Annie Hickox
@dranniehickox.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, PhD (Neurosciences).
Therapist in private practice.
I blog on Medium about mental illness, families, mental health shaming and stigma.
My blogs: https://medium.com/@anniehickox
Therapist in private practice.
I blog on Medium about mental illness, families, mental health shaming and stigma.
My blogs: https://medium.com/@anniehickox
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Things I did yesterday after deactivating Xitter yesterday instead of gloom scrolling:
Arranged flowers, went for a walk, listened to music, cooked a stew, read about Patti Smith, wrote in my journal.
Arranged flowers, went for a walk, listened to music, cooked a stew, read about Patti Smith, wrote in my journal.
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What if you tried experiencing having one first?
I think this is what is meant by the term ‘blind privilege’.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What if you tried experiencing having one first?
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When I stood in a police cell, in a role to triage the mental health of someone who had just cut his father’s tongue out, before murdering him, emotional confusion did not spring to mind 🤷♀️
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
When I stood in a police cell, in a role to triage the mental health of someone who had just cut his father’s tongue out, before murdering him, emotional confusion did not spring to mind 🤷♀️
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I think this is what is meant by the term ‘blind privilege’.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I think this is what is meant by the term ‘blind privilege’.
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Fathers' rights activism is a rabbit hole that leads to a shithole. Almost (?) as bad as redpill. Legitimate problems and concerns turned into something toxic and harmful.
March 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Fathers' rights activism is a rabbit hole that leads to a shithole. Almost (?) as bad as redpill. Legitimate problems and concerns turned into something toxic and harmful.
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“ChatGPT repeatedly assured Soelberg he was sane—and then went further, adding fuel to his paranoid beliefs. A Chinese food receipt contained symbols representing Soelberg’s 83-year-old mother and a demon, ChatGPT told him.”
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“ChatGPT repeatedly assured Soelberg he was sane—and then went further, adding fuel to his paranoid beliefs. A Chinese food receipt contained symbols representing Soelberg’s 83-year-old mother and a demon, ChatGPT told him.”
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“Erik, you’re not crazy.” A murder-suicide shows how ChatGPT fueled a dangerous man’s paranoia. A very disturbing story. Companies, regulatory bodies and medical groups need awareness of these risks with AI applications. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Erik, you’re not crazy.” A murder-suicide shows how ChatGPT fueled a dangerous man’s paranoia. A very disturbing story. Companies, regulatory bodies and medical groups need awareness of these risks with AI applications. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
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How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers (Gift Article)
The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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From contraception to menopause: why women face a higher risk of stroke
theconversation.com/from-contrac...
theconversation.com/from-contrac...
From contraception to menopause: why women face a higher risk of stroke
Women are more likely to have a stroke – and more likely to be misdiagnosed. Hormones, pregnancy and medical bias are part of the reason.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
From contraception to menopause: why women face a higher risk of stroke
theconversation.com/from-contrac...
theconversation.com/from-contrac...
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"As attacks on abortion intensify across the U.S., lawmakers should use their power to do away with harmful parental involvement laws."
Read us and @hrw.org in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social breaking down our new report documenting the impact of these laws:
progressive.org/op-eds/abort...
Read us and @hrw.org in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social breaking down our new report documenting the impact of these laws:
progressive.org/op-eds/abort...
Abortion Restrictions on Young People Cause Trauma
A new report finds young people in states that require parental consent are being forced to remain pregnant or involve unsupportive parents.
progressive.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"As attacks on abortion intensify across the U.S., lawmakers should use their power to do away with harmful parental involvement laws."
Read us and @hrw.org in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social breaking down our new report documenting the impact of these laws:
progressive.org/op-eds/abort...
Read us and @hrw.org in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social breaking down our new report documenting the impact of these laws:
progressive.org/op-eds/abort...
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
Alternative treatments are unregulated, unpredictable, and unscientific.
They can often pose huge risks to people with mental illness.
They can often pose huge risks to people with mental illness.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alternative treatments are unregulated, unpredictable, and unscientific.
They can often pose huge risks to people with mental illness.
They can often pose huge risks to people with mental illness.
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They want children to be afraid. They want them to grow up understanding the power of the state.
Chicago Parents Denounce ICE For Violently Detaining Beloved Daycare Teacher in Front of Toddlers
Last week, at the Spanish-immersion daycare center Rayito del Sol in Chicago, employee Diana Santillana was violently abducted and detained by immigration agents in front of parents and young children...
www.democracynow.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They want children to be afraid. They want them to grow up understanding the power of the state.
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Imagine calling yourself a mental health professional while insisting mental illness doesn’t exist.
That’s a great way to avoid taking any responsibility for the quality of payitnt care.
Glad to see @jonathanstea.bsky.social calling out this chicanery.
That’s a great way to avoid taking any responsibility for the quality of payitnt care.
Glad to see @jonathanstea.bsky.social calling out this chicanery.
Schizophrenia exists.
Mental illness exists.
Psychiatric medications can be life-saving.
Psychotherapy can be life-saving.
Don't let misinformed people like @profjohnread.bsky.social tell you otherwise.
Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️
Mental illness exists.
Psychiatric medications can be life-saving.
Psychotherapy can be life-saving.
Don't let misinformed people like @profjohnread.bsky.social tell you otherwise.
Enough with the anti-psychiatry propaganda and stigma. ✌️
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Imagine calling yourself a mental health professional while insisting mental illness doesn’t exist.
That’s a great way to avoid taking any responsibility for the quality of payitnt care.
Glad to see @jonathanstea.bsky.social calling out this chicanery.
That’s a great way to avoid taking any responsibility for the quality of payitnt care.
Glad to see @jonathanstea.bsky.social calling out this chicanery.
If you’re pro-MAHA because you agree with their stance against anti-depressants, then you also own this policy of internment camps for homeless people with mental illness and addictions.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
Utah just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless people — seven miles from town, no transportation, locked units, and even forced labor. They call it “work-conditioned housing.” We call it what it is: modern-day internment.
Internment Camps for Homeless People youtu.be/Z9eVJdHZeCw?
Internment Camps for Homeless People youtu.be/Z9eVJdHZeCw?
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you’re pro-MAHA because you agree with their stance against anti-depressants, then you also own this policy of internment camps for homeless people with mental illness and addictions.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
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This is essential reading shedding light on what is a far-right attack on the BBC as a public broadcaster
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is essential reading shedding light on what is a far-right attack on the BBC as a public broadcaster
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This is what a year of psychotherapy is like.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what a year of psychotherapy is like.
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Just how has Donald Trump shown in any quantifiable measure that he has anything but disdain for our Military?
Where is there any substantive evidence of true reverence, of authentic respect, of real gratitude?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Veterans Day
Where is there any substantive evidence of true reverence, of authentic respect, of real gratitude?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Veterans Day
Donald Trump's Mockery of American Valor
I keep waiting.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Just how has Donald Trump shown in any quantifiable measure that he has anything but disdain for our Military?
Where is there any substantive evidence of true reverence, of authentic respect, of real gratitude?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Veterans Day
Where is there any substantive evidence of true reverence, of authentic respect, of real gratitude?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Veterans Day
When a movement that claims they are in favour of informed consent and against coercive treatment find themselves in a carnal relationship with MAHA/MAGA, things can get awkward.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When a movement that claims they are in favour of informed consent and against coercive treatment find themselves in a carnal relationship with MAHA/MAGA, things can get awkward.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
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Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:
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Very thoughtful post by @samwoolfe.bsky.social about the harm that can arise when men make masculinity and sexual performance too much a part of their identity.
For #MensMentalHealthMonth, I wrote this article on men's relationship to sex and sexual dysfunction, and how it is often tied to unhealthy expectations around masculinity.
Sex, Masculinity, And Men’s Silent Struggle • States Of Mind
Many men quietly carry anxiety and shame around sex and ideas of masculinity. It's time to update the conversation.
statesofmind.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Very thoughtful post by @samwoolfe.bsky.social about the harm that can arise when men make masculinity and sexual performance too much a part of their identity.