Postdoc at Durham University working on quantum optics and THz imaging using room-temperature atoms ⚛️💡I like small animals more than is healthy. (she/her)
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ALT Two people in purple tshirts stand in front of a table with lights and a TV
ALT You are so TRAUMATISED, and so DEPRESSED and it kills me that you ARE TOLD YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING ENOUGH. Like, we have to always ASK FOR HELP, but somehow we're always doing it wrong. You have to be TRUSTING, but not too TRUSTING. And you can never say A CUP OF TEA AND A BATH DOESN'T HELP. You have to say you want to LIVE, but also you have to be HONEST. You have to have to WANT HELP, but you can't ask for HELP because that's ATTENTION SEEKING. YoU ARE RETRAUMATISED WITHIN THE SYSTEM, but you can't BE TRIGGERED BY "MINOR THINGS". You have to HAVE YOUR EXPERIENCES REWRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOU, but you CANT BE ANGRY ABOUT THAT. You're DEEMED TO HAVE CAPACITY, but YOUR COMPLAINTS ARE DISMISSED ALL THE damn time AS IT'S JUST A SYMPTOM OF YOUR "DISORDER". You have to PROVE YOU NEED SUPPORT but also BE LEFT ON THE WAITING LIST WITH NO SUPPORT. You have to AGREE YOUR PERSONALITY IS DISORDERED, which is insane, but if you point that out, you're accused of LACKING INSIGHT. You're supp
ALT A lamb with a black face and legs looks directly at the camera, while in the background the sun is just about to set
ALT A man wearing a light brown suit stands next to a woman in a wedding dress. She is holding a bouquet of wildflowers. They are both looking past the camera and laughing.
ALT A man in a brown waistcoat and trousers stands facing a woman in a wedding dress, their noses touching. On the background a rainbow is visible in the sky
ALT A graphic titled: Mental Health Awareness Week: The Exclusion of Mental Illness and What We Should Be Talking About. Subtitle reads: While Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on ‘movement’, nature, walking and well-being, people suffering from mental illness continue to be affected by stigma and misunderstanding.
ALT The northern lights, streaks of purple and green behind a few clouds.
ALT A woman in a grey fleece is standing on a moor holding a tiny lamb with a black face. The lamb is licking the woman's neck.
ALT A photo of a ewe and lamb on a moor. The ewe is higher up the slope and is looking at the lamb, but is quite far away.
