“Writing from bed is a time-honored disabled way of being an activist and a cultural worker. It’s one the mainstream doesn’t often acknowledge but whose lineage stretches from Frida Kahlo painting in bed to Grace Lee Boggs writing in her wheelchair age 98.”
- Piepzna-Samarasinha
It’ll kick off in London today cos no one knows what to do when it gets above 28 and the daily mail will call it ‘lawless London’ when most of what we need is lollies.
As someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP
Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have:
- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.
Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.
Trauma not merely as fear or horror, but as chronic assault on reality-testing, credibility, embodiment, autonomy, and social legibility.
Biggest threat to trauma therapy in the UK right now? PIP cuts & tighter rules.
Tens of thousands with PTSD/CPTSD rely on PIP to fund private therapy — NHS waits are years long.
Respond to the Timms Review consultation by 28 May or many will lose access.
tinyurl.com/mrk8hy4m
Still remember the crushing moment as a young researcher when I realised that proving something through evidence had damn near no impact on social policy unless it was politically useful to believe it.
If you’re lonely today and want someone to talk to in the U.K.:
• Call Samaritans 116 123 – 24/7
• Text SHOUT to 85258 – free, 24/7 text support
• 55+: The Silver Line 0800 470 8090 – friendship and listening, 24/7
• Under 19: Childline 0800 1111 or chat online
We are here on bluesky too🩷