Devon CBT

The governments new are being tested this Sunday (23 April) at 3pm, if you’re a survivor of domestic abuse with a secret or secondary phone, these emergency alerts could reveal your phone, even if it’s on silent.

Our tech safety team have created a guide on how you can turn these alerts off, watch a demonstration here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2MBcHwmiy8&t

[Image description: A green graphic that reads 'For many women, a silent phone is a safe phone. ' with a graphic of a phone displaying an emergency symbol; a triangle with an exclamation point inside.]

Eating disorders are not weight disorders. What the scales read does not determine the presence or severity of an eating disorder.

What we need more than anything, to heal after , is human connection. So many of us didn't have the opportunity at the time to receive comfort and nurturance. That's what is so important about therapy now.

Read more in 'Unshame': https://www.carolynspring.com/books/

We’ll say it again (and again).

Around 1 in 4 people with eating disorders are MEN.

And the sooner we realise it, the sooner we’ll normalise it.

So if you’ve got a minute, help us chuck eating disorder stereotypes in the bin (where they belong).

Here’s how:

👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏿 Remind yourself that eating disorders don’t discriminate
💬 Tell your mates, parents, colleagues (and any living soul who’ll listen)
👍 Like, share or comment on this post to help us reach more people
💙 Point your loved ones to our men’s only support group (link below)

Let’s set the record straight and .
https://bit.ly/3jMT6B2

I don't post feedback very often but this was too lovely not to share.

I needed to read this today...

𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬

To the woman who has lost her spark, to the woman whose get up and go, has well and truly gone.
This is for you.
This is to remind you, that you don’t have to be everything to everyone, every day. You didn’t sign up for that.
Remember when you used to laugh? Sing? Throw caution to the wind?
Remember when you used to forgive yourself more quickly for not always being perfect.
You can get that back again.
You really can.

And that doesn’t have to mean letting people down or walking away.
It just means being kinder to you, feeling brave enough to say no sometimes.
Being brave enough to stop sometimes.
And rest.
It starts the moment you realise that you’re not quite who you used to be.
Some of that is good, some of that is not. There are parts of you that need to be brought back.

And if anyone in your life is not okay with that… they are not your people.
Your people will be glad to see that spark starting to light up again.
So, if you have been slowly fading away my friend, this is the time to start saying yes to things that bring you joy and no to things that don’t. It’s really pretty simple.

Donna Ashworth To The Women: Words to Live By
Art: Noa Sian

💯💚👌

So true.

I’d advocate mental health generally, but it’s a start.

Petition: Make su***de prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum. We want su***de spoken about in schools in a safe and age-appropriate way. Speaking about su***de saves lives The Dept for Education are conducting a review of the RSHE curriculum; this petition calls on the DfE to include su***de prevention within the statutory guidelines of the new curriculum.

I was convinced that if I started crying, I would never stop. Instead, my therapist reassured me that crying is part of our distress-signalling which invites support. For a long time I wasn't convinced.

Read: https://www.carolynspring.com/blog/what-if-i-start-crying-and-i-cant-stop