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14 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
A thread with a plea from your fans who missed seeing you in 2017 as you were poorly…..
@ZoeTheBall for the morning
Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet, to go over Wembley
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in Cirencester dreaming about the day we were due to see you
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt
Before you fell poorly at our feet
There's so much loving from all of us us
And a million smiles
Hello from the fan side
I must have cried a thousand times
Balling out out we’re sorry for everything we could’ve done
But now treat us at Wembley just like a coming home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you don’t need to say sorry for breaking our heart
It don't matter, it doesn't need to tear you apart
Anymore

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16 Oct
Hey peops with #DID #OSDD we reached out in a #DID forum to ask if anyone was prepared to help us a logo for our system name which is ETERNITY. As we’ve a background in marketing we gave some thought to our collective ‘brand identity’, a logo being an outward expression of that.
We wanted an alternative to ‘my’ face because of course not all of our internal family see themselves this way. So we very much hope this will help with the dysphoria system members feel when they see my image on social media in profiles etc.
We explained how our system name came about in the first live webinar we did which hopefully many of you have seen/listened to. We also took inspiration from the web about symbols that represent ETERNITY / eternal / infinity.
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10 Oct
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
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9 Oct
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.
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2 Oct
Please RT! A free resource about Dissociative Identity Disorder thanks to @firingthemind. Talks combining lived experience alongside professionals in the field of #DissociativeDisorders are hard to come by! via @YouTube #TherapistsConnect #dissociatwt #DID
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.
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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…
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25 Nov 20
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
The first interview was solo on @BBCCWR #BrodySwain - jump to about 2 hours 12 mins in bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… #DissociativeIdentityDisorder
The second piece was a double act with my previous therpist #GillFrost debut author of #TheGirlsWithin
on the #AnnaKing show with @BBCGlos
Jump to 2 hours 12 mins in bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
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