Rachel
@rachelluby.bsky.social
Mental health nurse and mental health patient, usually at the same time. Living with Bipolar Affective & Personality 'disorders'.
Trying to use my experiences to do better and be better.
Trying to use my experiences to do better and be better.
The last few weeks have taught me that I am still so very fragile.
Not like a bomb, more like a flower...
That recovery is not one and done.
Instead, it is an acceptance that life is a lifelong journey. One that I have to work on every single day.
Not like a bomb, more like a flower...
That recovery is not one and done.
Instead, it is an acceptance that life is a lifelong journey. One that I have to work on every single day.
April 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The last few weeks have taught me that I am still so very fragile.
Not like a bomb, more like a flower...
That recovery is not one and done.
Instead, it is an acceptance that life is a lifelong journey. One that I have to work on every single day.
Not like a bomb, more like a flower...
That recovery is not one and done.
Instead, it is an acceptance that life is a lifelong journey. One that I have to work on every single day.
A day late
BUT bipolar tends to affect those with it every day; whether taking medication or monitoring mood.
Timely theme, considering I am currently experiencing stigma as a nurse with the condition.
My disorder is just one part of me
#WorldBipolarDay #WBD2025, #LetsEndStigma #BipolarStrong
BUT bipolar tends to affect those with it every day; whether taking medication or monitoring mood.
Timely theme, considering I am currently experiencing stigma as a nurse with the condition.
My disorder is just one part of me
#WorldBipolarDay #WBD2025, #LetsEndStigma #BipolarStrong
March 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A day late
BUT bipolar tends to affect those with it every day; whether taking medication or monitoring mood.
Timely theme, considering I am currently experiencing stigma as a nurse with the condition.
My disorder is just one part of me
#WorldBipolarDay #WBD2025, #LetsEndStigma #BipolarStrong
BUT bipolar tends to affect those with it every day; whether taking medication or monitoring mood.
Timely theme, considering I am currently experiencing stigma as a nurse with the condition.
My disorder is just one part of me
#WorldBipolarDay #WBD2025, #LetsEndStigma #BipolarStrong
Today, I completed 10km for
@mindcharity.bsky.social but also for me.
I will never be able to give back what the Basildon Crisis House gave to me 7-14 Feb. But I vow to have fun trying.
Next up: volunteering on the crisis lines! 🤞
#MentalHealth #Recovery #Bipolar #ADHD #BPD
@mindcharity.bsky.social but also for me.
I will never be able to give back what the Basildon Crisis House gave to me 7-14 Feb. But I vow to have fun trying.
Next up: volunteering on the crisis lines! 🤞
#MentalHealth #Recovery #Bipolar #ADHD #BPD
March 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today, I completed 10km for
@mindcharity.bsky.social but also for me.
I will never be able to give back what the Basildon Crisis House gave to me 7-14 Feb. But I vow to have fun trying.
Next up: volunteering on the crisis lines! 🤞
#MentalHealth #Recovery #Bipolar #ADHD #BPD
@mindcharity.bsky.social but also for me.
I will never be able to give back what the Basildon Crisis House gave to me 7-14 Feb. But I vow to have fun trying.
Next up: volunteering on the crisis lines! 🤞
#MentalHealth #Recovery #Bipolar #ADHD #BPD
It seems kind of cheeky to come on asking for donations when I am not the most active on here... but it's a good cause.
I decided to dress as Joy if I got my target. So here she is...
Any more donations ahead of this Sunday appreciated x
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-luby
I decided to dress as Joy if I got my target. So here she is...
Any more donations ahead of this Sunday appreciated x
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-luby
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It seems kind of cheeky to come on asking for donations when I am not the most active on here... but it's a good cause.
I decided to dress as Joy if I got my target. So here she is...
Any more donations ahead of this Sunday appreciated x
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-luby
I decided to dress as Joy if I got my target. So here she is...
Any more donations ahead of this Sunday appreciated x
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-luby
It's okay to feel happy.
It's also okay to be sad.
It's okay to be proud.
It's also okay to feel shame.
It's okay to go forward.
It's okay to go backwards.
It's okay if the hardest parts to accept are happiness, pride and progress.
It's okay.
It's also okay to be sad.
It's okay to be proud.
It's also okay to feel shame.
It's okay to go forward.
It's okay to go backwards.
It's okay if the hardest parts to accept are happiness, pride and progress.
It's okay.
March 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's okay to feel happy.
It's also okay to be sad.
It's okay to be proud.
It's also okay to feel shame.
It's okay to go forward.
It's okay to go backwards.
It's okay if the hardest parts to accept are happiness, pride and progress.
It's okay.
It's also okay to be sad.
It's okay to be proud.
It's also okay to feel shame.
It's okay to go forward.
It's okay to go backwards.
It's okay if the hardest parts to accept are happiness, pride and progress.
It's okay.
Great to see this in the local hospital grounds.
February 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great to see this in the local hospital grounds.
To try and give something back to the Crisis House that quite possibly/probay saved my life.
Please do donate if you can.
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-lu...
Please do donate if you can.
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-lu...
Fundraising started!
Rachel Luby has launched a fundraising campaign, show your support with a donation!
mind.enthuse.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
To try and give something back to the Crisis House that quite possibly/probay saved my life.
Please do donate if you can.
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-lu...
Please do donate if you can.
mind.enthuse.com/pf/rachel-lu...
This evening I broke creating a vision board down; rather than my vision for the future, I chose to represent my vision for February; past, present, and plans for the next few days.
It feels optimistic but also authentic and achievable.
It feels optimistic but also authentic and achievable.
February 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This evening I broke creating a vision board down; rather than my vision for the future, I chose to represent my vision for February; past, present, and plans for the next few days.
It feels optimistic but also authentic and achievable.
It feels optimistic but also authentic and achievable.
This relapse has been one of the hardes.
The reason.
I have had to have an honest look at the reality of living with #mentalillness. Start to accept that there will be relapse and remittance regardless of what medication I take or how many sessions of therapy I have had.
The reason.
I have had to have an honest look at the reality of living with #mentalillness. Start to accept that there will be relapse and remittance regardless of what medication I take or how many sessions of therapy I have had.
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This relapse has been one of the hardes.
The reason.
I have had to have an honest look at the reality of living with #mentalillness. Start to accept that there will be relapse and remittance regardless of what medication I take or how many sessions of therapy I have had.
The reason.
I have had to have an honest look at the reality of living with #mentalillness. Start to accept that there will be relapse and remittance regardless of what medication I take or how many sessions of therapy I have had.
A #mentalhealth ward vs. a crisis house.
No cameras.
Few restrictions.
Every member of staff wants to be here.
Lots of lived experience and peers on every shift.
Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down.
Staff to resident ratio.
A chance to breathe, heal, just be me.
No cameras.
Few restrictions.
Every member of staff wants to be here.
Lots of lived experience and peers on every shift.
Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down.
Staff to resident ratio.
A chance to breathe, heal, just be me.
February 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A #mentalhealth ward vs. a crisis house.
No cameras.
Few restrictions.
Every member of staff wants to be here.
Lots of lived experience and peers on every shift.
Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down.
Staff to resident ratio.
A chance to breathe, heal, just be me.
No cameras.
Few restrictions.
Every member of staff wants to be here.
Lots of lived experience and peers on every shift.
Open conversations about taboo subjects that usually get shut down.
Staff to resident ratio.
A chance to breathe, heal, just be me.
Reminder.
Just aim to wake up tomorrow. There is a 100% guarantee that things may be better.
Just hold on. Hold on.
Just aim to wake up tomorrow. There is a 100% guarantee that things may be better.
Just hold on. Hold on.
January 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reminder.
Just aim to wake up tomorrow. There is a 100% guarantee that things may be better.
Just hold on. Hold on.
Just aim to wake up tomorrow. There is a 100% guarantee that things may be better.
Just hold on. Hold on.
Sometimes, we turn to behaviours that get us into trouble. But are how we learnt to cope and survive.
Sometimes, the behaviour that we choose next can ge5 us out of trouble.
Learning takes a lifetime. The shame of messing up can take away that opportunity to grow and learn. To survive.
Sometimes, the behaviour that we choose next can ge5 us out of trouble.
Learning takes a lifetime. The shame of messing up can take away that opportunity to grow and learn. To survive.
January 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Sometimes, we turn to behaviours that get us into trouble. But are how we learnt to cope and survive.
Sometimes, the behaviour that we choose next can ge5 us out of trouble.
Learning takes a lifetime. The shame of messing up can take away that opportunity to grow and learn. To survive.
Sometimes, the behaviour that we choose next can ge5 us out of trouble.
Learning takes a lifetime. The shame of messing up can take away that opportunity to grow and learn. To survive.
There are many reasons why today shouldn't have been a possibility.
So it was a special feeling to walk on to Willow Ward, on my own terms, and show this article to staff that made me want to recover, believe it was a possibility.
...I was en route to training now as their colleague. 😘
So it was a special feeling to walk on to Willow Ward, on my own terms, and show this article to staff that made me want to recover, believe it was a possibility.
...I was en route to training now as their colleague. 😘
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
There are many reasons why today shouldn't have been a possibility.
So it was a special feeling to walk on to Willow Ward, on my own terms, and show this article to staff that made me want to recover, believe it was a possibility.
...I was en route to training now as their colleague. 😘
So it was a special feeling to walk on to Willow Ward, on my own terms, and show this article to staff that made me want to recover, believe it was a possibility.
...I was en route to training now as their colleague. 😘
I slept well, yet woke up feeling tired.
I can't tell you how relieved that makes me feel.
Something that was normal a few weeks ago, I am incredibly grateful for today.
#Hypomania
I can't tell you how relieved that makes me feel.
Something that was normal a few weeks ago, I am incredibly grateful for today.
#Hypomania
January 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I slept well, yet woke up feeling tired.
I can't tell you how relieved that makes me feel.
Something that was normal a few weeks ago, I am incredibly grateful for today.
#Hypomania
I can't tell you how relieved that makes me feel.
Something that was normal a few weeks ago, I am incredibly grateful for today.
#Hypomania
I felt kind of sad hearing on the news that people are being asked to attend A&E, alone...
When in a mental health crisis, I have never thought of anything other than being alone (apart from when I am an inpatient!)
I guess sadness is a positive emotion, and I am starting to want more for myself
When in a mental health crisis, I have never thought of anything other than being alone (apart from when I am an inpatient!)
I guess sadness is a positive emotion, and I am starting to want more for myself
January 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I felt kind of sad hearing on the news that people are being asked to attend A&E, alone...
When in a mental health crisis, I have never thought of anything other than being alone (apart from when I am an inpatient!)
I guess sadness is a positive emotion, and I am starting to want more for myself
When in a mental health crisis, I have never thought of anything other than being alone (apart from when I am an inpatient!)
I guess sadness is a positive emotion, and I am starting to want more for myself
Self harm or thoughts to, suicide attempt or plans has thoughts to?
There may be long waitsn there may be critical incidents being declared at your local hospital.
BUT
YOU have as much right as anyone else to be there. You deserve to be. Don't delay help. The #NHS problem is not yours to fix.
There may be long waitsn there may be critical incidents being declared at your local hospital.
BUT
YOU have as much right as anyone else to be there. You deserve to be. Don't delay help. The #NHS problem is not yours to fix.
January 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Self harm or thoughts to, suicide attempt or plans has thoughts to?
There may be long waitsn there may be critical incidents being declared at your local hospital.
BUT
YOU have as much right as anyone else to be there. You deserve to be. Don't delay help. The #NHS problem is not yours to fix.
There may be long waitsn there may be critical incidents being declared at your local hospital.
BUT
YOU have as much right as anyone else to be there. You deserve to be. Don't delay help. The #NHS problem is not yours to fix.
I didn't manage what I wanted to do, thanks to wet sand! (Far more boring than it sounds).
But managed to still shift some endorphins eventually; my previous table and benches vs my new version*
*sticky wallpaper is such a budget friendly way of transforming your living space.
But managed to still shift some endorphins eventually; my previous table and benches vs my new version*
*sticky wallpaper is such a budget friendly way of transforming your living space.
January 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I didn't manage what I wanted to do, thanks to wet sand! (Far more boring than it sounds).
But managed to still shift some endorphins eventually; my previous table and benches vs my new version*
*sticky wallpaper is such a budget friendly way of transforming your living space.
But managed to still shift some endorphins eventually; my previous table and benches vs my new version*
*sticky wallpaper is such a budget friendly way of transforming your living space.
7.1.2024
The multi faith room at the general hospital.
It was another 8 days, a number of further suicide attempts before a mental health bed was found for me. Despite being recommended for detention.
Feeling the trauma of that period today. And every day at the moment. Anniversaries...
The multi faith room at the general hospital.
It was another 8 days, a number of further suicide attempts before a mental health bed was found for me. Despite being recommended for detention.
Feeling the trauma of that period today. And every day at the moment. Anniversaries...
January 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
7.1.2024
The multi faith room at the general hospital.
It was another 8 days, a number of further suicide attempts before a mental health bed was found for me. Despite being recommended for detention.
Feeling the trauma of that period today. And every day at the moment. Anniversaries...
The multi faith room at the general hospital.
It was another 8 days, a number of further suicide attempts before a mental health bed was found for me. Despite being recommended for detention.
Feeling the trauma of that period today. And every day at the moment. Anniversaries...
Reposted by Rachel
The absence of “no” does not mean consent has been given.
Even a “yes” may mean consent isn’t there, if there is coercion and/or power imbalances.
Also, a “yes” at the start does not mean consent cannot be withdrawn.
Lots of people need to be reminded of this, it seems.
Even a “yes” may mean consent isn’t there, if there is coercion and/or power imbalances.
Also, a “yes” at the start does not mean consent cannot be withdrawn.
Lots of people need to be reminded of this, it seems.
January 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The absence of “no” does not mean consent has been given.
Even a “yes” may mean consent isn’t there, if there is coercion and/or power imbalances.
Also, a “yes” at the start does not mean consent cannot be withdrawn.
Lots of people need to be reminded of this, it seems.
Even a “yes” may mean consent isn’t there, if there is coercion and/or power imbalances.
Also, a “yes” at the start does not mean consent cannot be withdrawn.
Lots of people need to be reminded of this, it seems.
Reposted by Rachel
This video shows what behaviour contagion looks like in a team. Want to take the lead and change how you and your team work together in 2025? Join our community, rolling programme: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ #Medsky #PublicHealth #Nursing #GeneralPractice #Socialcare #Socialwork
January 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This video shows what behaviour contagion looks like in a team. Want to take the lead and change how you and your team work together in 2025? Join our community, rolling programme: restorativethinking.co.uk/self-guided/ #Medsky #PublicHealth #Nursing #GeneralPractice #Socialcare #Socialwork
Reposted by Rachel
NEW BLOG - "Sebastian Oliver"
A new PFD about "capacity", leaving Emergency Departments before assessment or treatment and requests to the police for "safe and well" checks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/s...
A new PFD about "capacity", leaving Emergency Departments before assessment or treatment and requests to the police for "safe and well" checks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/s...
Sebastian Oliver
The death of Sebastian Oliver, known as ‘Benji’ in Birmingham in November 2023 was an accidental death following significant blood loss and hypothermia after an injury to his left hand …
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NEW BLOG - "Sebastian Oliver"
A new PFD about "capacity", leaving Emergency Departments before assessment or treatment and requests to the police for "safe and well" checks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/s...
A new PFD about "capacity", leaving Emergency Departments before assessment or treatment and requests to the police for "safe and well" checks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/s...
Today is gonna be an odd day. On this day, I had 2 medical recommendations and subsequently ended up being admitted to the general. My way of surviving the bed wait was a way of demonstrating that I couldn't manage alone. But also ambivalence about living.
I think I am glad I am still here.
I think I am glad I am still here.
January 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Today is gonna be an odd day. On this day, I had 2 medical recommendations and subsequently ended up being admitted to the general. My way of surviving the bed wait was a way of demonstrating that I couldn't manage alone. But also ambivalence about living.
I think I am glad I am still here.
I think I am glad I am still here.
Reposted by Rachel
Globally, 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24. The earlier we intervene, the less years are lost forever. I showed symptoms after 6, didn't get assessed until I was 21, treated properly until I was 25.
34,793 emergency, very urgent or urgent referrals to child/adolescent mental health services crisis teams in England in six months.
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cuts in public services & real incomes; eating disorders take toll.
What kind of society hands mental health problems to children?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Urgent referrals of children in mental health crisis in England rise 13% in year
Charity says NHS failure to help more young people sooner is a ‘shocking betrayal’
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Globally, 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24. The earlier we intervene, the less years are lost forever. I showed symptoms after 6, didn't get assessed until I was 21, treated properly until I was 25.
Reposted by Rachel
How dare you ask someone “Aren’t you over that by now?“ when it was trauma that changed their whole life. These aren’t circumstances to get over. They’re uninvited changes to work through. There is no getting over it. There’s only healing from it and that takes sacrifice and time
December 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM
How dare you ask someone “Aren’t you over that by now?“ when it was trauma that changed their whole life. These aren’t circumstances to get over. They’re uninvited changes to work through. There is no getting over it. There’s only healing from it and that takes sacrifice and time