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- Mar 1
- 6 min
#wearenotbeingfussy
This week has been Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Beat have chosen to shine a spotlight on Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder...
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- Feb 4
- 12 min
Okay, so maybe things can change...
(TW/CW- suicide, self-harm, inpatient) Dragged from the small white walled room I had been kept in, in just a hospital gown, no...
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- Nov 12, 2023
- 11 min
What 3 years out of inpatient has taught me
CW- talk about mental illness, hospitalisation 11th August marks 3 years from my last inpatient admission- a date I'll be honest for a...
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- May 18, 2023
- 5 min
Don't Kill Yourself
For those who don't understand will think this is obvious. But for those of us who do, know this can be the hardest thing to do. I get...
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- Apr 16, 2023
- 5 min
I’m not just defiant and stubborn
As I grew up I never understood who I was. I had frequent shutdowns, was highly anxious and just couldn't cope with what others viewed as...
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- Mar 10, 2023
- 5 min
I don’t want to be included. I want true inclusion.
At the beginning of this year 2023 I had my autistic characteristics used against me yet again. My potential to add value to a situation...