Siobhan Graham
hopeharbour.bsky.social
Siobhan Graham
@hopeharbour.bsky.social
Living experience of BPD & AUDHD.
Mental health practitioner.
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Was it really that long ago? Time is flying by 😳
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Autistic people ARE adaptable...

But we do struggle MORE with adaptability than nonautistic people because adapting for us USUALLY means sacrificing things our autistic brains need.

We CAN make the choice to sacrifice... and many of us do every single day...
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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@bigspd.bsky.social
Wow, hard hitting stuff. Hearing stories of people’s experiences through creativity is truly inspirational. It’s comforting to know you are not alone. 💜
June 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What a really fabulous quote
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June 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Jen addressing the room and reminding us we all have lived experience
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June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Next up is the wonderful and tenacious Jenifer Dylan, the first lived experience DBT therapist trained in the UK #BIGSPD25
June 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Michaela encourages people to think less about diagnosis and more about individual experiences of distress #BIGSPD25
June 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@keirwales.bsky.social introducing Michaela Swales to discuss where DBT is at after 30 years and what the future holds
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June 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Dissociation or sensory overload?
BPD black and white thinking or autistic need for predictability?
#BIGSPD25
June 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I’ve been very much looking forward to this session. #BIGSPD25
June 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@bigspd.bsky.social

Thank you to all that attended our workshop this afternoon - “Lived experience roles: who represents, supports and advocates for us?” Lots of great conversation had and we are very keen to keep it going throughout the conference! :)

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June 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Maxine highlights that racialisation and how we categorise race is a delusion that can only lead to denigration or erasure. Maxine uses the example of currently 47 global conflicts happening but we only ever hear of 2 #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Super interested in the next presentation and conversation from Maxine. Love the phrase “expert by experience”
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June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
June 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We need resistance and rebellion

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@mickmckeown24.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Mick's citing a few papers, including this scoping review that he co-authored with @bigspd.bsky.social Co-President @garylamph.bsky.social back in 2023:

Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care #BIGSPD25 systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review - Systematic Reviews
Background Establishing and maintaining relationships and ways of connecting and being with others is an important component of health and wellbeing. Harnessing the relational within caring, supportiv...
systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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A representation of the delegates at #bigspd25 - the bigger the writing the more people from that area of work. Great to see #livedexperience the biggest group of delegates! I can’t think of another conference where that is the case! @bigspd.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@mickmckeown24.bsky.social is now taking us through relational practice and how to make hope possible!

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June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A warm welcome to my first ever BIGSPD event. So many interesting people 🤩
June 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM