Say it for the people at the back!

I really appreciate you saying this, thank you. We ALL deserve better - there are so few of us getting the support we deserve.

Thank you, your support is always so appreciated!

As a child growing up in the "Tumblr era", I had a blog that attracted many people seeking advice from me: a child.

Undiagnosed autistic/ADHD & experiencing trauma, I felt morally obliged to offer support to people like myself.

This has left a legacy of complicated feelings towards peer support.

Similarly, my capacity for being able to engage in peer support spaces has completely depleted.

I can carry my own trauma & bear witness to the trauma of my close friends: the latter is a privilege.

I cannot hold space for strangers.

It's self-protection.

I most certainly will! Thank you!

I totally agree.

Once I muster up the courage, I'm going to apply again this year. I feel like I now have the emotional capacity / spoons to put up a good fight should it inevitably be rejected initially & likely lead to tribunal.

TW: suicide attempt

The irony was that I didn't have the emotional capacity or spoons to get more time for mandatory reconsideration (once the initial period of acute distress had passed) because I was detained under the Mental Health Act after a suicide attempt.

I'm sorry you were asked it too.