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@cwestonclark @Shrink_at_Large It’s very easy for people who are ideologically opposed to the legitimacy of depression to go “Oh, you’re not taking drugs for it, you must be fine!” Indeed, it happened to me when I stopped taking antidepressants 20 years ago, and the ableism has only got worse since then.

@cwestonclark @Shrink_at_Large See, it’s not the exposure that’s the problem, it’s how people react to it. In the case of the opioid crisis, you have a medical community in the US now so scared to prescribe (legitimately needed) opiates, that people are managing end stage cancer with paracetamol.

Bad timing for Joanna Moncrieff to have a populist book coming out about antidepressants potentially doing more harm than good, especially when anxiety and depression are key targets for a new wave of welfare austerity.

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@EastMidRailway Thank you! I can stop panicking now. 😁

@RedFoxglove Good Evening Jane, if your train has been cancelled your ticket is automatically valid on the 2 services before or after your booked train anyway so don't worry 😊 ^KP

@EastMidRailway I have a ticket for the 18.32 St Pancras > Sheffield train, which has been cancelled. Being disabled, I was concerned about overcrowding on the following train, so jumped on the 18.02, but didn’t have time to ask staff whether my ticket would be accepted. Will it?

@CrossCountryUK Yes. He says there are seats further down (seems doubtful, the train is crammed), and he will come back to help me move when he has checked tickets. He may decide against it, but it’s caused unnecessary anxiety. I assumed “assistance put me here” was a legitimate reason!

@RedFoxglove Sorry to hear, Jane. Did you explain to the crew that the assistance team advised you to sit in there? ^LA

@CrossCountryUK My train was cancelled and the one I am on is like a sardine tin. Because I need a seat, disabled assistance put me in 1st class. Now an inspector is telling me I need to pay an upgrade or move (I’m not sure I can even safely make it through the crowd).

@CrossCountryUK @thetrainline Thank you.

@RedFoxglove @thetrainline You can travel from now until Wednesday (not relevant to you as you said you have no alternative to travel tomorrow, but you can use any service tomorrow). As for ticket acceptance, you'll need to check back tomorrow as we've not been briefed about this yet. ^RF

@CrossCountryUK Hello. I’m afraid I have no alternative but to travel tomorrow. @thetrainline is reporting that the 9.32 Sheffield to Durham service is cancelled, but it has been wrong before. Can you confirm whether this service is running, and if not, what my options are?

@CrossCountryUK @thetrainline Can you clarify what flexibly means? Can I change routes/train companies if necessary?

@RedFoxglove @thetrainline All Reading to Newcastle services have been cancelled as there will likely be significant speed restrictions to the services which can still be ran across the network. You can use your tickets flexibly tomorrow. ^RF

I’m still habitually checking this app and it’s making me miserable, so today it gets deleted. My account will remain, because I don’t cede space to fascists, but from now it will only be used for work updates and occasional yelling at corporations. Find me at 🦋.

@paneraiwearer @Shrink_at_Large I’m sorry. I had much the same experience with the CMHT some years ago. I recommend getting them to document your difficulties and the fact nothing has worked, so no one can say you didn’t try. Good luck. 💙

Before you say you once met someone for whom #work was beneficial or cite choice evidence, remember: we’re talking about mandated work programmes, run by the NHS with the DWP, where sanctions are the alternative. Not all work is good for your health; not everyone is able to work.

@Jedirev @chenphilosophy @historykev I think one CAN choose both. It’s just that our inherently ableist society, riddled with “useless eaters” style propaganda, WON’T. We’ve got a lot of fixing to do before we can be trusted with assisted dying. And that makes me sad for both sides of the debate.

@chenphilosophy @historykev I can't see how you can choose to do both. Once you adopt a position that assisted death is permissable, there's a significant barrier to actually invest in keeping alive those who cost too much. That's why you see some really disturbing editorials from long term supporters.

The airbrushed picture of an attractive young woman cavorting in her pyjamas promoting the #leadbeaterbill should be replaced by a picture of Cyril Tooze. Terminally ill Mr Tooze was told he would wait 10 months for home care in Australia. He couldn't afford both rent and private homecare. So he was assisted to die in South Australia where Voluntary Assisted Dying is legal. This is the reality of #assisteddying. Not so much a choice but a desperate act when faced with dwindling options. Like suicide often is.

Like, never mind that your driver broke the law by picking up an unbooked fare, left a disabled woman in a position which caused her intense pain, and wasted hours of her time, at least you didn’t charge her for the privilege. You should be fucking ashamed, @UberUKI_Support

I know this won’t make the top 1000 Uber horror stories, but my driver just picked up a different person and left me stranded in the cold for an hour, and @UberUKI_Support seem to think I should be grateful they refunded the trip I didn’t take. So - thanks for not robbing me?

@InchOrInfinity Honestly, when I hear that phrase, I *hope* they’re out to cause trouble. The other reason has skyrocketed in the last few years. 💙

Trespassers on the railway causing chaos to Waterloo and if they're just up to cause trouble I hope they spend every day of their life going forward starting on lego barefooted