Hi @SwinGlosMind Thank you for the work you do. I am really disappointed at the moment with MIND. Whilst I understand that charitable status comes with limitations on what you are able to for individuals, I feel fobbed off about several broader societal issues I’ve raised with HQ
The two major issues I have raised are; * The lack of commissioned #NHS support for those with #DissocativeDisorders
* The ambiguous wording in exclusion clauses in income protection policies.
Both of these I have offered my painful accounts of lived experience for campaigning.
Each time I get signposted to fact sheets etc which doesn’t actually take the issues forward as an individual I don’t carry ‘clout’ & I’m tired of having to self advocate.
I know there are so many things you could tackle, but the issues I’m raising are potentially costing lives.
So if #MentalHealthMatters please help give us a voice. I (we) would gladly come to your local office or into London to talk through the issues. You say #TogetherWeCanChangeThis well we are not work shy or short of ideas. So #DoOneThing and commit - take us up on our offer.
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So what shall we post & do on this #WorldMentalHealthDay
One ‘alter’ despairs over the rejection & disappointment we feel when we don’t get engagement in our efforts to generate awareness & improve the base of knowledge with people outside of our own #mentalhealth community.
But then the same alter & ‘I’ have this inner drive and passion to see change and also to support others who aren’t able to speak out. So on one hand we are like why do we bother, what’s the point, nothing changes. People have their own lives, they don’t want to hear heavy stuff
They’d rather spend time watching movies & TV or just getting on with what’s in front of them, their responsibilities and we don’t ‘blame’ them, we understand. But you see we don’t have a choice, like anyone dealing with serious ‘illness’ and/
or dealing with stigma of any kind
A recording of the live webinar featuring Gill Frost, Valerie Sinason, Amanda Ball, and Alf McFarland, held on Wednesday 30 June 2021.
For anyone who is a survivor of abuse or trauma, please take care when viewing this video as some content may be triggering.
Event information;
DID – or dissociative identity disorder – is a little-known and widely misunderstood condition, even within the medical and therapeutic professions. Any scant knowledge amongst the public comes mostly from poorly researched or sensationalist films or television series.
Hi @MindCharity@mentalhealth appreciate what you do for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek But...last year I highlighted a need for info to explain differences between good/poor mental health & living with a serious condition. It’s v upsetting when little is available on #NHS for SMI
People like myself (ves) have taken to National TV and Radio to try and raise awareness of the lack of #NHS support for diagnosis, therapy & proper crisis support for #DID & other Dissociative Disorders. It’s a national disgrace & a challenge the world over.
If you could do one thing for me (us) and on behalf of the community struggling with #DID as a result of childhood trauma. Please listen and share this interview I gave on BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Unashamedly asking for a RT.
Two BBC radio stations have kindly given air time to me sharing experiences of living with #DisscociativeIdentityDisorder.
Listen again still up ATM so PLEASE tune in & share. Radio silence gives air to stigma & these interviews help change that #DID
Whilst numerous books about #DID exist, #TGW provides something quite different from most. Written in an accessible diary style and fully referenced, it provides a rare insight into the client /therapist relationship.
All of her internal family system, gave their full blessing to #GillFrost to publish the book via @firingthemind and in fact a child part said about the idea of writing a book; “If it would help the boys and girls who’ve had horrid things happen to them, then that’s good”