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Helen

@helen_barnowl

3 years

@RachChamp_ Reading a few accounts here and the level of misogyny, sexism and infantilisation of women is astounding 😳

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

2 years

I went for a smear last week and there was no privacy curtain due to covid 🤦🏼‍♀️ I emailed the surgery and suggested they should have a privacy curtain. I’ve received a reply to say that the risks outweigh the benefits. Please tell me I’m not crazy.

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3 years

@Dienekes_ I also broke the rules by suggesting that a family could take their gloves off to hold their dying mothers hand. This lady loved to hold hands ❤️

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@helen_barnowl

9 months

I’m autistic. I don’t ’argue’ to be right. I ‘argue’ so that facts are correct 🤷‍♀️

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

4 years

Just to be clear nurses do go into nursing for money. We don’t expect to get rich doing it but we do expect fair pay for a critical patient safety role. We are a highly educated, highly skilled workforce.

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

8 months

If you’re a bloke maybe. For a woman it’s scary.

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

6 months

Not true. I got diagnosed as autistic yesterday. These things are deeply uncomfortable to me and always will be. Since I’ve known I’m autistic I do them less and life is better. Exposure doesn’t always work #AuDHD

katie

@katefeetie

6 months

buying groceries can be uncomfortable. going to school/work can be uncomfortable. socializing can be uncomfortable. the more you do it, the less uncomfortable it will be. if you can do these things (I know that there is a % of the population that isn’t), you have to do them often

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@helen_barnowl

1 year

@Tee18Matthew @davidspiteri33 @sophielouisecc So is listening rather than being so arrogant that you think you know better about something that doesn’t affect you

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@Sinabhfuil @HelenGradwell Did you see the shocking Ministry of Justuce tweet saying how they protect women but have a rape charge rate of 1.5% 😳🤦🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

People say ‘you’re autistic, does that mean you take everything literally?’ And I’m like nah, that’s kleptomaniacs. Made me chuckle 😂 #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

I’m 51 and a nurse. I’ve seen and done a lot. I have been surprised by human behaviour three times today but by far the most abhorrent is people thinking that 21 Ukrainian children with cancer should not be allowed into the country for treatment 😳

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@helen_barnowl

19 days

My occ health report says that ‘unfortunately the neurodiversity condition autism is a life long condition and Helen will not recover’. It’s not unfortunate. I’m a f @cking delight 😂 but it shows you the every day ableism out there #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

I’ve just completed my autism/ADHD screening forms. What a mess they are. They use the Cambridge behaviour scale. It’s an empathy scale. It’s a myth that autistic people don’t have empathy. No, I didn’t enjoy cutting up worms and yes, I can tell when people are uncomfortable 🤦🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

This gets beaten out of you. Nothing changes 🤷‍♀️ I email my concerns if really important so I can say I raised it but otherwise I just think ‘I told you so’. I don’t know why employers don’t use us as canaries in the mine #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

1 year

@emilykmay Something about this gives me the ick.

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@AntonyGibbs4 @StephPanecasio What you’re describing is different to what women are experiencing. Women do it because they doubt themselves or rather they’ve been taught to doubt themselves.

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

7 months

Me. I’m an autistic advanced nurse practitioner. And some doctors are autistic 😱 #AuDHD

Brad Wentworth, D.D.

@dickandtinasson

7 months

@helen_barnowl @ElshadKarbasi Bullshit. What country are you in that they have autistic nurse practitioners? I want to make sure I don’t require any healthcare there.

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@AigbedionManny @duffster84 @Pasty_Kween He now has £3 extra in his pocket 🤷🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

@fesshole Lots of women do this to avoid random men sitting next to them. Would be great if men just stuck to their space. I will of course move my bag if someone wants it.

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@helen_barnowl

1 year

@wizardsofautism Always hungry. Hate the heat

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

Seen a lady two days in a row. Couldn’t work out why she wasn’t drinking. Physically swallow ok. Today she said the glass was heavy. Smaller cup and glass and she’s drinking. Now that is #advancednursing 🤩🤩 and possible saved admission!

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

3 years

@BorisJohnson We’re not heroes 🤦🏼‍♀️ we’re ordinary people with bills to pay. This is an insult. And we inadvertently increased your popularity by delivering the vaccination programme. No wonder you think we’re mugs.

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@EllenCScott That health care professionals aren’t heroes 😳 I said it 😆 I am one btw. My colleagues and friends are wonderful people but we are ordinary people doing a fairly ordinary job in extraordinary times. We need protecting physically and mentally

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@helen_barnowl

10 months

I’m blocked by her. The utter irony of her thinking that autistic people don’t have empathy. This is why I talk about being autistic. I’m a registered nurse. And my GP boss at the time thought I couldn’t be autistic as I have empathy. It’s a myth.

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@helen_barnowl

5 months

‘High functioning’ autism means that after a great week away and a 6 hour drive yesterday I need to pay the autism tax of spending today just existing so I can function at work tomorrow because I’m shattered and thoughts are getting negative 😬 #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@smlfc2005 @Flakes1979 It’s completely unacceptable to criminally damage someone’s car. Obviously they shouldn’t be parked across the pavement but doing that doesn’t solve the issue

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@helen_barnowl

11 months

I’m a registered nurse. At the end of last week I forgot to take my thyroxine, forgot to change my HRT patch and ran out of another medication 🤦🏼‍♀️ People don’t do it on purpose.

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@helen_barnowl

11 months

@ffsbaillyReborn So what time should men start staying indoors to protect women?

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

6 months

No surprise but I am now actually diagnosed as #ActuallyAutistic Mixed feelings obvs. Confirmation I’m not broken but mixed with grief. It’s an explanation for all the things. Now to move forward. Self ID is 100% valid. As an adult self ID is needed to go for formal assessment

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

3 years

@JonathanHulen @KateTheFlame1 @ZeppelinCoop You said a grown person requesting their birthday off is strange. Sounds judgey to me

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@naomi2009 @sajidjavid I work for a GP practice and have been seeing patients face to face when clinically appropriate and safe to do so throughout. Don’t make baseless accusations.

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@NickBuckleyMBE And yet women brought up by single mothers don’t murder, assault and rape 🤷🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

1 year

@JimMcDonaId @CaraLisette Are you ok Jim? You should try therapy.

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@helen_barnowl

1 month

OH have rung me twice. I’ve emailed my manager twice to say to say email is my accessibility requirement. HR have emailed me to say OH has been trying to contact me. I replied that I need to be emailed not telephoned. I’m not being inflexible. I’m asserting myself. #AuDHD

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

10 months

@MrsRieB And then men try to deny we get harassed everywhere

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

2 years

@DNGxHB @KeonnieJanae We owe patents nothing. They chose to have us.

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

7 months

I got my first report on my autism assessment today. It’s striking how we are measured by how others perceive us rather than how we experience the world. Couple of subjective words in there I’m not happy about. It really is perception #AuDHD

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

3 years

@ChezKuit @LynseyJWrites Can you draw an arrow or a ring around it please

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

Two retired medical consultants on my walking trip. Both thought that working eleventy billion hours a week was fine. They did it. I stuck up for today’s junior doctors

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@BorisJohnson @TheSun We’re not heroes. We’re highly educated skilled professionals who deserve a salary commensurate with those skills. And the Sun sponsoring the event is a disgrace.

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@helen_barnowl

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You have to return PIP forms within a month but the service offering help with form filling has an 8 week waiting list. You have to ring it seems to get an extension. My disability means phone calls are difficult for me 🤦🏼‍♀️😩 #AuDHD

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

1 year

He’d be horrified at my advice when frail older people have reduced appetites 😂 Pretty much eat what you like! Biscuits for breakfast, chocolate for lunch. Crack on

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@Manderville_RD

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Tell me you don’t work in a hospital with sick and critically ill patients without telling me you don’t work in a hospital with sick and critically ill patients

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@helen_barnowl

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@BillyWayneDavis Billy, do you understand the request?

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@michaelowen74 @alexberesfordTV Glad you’re getting better. Odds are that if you’d been vaccinated you wouldn’t have needed admission.

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@JoaquinMarcosM @NinaWarhurst No. Men have to change. Men need to stop this stuff and other men need to challenge it.

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@heatherawwood @domdyer70 Jesus Heather, how did you lead an investigation into mid staffs with so little compassion and overt racism and prejudice 😳

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@svendsgaard Men fear being (not)laughed at, women fear being murdered 🤷🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@danowen79 @SarahDuggers O sweet child

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@helen_barnowl

3 months

@BBCNews Most people haven’t been offered boosters! I’m a health care worker and haven’t been offered a booster

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@helen_barnowl

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When I told occ health that bring tired or hungry affects me badly she said it was the same for everyone 🤦🏼‍♀️ That’s the whole point. It’s not the same for me as everyone else. If I’m tired or hungry I will melt/shutdown. I’m fed up of people dismissing my experiences #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

11 months

@BillyWayneDavis No-one’s being aggressive. You’re being ableist. And it truly isn’t funny. Punching down is not funny

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@helen_barnowl

3 months

‘High functioning autism’ is BS. I have therapy today so have showered. I didn’t shower yesterday and wouldn’t have bothered today if I wasn’t at therapy. This is the part people don’t see. The rest of the time I’m a mostly put together ANP who is good at their job #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@Emaperidol I got that side effect too 🤣

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@hac_gagt @shomaristone @Suntimes They don’t even need to have a gun!

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@dolandeclares @JaneyGodley Or a women’s vigil for a woman killed by one of their own.

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Helen

@helen_barnowl

6 months

I do like Joe but he is wrong about this. And a lot of exercise people just don’t understand how disabilities including autism/ADHD can make good food and exercise regimes almost impossible. My energy fluctuates so much I can’t plan exercise. And if I’m tired I eat badly #AuDHD

ADHD UK

@ADHDUKcharity

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In response to Joe Wicks saying #ADHD is caused by ultra-processed foods: Joe is a force for so much good but on this he's abjectly wrong. His point that a good diet can help almost everyone is right. But diet good, bad, or ugly won't make you have ADHD or make you not have ADHD.

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

That first paragraph 😬 she didn’t mind if he was autistic as long as he didn’t act autistic 🤦🏼‍♀️ A new understanding: how research into autism is evolving | Autism | The Guardian

A new understanding: how research into autism is evolving

With an emphasis on working with autistic people to design interventions, pathways are opening up through social communication therapy and drug trials

www.theguardian.com

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@remt69 @CTAbdoPelvis Easy to say as a white man.

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@AkanKwaku Camilla and Charles have no morals

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

@fesshole *autistic people. We’re everywhere. I’m an advanced nurse practitioner. We’re not stupid.

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@BethRigby This is what drives me nuts. Everyone moaning about Christmas but as always the staff in the NHS will be working. So they don’t get to join in but will have to pick up the pieces after 😩

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@PageSix ‘Flaunts’? You mean ‘wears’ 🤦🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@jerseyhoya @Parkerlawyer Not similar then.

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@helen_barnowl

5 months

Maria, I was undiagnosed as #AuDHD for 53 years. That’s living life on hard mode. I had several bouts of ‘depression’ (burnouts) and I recovered every time. I’m f @cking tough as old boots. Autistic women are more likely to die by suicide. It isn’t a weakness. Life is hard for us

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@MariaBaird13

5 months

@DemonHeeled02 My point is no I didn't get depressed because I'm a strong person not everyone is

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@helen_barnowl

6 months

Had a meeting about reasonable adjustments today. It went really well. I explained what RSD (rejection sensitivity dysphoria) is and they had no clue. Apparently NTs don’t get this 🤷‍♀️ who knew #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@ccdaniels65 @Not4Twos O Richard, I’m a community nurse. I have attended so many incidents outside of work and not once were my qualifications or expertise questioned. Everyone else here knows exactly why and so do you because you mention it.

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@JimBethell You are two years older than me. You went to a fee paying school and had all the privileges. I went to a comp with 1500 kids and had no privileges at all. I still passed my A levels and went to uni. That is grit and perseverance!

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@helen_barnowl

2 months

F @cking hell. I just started a claim fur PIP. For some reason you can only start by ringing which when you’re autistic is a nightmare. I never thought I would claim but it’s becoming increasingly clear just how affected I am. #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

@AntifaRabbitHol I know right. I guess they don’t like us pointing out a flaw in a plan. I’ve often been told I’m being negative. Nope, objective and realistic. A thing just happened at work that I predicted. Pattern recognition.

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@MarSelfMade @hellodarnell @Delta Yep. In my job if someone asks my name I spell it for them!

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@helen_barnowl

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@RobertMcKinl3y @Woman4W @LawSelfDefense Bob, stop mate. You should be supporting anything that keeps women safer

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@KateBurkeNHS Definitely done the keys thing. Lock my car doors as soon as I get in. Make sure I know where my car and door keys are and have them in hand approaching. Check in with friends after meeting them. So many things.

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

@KateBurkeNHS We wouldn’t even need to fight 🤷‍♀️ just give them the look 😂

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@helen_barnowl

4 years

@JimMFelton @joymorrissey @BorisJohnson And shook hands with people with Covid 🤦🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

Always feels very vulnerable sharing this. Still huge stigma and misunderstanding. The substance is a red herring. Look beyond to the trauma. If you want any support please DM me. One day at a time. Great maxim for life.

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@helen_barnowl

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Today is #SuicidePreventionDay Late discovered autistic women are 13 times more likely to die by suicide than non autistic women. No wonder we struggle. And yet there is very little support #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

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@AutisticCallum_ Weirdly I was talking about this in therapy today. Partly we also don’t have as many people we get along with so we tend to work to keep those friendships. And I have masked hugely to keep friends.

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@Autistic_Lia Yes, I drive for my job. I really like driving. Probably because of the rules and swearing

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@helen_barnowl

10 months

@lovettejallow We mask to manage others emotions. And to protect ourselves. I don’t mask at home alone 🤷🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@Simon4NDorset I am an advanced nurse practitioner for care homes. I worked right through the pandemic. The worst thing I did was go out for more than one exercise a day. You’re right. Such a sin 🤦🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@Josephineperry Wtf! How bloody scary 😳 That’s assault. I hope the banned him from the pool/gym/leisure centre. Should also be reported to the police.

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

@ComradeCadre @FalseAccusedUK Into the same ovary? Mate

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3 years

@JimMFelton

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@helen_barnowl

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@journovox69 @lucymarionbrown Sweetpea, every woman you know has been at least verbally harassed. We aren’t safe anywhere at all.

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@helen_barnowl

1 year

@adamfare1996 I was treated for recurrent depression for decades before I knew. The only thing that made me better was being off work and talk therapy. The therapy worked as I process verbally. I mostly talked about tut previous week and things that had happened.

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@helen_barnowl

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@Drsafariboob It’s a diagnosis I considered before landing on autism and likely ADHD. I think many women especially who get a BPD diagnosis are autistic with a good dolllop of additional trauma.

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

Just had my second first autism assessment. Feeling overwhelmed. You’re talking to a psychologist about quite traumatic things but it’s not a therapy session. So no reassurance you’re ok. Just left hanging #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

3 months

Told my GP I’m in autistic burnout. Stress and anxiety on the fit note. Suggested counselling. It doesn’t work for burnout and last time there was a 9 month waiting list. They obviously weren’t at my talk #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@AndiBurton40 @2ndRG @Jenny_Pewsey @tara_mulholland It might just be a box of masks to you but there is huge sexism in medicine so it is highly significant #MedTwitter

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@THEinfexious1 @AntonyGibbs4 @StephPanecasio My view of women is lived by myself and from taking to my friends and others. And your disagreeing is your male privilege

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

I hesitate to post every single time. Still massive stigma attached to drinking too much. It is usually a symptom of trauma. No-one enjoys it I promise. I post to try to reduce the stigma. DM’s open if you are worried about your drinking. Or anything actually 😘

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3 years

Your salary is paid in exchange for your time. Time is your actual life, chunks of your life. Put like that do you want to give part of your life away free because the government is underfunding healthcare 😳 or the emotional pressure of healthcare being a vocation 🤷🏼‍♀️

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@nathan56789242 @hutch472 Glad you mentioned you’re an officer 😬

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@salehczk @EmMarie_79 @DanielleStasko But you can go out and not drink alcohol. No need to exclude people.

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@helen_barnowl

2 years

@SteveBarclay All the people saying that £27k is enough for a graduate nurse please do come and train as a nurse and then let me know if you still agree. And please do ask me questions about a typical day of mine and see what you think my value is.

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@helen_barnowl

8 months

Just had my autism/ADHD assessment. She was genuinely lovely and I felt really listened to. I’m being put forward to the next stage 🥳 #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

7 months

Next Thursday I’m presenting to the local GPs and other staff on being an autistic woman. I’m scared but think it’s important. Just checking what you think I should be including. It’s only 10 ish minutes #AuDHD

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@helen_barnowl

3 years

@TheGeoffey @AigbedionManny @duffster84 @Pasty_Kween Or two bars of chocolate. Winner.

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