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"Why on earth do I need to be sicker to be helped?"

Ow, well put. Sometimes I wonder if my GP will ever review my case notes that show the time she said I had nothing to worry about overlaps with another specialist noting that [incredibly obvious symptoms of malnourishment] were occuring. (She won't.)

I remember reading this when it was first shared, and then I resonated with the clawing-your-way-out-of-malnourishment aspect. Recently, I found my own cup more literally, which has been a game changer for keeping myself hydrated.

(Mine also has a straw. Might as well use that oral fixation for something useful...)

A collection of website seizure banners created by government agencies.

If you're giving me e-paper, I'm going to make an e-printer.

The study concluded "it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and suggestion in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric terminology might be a solution

...nom. todo: find recipe

ABC acknowledging covid in the present tense! Release the confetti!

Taking notes from industrial mixing processes so that I don't get a snack bowl with the wrong ratio of sultanas to walnuts? It's more likely than you'd think.

"You're so much better off with kids not to put your hands on your knees and talk down to them, but to aim over their heads and challenge them to rise to the occasion," he says.

"And they will."

No, you cannot call English speech-to-text "Auslan services", STFU. Despite the headline, what's happening is that agencies are refusing to pay for in-person interpreting, and substituting it with virtual interpreters (essentially a video call with someone) and STT (which is inherently flawed and not even interpreting in the first place).

something something, "AI will fail to do your job, but that's still good enough to convince your boss to fire you"

I was hooked by the idea that my lack of happiness and fulfilment in the present moment could be fixed if I just got better at my life.

CTAD is a free government clinic providing outpatient psychological therapy for anxiety disorders and depression.

Possibly one of my favourite aspects of e621 is that it is overwhelmingly known for the porn, but a significant amount of the stuff there isn't porn.

Researchers have found that seeing touch (on TV or in films, for example) – particularly social, affective or pet touch – can give us some of the benefits of feeling touch. “This is called ‘vicarious touch’,” says Fotopoulou. “The brain codes multisensory experiences in multiple ways. We can also ‘feel’ the pain and pleasures of others just by ‘seeing’ them,” she says. “This is not a permanent or complete substitute, but a partial one.”

Products such as weighted blankets can help. Smith says that laying one across her chest and shoulders makes her feel “much calmer” – speaking, perhaps, to an instinctive need to stimulate the CTs. Interacting with animals is also settling. “My neighbour’s cat has decided to live with me half the time and having her sat on my chest, purring, is so soothing.”