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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

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3 years ago

Kind of a depressing 48 hours for those of us who do some work around the edges of mental health in the military. We’ve had a dinosaur retired fast jet pilot spouting 1950s ideas about people with mental health injuries being “weak”. Over on @MilitaryBanter we’ve had some good evidence that the Armed Forces still aren’t doing enough to educate their people around reporting sick with mental health matters. Let’s address each in turn. “Strong/weak” aren’t words that belong anywhere near mental health. Each person has their own limits and it’s not for anyone else to judge them when they reach those limits and need help. Mental health injuries aren’t rational or logical. Almost by definition, when someone reaches a point where they consider taking their own life, rationality is out of the window. Mental health concerns across the board will come far too often with irrational decision-making. The only rational decision most people can make is to ask for help, and so the conversation around that needs to be encouraging and positive. Judgmental language like “weak” needs be kept as far away from the conversation as possible. Which brings me on to asking for help whilst in uniform. All too often you hear the old false lines: “It’ll ruin your career”, etc. We need to reframe mental health as an injury, just like any other. So you might miss out on a course or a posting because you have a mental health injury? So would you if you broke your leg or tore your ACL. And just as with the broken bone or ligament tear, with a mental health injury you go to the doctor and get the medical help you need. And when your injury is healed, you crack on with your career. Injuries happen and injuries can be treated. And yes, sometimes people get medically discharged both with broken legs (I know at least one - broken femur from a parachute jump) and mental health injuries (me, for example). But that’s a long process and a service person will only be discharged *because they’re not suitable to serve any more*. It’s the best option for the service person and the service. But the key point - it’s rare, and it’s a very long way from being the automatic result of reporting sick. You wouldn’t expect a medical discharge if you sprained your ankle, so you must not expect a medical discharge for needing help for a mental injury. It’s a duty on the chain of command to understand this and make sure their people are properly briefed. This weekend shows us there is still so much work to do. We keep on.

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

3 years ago

@TheMoominmama Unbelievable.

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3 years ago

@SgtMajFrench Poor guy! Apparently the official count was 17 down today. (Possibly one or two counted twice as they tried to carry on like this chap.)

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

3 years ago

@BotanicsMan @sharrond62 I have no idea re the legal aspect, but no matter what their legal status is, no amount of hormones/transformation journey is going to change bone structure, heart size, lung capacity etc. all advantages that men have over women.

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3 years ago

@SgtMajFrench It’s so depressing isn’t it!! I remember chatting to an OCdt a couple of years ago about rugby. I mentioned I’d gone to Australia for the RWC in 2003. I was 21 then. He was 2..! 🤣🙈😭

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3 years ago

Cry ‘God, for Harry, England and St George!’

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3 years ago

@AcSgtMaj_RMAS I’m not ashamed to say that this made me quite emotional today.

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3 years ago

@AcSgtMaj_RMAS Great drill today. I had a seat near chaos corner and was so impressed. 💪

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3 years ago

@zackferguson It wasn’t until I read @amateuradam ‘s book that I learned what that term meant. I had always assumed it was docs in their first couple of years - I had no idea it was for anyone junior than consultants! It’s massively misleading and frankly insulting.

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4 years ago

@MetTaskforce Oh poor PH Urbane! I really hope he makes a quick recovery and isn’t traumatised when he comes across dogs in the future.

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

4 years ago

@dustin_driver @CatsOfYore Breed = loooooong boi

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

4 years ago

@HiHiBeckyAmy1 @Sorelle_Arduino @houseoffraser No. Anyone who is so proud of their male genitalia they feel the need to display it in public does not get to use female pronouns.

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4 years ago

@duncan_capps Blimey, a nice easy relaxing job to start off in civi street then…!! Good luck, I have no doubt you’ll excel in this role.

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4 years ago

It shouldn’t have come to this, but sadly it has. MOD contracts not fit for purpose- again. Thank you @mercer_felicity!

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

4 years ago

@Dubai_allergy @mercer_felicity @PinnacleSF Voting against a bill doesn’t always mean a MP disagrees- it may be because they feel a bill isn’t quite right yet. If it’s voted in too quickly it may not do the good it could potentially do when they take the time to get the details right!

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4 years ago

@ITC_Catterick #thisisbelonging

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4 years ago

@SgtMajFrench Brook looks so worried too.

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4 years ago

@NotesFASMil @Mr_Andrew_Fox 🤢🤮

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4 years ago

@ross_moy The author sounds like they wouldn’t be happy until all officers and soldiers are sitting together in an all ranks mess calling each other mate. 🙈

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Amanda @AmandaJS_Photo

4 years ago

@NespressoUK hi, I can’t check out on the app - it’s saying something is out of stock- but all the capsules are showing on the site? I can only assume it’s one of the freebies but it won’t let me remove those? (I want the tea towel!) can you assist please?

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