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Hazel
@AnLasair
AuDHD with schizoaffective disorder. Neuroscience Bsc. Studying forensic psychology at OU. Mental Illness Campaigner. Host of @RealityTourists & @LOSD_podcast
York, England
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Dec 20, 2022
    A few years ago i informed a doctor that i couldn't go on a certain medication because of a potential interaction, they looked at me and said something like "have you been googling?" when i responded with "no, i teach pharmacology" their face was amazing 😅
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Feb 9, 2022
    How long exactly do I have to be in the bath, before my mental illness is “fixed”? Because other people are wanting to use the bathroom
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Jul 13, 2023
    Ok potentially dangerous question... anyone else sometimes feel that the "everyone has mental health" thing has maybe backfired & people are starting to conflate "normal" negative experiences with mental illness? I'm not sure how to explain this within the character limit...
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Feb 8, 2022
    "It's all in your head" "Yep... that's where my brain is... where else would a mental illness be? My toe?"
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Nov 3, 2022
    I've come to realise that many people don't really understand what is meant by "#HearingVoices" & think we are talking about something like an "internal monologue" So thought it may be useful to have a bit of an explanation/description, and an experience share I guess
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Mar 26, 2022
    Replying to @AnLasair and @adamfare1996
    a lot of poeple in the past have also told me to "speak to jesus/god"... and, I mean no offence to any religious people, but I have psychosis - the last thing I need is to be speaking to yet another person who I can't see 😅
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Mar 19, 2023
    When I got ill at age 19 the professionals looked for trauma. They picked apart my life and in the process destroyed the relationship I had with my parents. I was in serious distress and couldn't tell what was going on and they just kept forcing me to talk about the past 1/x
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Mar 26, 2022
    Replying to @adamfare1996
    a sample of ones I've been told: go outside more a warm bath some sented candles headspace app eat fruit/veg drink more water be greatful for what you have just learn to ignore stuff stop overreacting get a job yoga herbal tea and my favourite - "just dont think about it"
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    May 1, 2023
    Jo brand "the royal family don't really lift a finger" The internet "shut up you're fat" 🤨 Personally I feel that if you go straight to insults about a person's appearance, and don't even try to engage in the content, then your argument lacks substance and you've lost
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Mar 28, 2022
    GP asked me about my eating today. She asked how long I'd been recovered I told her the truth, Im not recovered, but as my weight isn't low theres no support for me She tried to reassure me that there was support, but then stopped and admitted that there isn't and it's a problem
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Mar 30, 2022
    Anyone else with #psychosis sometimes fully believe something while also being aware it may be a delusion? Like having the 2 totally contrasting ideas in the mind at once and becoming almost paralysed by it because maybe it's real, maybe it isn't, either way reacting would be bad
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Jul 13, 2023
    "everyone gets depressed at times" No, just no Feeling sad is not depression, depression does not just mean "very sad" Manic did not mean "very happy" GAD is not "just being nervous" OCD is not being "tidy" or "clean" or "a perfectionist" Can we stop ignoring the complexities?
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Oct 16, 2022
    Something not often talked about when it comes to mental illness is how hard it can make day to day things such as housework... Honestly things can often not get cleaned for weeks or even months, it's seen as shameful/lazy but the reality is that the can get downright disgusting
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    Hazel
    @AnLasair
    Aug 8, 2022
    Noticed @BootstrapCook has been trending recently, mainly because of a totally unjustified pile on So in part because fuck trolls, & in part because with my ADHD executive function & the current cost of life issues mean it may be helpful, I may have bought one of their books 😅
    Jack Monroes book Tin Can Cook