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15 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
One of the most devastatingly exhausting things about OCD is how it relentlessly reinvents itself. You work through overcoming one compulsion and another obsessive thought emerges willing you to act. Tonight it was rereading the full page of my 8yo’s story if I messed up a word.
I’m proud of my growth and especially my recovery, but the reality is that it’s a daily struggle. These thoughts that constantly fire at you from all cylinders telling you “something bad will happen” if you don’t start the page from the beginning or move a certain item etc etc…
I have good friends, good coping tools, medication helps, running has been a game changer; but it’s really hard. I share this not to get kudos, but to show love and solidarity to others reading this who are also on this wild OCD ride.
I too would 100 per cent like to get off this godforsaken ride and politely ask for all for the years back that have been wasted stuck on this non-stop roller coaster. At the very least, a few free carnival corn dogs. You’re not alone. ❤️❤️
#OCD #mentalhealth #odaat #evennumbers

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NSLC will be appearing before public accounts this morning at the NS Leg. A few thoughts from your local sober "wet blanket". 🧵#nspoli
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31 May
Fairly certain that Nova Scotia Education Twitter will explode today post news conference no matter the decision on schools reopening or not reopening.
We shouldn’t have definitively said schools will be closed for rest of the year. Teachers cleaned classrooms, students got jobs. Understandable a reverse would be upsetting.
That said, it’s fantastic that we are doing better than predicted in vaccinations/flattening the curve. If we can safely get kids back in the classrooms, we should. That should be the priority.
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20 May
So now that we know online learning will continue for duration of the year, what's the plan for students with complex needs? #nspoli
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From the Inclusive Education Policy: " Every student, including those with special needs, should receive full-day instruction every day, with flexibility based on the student’s individual strengths and challenges" ednet.ns.ca/docs/inclusive…
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The messages could/should have been clearer. Yes. However, characterizing this as a "flip-flop" feels disingenuous. Strang has continually stated there should be informed, individual choice. As well as noting the difference in efficiency b/w the vaccine options.
When offered the shipment of AZ in early March, Strang and Rankin were criticized heavily for taking a pragmatic approach and weighing the risks/benefits. Strang is on record at that point as saying there were unknowns and it was not wise to rush to a decision.
"On Mar 2, Nova Scotia was offered 13,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine...Dr. Strang did not immediately say if the province would be accepting the vaccine and mentioned some issues, logistical and ethical, he had with accepting the doses at this time." katynotie.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/why…
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A few thoughts on #AstraZenaca and the pause that is now happening in NS. First, there are thousands of Nova Scotians who responsibly signed up and got this shot, and good for them. They did the right thing.
Keep in mind that I’m March 2020, leading experts were saying vaccines were at least two years off. The global research community exceeded all expectations and had three vaccine options ready to go in just over a year (my timing may be off).
Early on, evidence showed AZ was less effective and posed greater risks of side effects. However, the risks associated with COVID were/are greater. And now that we know those side effects of AZ aren’t as low as we thought, they are still extremely rare.
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