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Richard Nicholls

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He/Him, Podcaster, Award Winner, Liberal lefty do-gooder, Husband and Dad, Dancing Animal, 75% caffeine. Best Selling Author etc.

The Midlands

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Richard Nicholls

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10 months

If you're having a bad day remember this. You are worthy of love and happiness. You are worthy of being treated with respect and kindness. You are worthy of being seen and heard. You are worthy of being loved for who you are. You are worthy. I hope your day gets better soon.

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2 years

We might not be able to fix everything that's horrible in the world. But even if all we do is not make it worse, then we're still making a positive difference. Be good, be kind.

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5 years

I found a lovely cartoon by Lunarbaboon and thought I'd make it into a little video for you.

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| If you didn’t feel safe as a child, don’t be ashamed for struggling as an adult. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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3 years

Wait until he finds out about @therealjomartin He’s gonna be furious!

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Conservative MP Nick Fletcher says Doctor Who being played by a woman has pushed young men into crime.

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4 years

Ok you can stop doomscrolling now! Put the kettle on and leave Twitter alone for a bit.

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3 years

@DavidHarewood I often think of @neilhimself ’s Sandman, and the DC multiverse shared dream panel. In this universe MM now dreams he’s David Harewood which I think is lovely.

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5 years

If there’s one thing that being a therapist these last 20 years has shown me, it’s that people who say they’re too busy to see a therapist are usually the ones that need to the most.

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5 years

Love this pic. Perfectly sums up counselling and psychotherapy in a simple snapshot.

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You might not realise it but everything’s going to be ok! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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3 years

Wait. What???

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When I was a little kid, I thought "This little pig went to market." meant it went shopping. 😂

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If you’re ever worried that you’re not a good enough friend, parent or person please remember this. Actual bad people don’t care about being any better.

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4 years

This is why public service broadcasting is so important. I love streaming services, but we’re never going to see Netflix doing this.

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📣 It’s Hannah Fry week on BBC2 📣 Let me take care of Maths lessons for the week with a different mind expanding episode every day at 2pm on BBC2 #homeschooling

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Change isn't as painful as resistance to change is. Try it. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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4 years

You need to watch this right to the end. A pig got drunk by eating fermented corn and got proper mullered. I really needed a giggle and this serves the purpose very well!

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You might not know it, but you are bigger than the things that make you anxious. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You might not know it, but you are bigger than the things that make you anxious. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| No matter what you’re going through. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Always remember that! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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4 years

I'm 45 years old and I still think that it's ok to eat chocolate for breakfast on Christmas Day.

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4 years

I can't stop watching this! There's definitely a lesson here for us all!

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3 years

I get that it’s #NotAllMen that are dangerous but it absolutely is ALL women that have been regularly afraid. Can men please stop trying to defend themselves and instead acknowledge that our culture has been crushing women for generations. It’s time it stopped. Teach your sons!

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4 years

I notice The Sun has taken down the article it posted on its website taunting Caroline Flack with a Valentines card. I wonder if they’ll put one up apologising for helping drive her into the ground.

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4 years

The world seems really crappy right now. So here’s a dog carrying a puppy in a basket. It might not make us forget the crap, but it’s a brief diversion at least.

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4 years

Wow!

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#SelfLove

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You know what? You’re amazing! You may not feel it right now, but you really are. You've got this! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Do you know how amazing you are? |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / --- | |

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@supertanskiii Stick a knife under the lip of the lid and twist it. Air will get in and make it easier.

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Richard Nicholls

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5 years

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If men could get pregnant there’d be pregnancy termination medication on the supermarket shelf next to the toothbrushes.

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2 years

Someone needs to hear this right now. I don’t know who but it might be you. So listen. I know you’re exhausted and it feels like you can’t take it anymore. But please know this. There’s strength inside of you, even though you might feel so weak. Fight this. You can recover.

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4 years

A word of advice for you. You could be the ripest and sweetest peach in the entire world and there will still be someone who tells you that they hate peaches. Don't worry. Let them hate peaches, let them hate you. It doesn't change anything about you. You are still good enough.

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4 years

Note to self. It's perfectly alright to be there for other people. Just don't leave yourself behind in the process.

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Change is nowhere near as painful as resistance to change is. Try it! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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4 years

Bit of advice. Don’t tell someone with mental health problems that there are people worse off than them. You might think it’s true, but it’s irrelevant, undermining and will only increase any feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness and shame.

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You’ll never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself. Be careful what you say. Be kind. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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4 years

If you've ever had suicidal thoughts in your life and yet you're still here to read this, thank you. Thank you for still being here. I'm proud of you.

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3 years

I’m crying with laughter and my wife just shakes her head at this completely nonplussed. Comedy is clearly very subjective. Reminded me of something @robrouse might do!

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4 years

Compliments that aren’t related to appearance: • You make the world a better place • You’re such a good friend • You’re an inspiration to me • I appreciate you • I believe in you • You light up this room • I love the way you think • I hope I know you forever

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3 years

Timeline cleanse! Here’s a little nervous penguin.

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4 years

Your traumas don't define you. But it's perfectly OK if you need to take time to heal into the person you were supposed to have been.

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5 years

Wow!

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4 years

For anyone that needs to hear this today: You are not less of a person because you struggle with your mental health. You are not less of a person because you have anxiety or panic attacks. You are not less of a person because you have depression. Being you is good enough.

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3 years

It doesn’t take much effort to be kind. But it can make a big difference.

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4 years

"Thanks, but I actually asked for decaf." "No you didn't. Are you crazy or something? What's wrong with you?"

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Can’t stop watching!!

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Because of the news about Schofield I’ve heard people dragging up the old gay = paedo trope I’m old enough to remember when a “newspaper” had a countdown to a little girl’s 16th birthday so that straight men could feel better about lusting over her Being gay isn’t the problem

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Can’t stop watching.

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3 years

Timeline Cleanse! Here's a puppy splashing some water. You're welcome.

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4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this today but... • You are not stupid • Your life is not pointless • You are not ugly • Not everybody hates you Be yourself. Being “the best you can be” might mean nothing about you changes other then your opinion of yourself. #mentalhealth

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I am so angry about this! I know it’s been a rough few weeks and I’m probably displacing my anger, and it belongs elsewhere. But still AAAARGH!

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3 years

Sorry to interrupt your scrolling but I just wanted to ask you how you’re doing?

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Comparison is the thief of joy. There will always be someone better than you or smarter or whatever! So what?! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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How lovely is this!

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Just in case you didn't know. England also reached the finals of the UEFA championship in 1984 losing to Sweden, and 2009 losing to Germany. But because the players had vaginas no-one noticed.

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4 years

You not might know it, but there are some beautiful people in this world. If you can’t find one, then be one.

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4 years

Sending love to everyone tonight. ❤️

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4 years

Good luck with the week ahead folks. May it be 100% dickhead free.

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4 years

#WeWillRemember #YouClapForMeNow

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5 years

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

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5 years

Loving this from Crazyhead comics!

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4 years

If you come out of this quarantine with 1) relief that you coped with a global pandemic 2) anxiety because there's been a global fucking pandemic 3) no extra skills at all — you're a normal human being and deserve respect.

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@PeterTatchell Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand sexuality is nobody else’s business anymore than disclosing your political ideology is. But… actually as I’ve been typing this I’m not sure I have a “but”.

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4 years

Wow! So many middle aged white guys are turning their back on Rage Against The Machine, after 20+ years of listening to them, because they don't like their political stance. Which machine did they think they were raging against? A jammed inkjet printer??

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After rescuing a baby goat from a pit, these folk looked after it overnight and the next day tried to find where it had come from. In looking they found a family of goats with similar markings on them. And now I’m crying.

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2 years

It’s okay if…

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The news about Caroline Flack is so tragic. Nobody should get so low that they feel there’s no hope. #bekind

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4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you do then please repeat after me. “I don’t have the emotional capacity to deal with everyone in a way that satisfies them, and that’s OK.”

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| I think you're awesome! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / --- | |

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5 years

I’m a positive and optimistic guy, but even I can see the UK is falling apart. Can we go back to a previous save point please? Maybe load the 2012 version and try the level again.

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I love this! In 2011, Hampton Lumber in Oregon created a smiley face design in a hillside by planting a mix of Fir trees and Larch trees during a reforestation. Every Autumn the Larch trees change colour and so it can be seen for miles around! Wonderful!

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Monday Morning Motivation! #mondaymotivation #motivationmonday

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Public Service Announcement. Depressed people will put a smile on their face and pretend they’re fine because it’s a lot easier than trying to explain why they’re depressed. They aren’t being fake, they just want an easy life.

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4 years

Overhanging glass bottomed swimming pools! Now that’s what I call exposure therapy!

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you do then please repeat after me. “I don’t have the emotional capacity to deal with everyone in a way that satisfies them, and that’s OK.”

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Keeping the bedroom window open in a heatwave. Pros: Little bit cooler Cons: Traffic noise This was all it was until last night, now I have to add a new con to the list. Having to spend an hour at 2am jumping around the bedroom like a raver, trying to catch a panicking bat.

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My 18 year old is off to Uni this week and if I’m honest I’m struggling a bit with it. Popped on the Spotify DJ to distract me whilst I make him one of his favourite meals and the first song? Wild World by Cat Stevens. Thanks for that.

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4 years

Are you still scrolling? Go to bed, it’s late! X

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Just thought I’d wave at you.

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4 years

Whilst the humans are away, let's get this place tidied up!

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“Right then procrastination! I’m gonna kick your ass by researching some coping strategies.” 20 mins later. “Oh. So that’s how they built Stonehenge.” It’s not just me that does this is it?

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Genius!

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Happy new year you beautiful people!

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A fitting post for a new year.

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Just had a "news" notification to my iPad that said "How many miles walking burns off a Christmas dinner?" It doesn't matter! Honestly, it really, really doesn't matter. It's one meal on one day. You don't need to punish yourself for eating!

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I don't believe in Ebola. Never had it. Am feeling fine. Ebola has damaged me ŻERO. Try it 😋

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I'm not one for many political postings. As a therapist my job is to be non judgemental and to look at things from other people's perspectives no matter what they do, have done or want to do. So, I'll just leave this quote from MLK here instead.

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All this non stop corona virus talk makes me miss Brexit.

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2 years

Father's Day isn't aways a great day for everyone. There are lots of reasons why today might be a struggle. No matter what's going on in your life, I wish you well today x

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This guy trolling the police with the Imperial March is the best reason to get up this morning.

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Pardon me, sorry about that. I don’t usually swear on Twitter. But racists make me a bit sweary. Apologies if I offended you, unless you’re a racist in which case you can fuck off.

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Monday Morning Motivation! #motivationmonday #mondaymotivation

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Hey you! Yes, you! You’re Great! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / --- | |

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Just so you know. It’s alright to hate Father’s Day. Today is not good day for many people. It’s ok if you need to grieve for a Dad that didn’t even exist or be angry at one that did. It’s alright to be sad about what wasn’t, as well as what was.

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Timeline Cleanse!

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You can survive this! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ ( . . ) / \ / --- | |

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Richard Nicholls

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4 years

Thought for the day. Be kind to yourself. You might not have noticed it, but you’re doing a grand job!

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Richard Nicholls

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2 years

If today is hard for you for any reason, I’m sorry. You deserve better and I hope you get it soon. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter. Sit it out, you’ll get there. ❤️

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Richard Nicholls

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3 years

Someone needs to hear this right now. It might be you or it might be a friend of yours. But whoever needs to hear this, please listen. You are worthy of love and friendship. The world is a better place for having you in it.

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Richard Nicholls

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3 years

Imagine you meet your 16 year old self but you're only allowed to say three words to them. What do you say?

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