday allowance?!

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Madness Canada @madnesscanada.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Micha Frazer-Carroll argues that mental health may be experienced as personal, but it is deeply political. Psychiatric systems are about social control and capitalism and are thus incapable of delivering wellbeing. #Madhistory #MadStudies #Medicine #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Madart #HealthJustice

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Today marks halfway between summer solstice and autumn equinox. Thanks sun for slowly waving goodbye to us again. You've been intense. Yours, x

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've hated every day of this summer. I just don't leave the house as the temp is too high but get major headaches inside with windows shut. Not sure why this year feels 1000 times worse

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Dear sun, thanks for staying hidden today. I appreciate feeling cold and not feeling sick due to your intensity. To be able to stay at home minus the anxiety was nice too.

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Why is it up to mental health patients to highlight that we do not want to be the canaries in the coal mine for these types of technology? We urge all Trusts to end their contracts with LIO Health and stop using Oxevision.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I had a little bit of ego boosting news today after a month of literally walking through hip height sludge.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Pet cooling mats are the answer to good sleep in hot weather

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

To rectify my previous error of turning my electric blanket on, I treated myself to a dog cooling mat. Put under sheet. Honestly, the best £6 spent!

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just slept a solid 10 hours. I can't tell you how little sleep I'm getting in this flat with these high temps

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm such a numpty. Ended up turning my electric under blanket on ready for bed. During a heatwave I can tell you, is not a good idea. 😂

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Holly Owlet (She/They) @hlyann.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

To treat DBT as a universal remedy for everyone given the label of borderline personality disorder is to mistake a tool for the art of care. Such certainty flattens the rich, unfolding story of a person into a checklist , it ignores the subtle contours of history,

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clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

boy that really does just sum it up doesn't it

cartoon showing a person in a wheelchair fuming next to a building. there is a sign over the first door reading programme prevention du suicide which is up a short staircase and so inaccessible. there is a second door, accessible by a wide ramp, with a sign reading programme suicide assiste.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This describes perfectly the soul destroying reality of "asking for help"

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My heart and life hurt. So life weary. Got to sort out car issues (with little disposable income), a fallen curtain rail in time for the next heatwave, and feel under pressure to work. I'm doing it alone. I can't tell you how heavy that is. No close friends or family. 1/

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's summer and the horseflies have decided to love me. It hurts

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

10:30pm and 31 degrees in my flat. FFS

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

6am and 28 degrees in my flat. Urgh. Went to a 'Cool Hub' and it was rammed with children and parents. It was loud and horrible. The look in their eyes was one I recognised....from COVID. The shock of not knowing what to do.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's been a few long days. Activated and unable to settle. Then had a somatic session with very low expectation which turned out to be a game changer. I was surprised. I absolutely thought the answer couldn't have been in the body this time.....I was wrong

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Kizzy @kizzythesecond.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

You know that one about Hope Having grubby knuckles Or something like that? Nah. Hope Is a guerilla fighter Slipping through the darkness Unseen To raise a knife to the world's throat And whisper "I'm not beaten yet Motherf*cker." Watch out for Hope, It don't know when it's beaten.

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm giggling to myself about the current trending words. 'disgusting' and 'vile' are two I've clocked. Any more?

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Overcast today (a bit like my mind) and due rain (also feeling like my mind)

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yesterday, I realised the abuse was not just a reactive, in the moment, loss of control but a pre meditated and planned one. Not sure how to make sense of that

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I listed all the batshit crazy stuff the abuser did yesterday, like matter of factly. That "man" is seriously unhinged. Honestly, I read the list and wondered what kind of person does that?

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Anyone else gone to bed with a frozen 'hot' water bottle?

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

England is so weird. From super chilly on Monday to overnight boiling hot 🥵

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I sit and notice how calm things feel ATM. It makes me anxious. Like the calm before the storm. Anyone else?

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Another day. Wake up, anxiety swirling. Terrified. Lots of unknowns today

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I have cried every day this year. Why? The pressure I feel from this government to work without being well. The last 2 years under Labour have damaged my mental health more than anything else. The harm done can't be fixed with a pill

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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 10/05/2026