WrenAves
Suicide Is Not My Choice, Suicide Is My Captor
Suicide is always described as an escape from the pain and terror. But, for me, suicide is the pain and terror I want to escape.
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WrenAves
Apr 15, 202315 min read
“Nobody Comes To Work To Harm People”
Examining the commonly used healthcare phrase "nobody comes to work to harm people"
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WrenAves
Mar 24, 202375 min read
Serenity Integrated Mentoring: Past, Present and Future
A detailed examination of the development and implementation of SIM.
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WrenAves
Mar 1, 202325 min read
We Are Not Weird “Others”: Lived-Experience Perspectives of Genital and Breast Self-Harm
Lived-Experience Perspectives of Genital and Breast Self-Harm
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WrenAves
Feb 27, 20239 min read
Name: Wren. Diagnosis: Bad
The harm of "personality disorder" is not just the stigma, it is the construct itself.
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WrenAves
Feb 9, 20238 min read
Hello, How (Risky) Are You Today?
Mental health services are often described as risk averse, but whose risk are they actually avoiding?
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Oct 31, 202274 min read
Fact or Fiction? Dissecting BPD Healthcare Mythology
Breaking down the BPD myths which exist in mental health services and inform abusive and discriminatory care
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Oct 31, 202246 min read
Dissecting BPD Healthcare Mythology: References
References for the Dissecting BPD Healthcare Mythology blog post
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WrenAves
Jul 30, 20227 min read
Dear Mental Health Professionals, Even “Good” Formulations Can Harm
We need to challenge the belief that some ways of working in mental health services are inherently "harm-free".
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WrenAves
Jul 12, 202211 min read
“Trauma-Informed Care” Left Me More Traumatised Than Ever
Naming something "trauma-informed" does not automatically make it so.
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WrenAves
Jun 19, 20226 min read
Multidisciplinary Team Meetings: Everything About Us Without Us
Multidisciplinary team meetings which exclude patients are unethical, trauma-uninformed, and have no place in modern healthcare.
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WrenAves
May 11, 202216 min read
Exclusion, Coercion, and Neglect: the Neoliberal Co-option of Positive Risk-Taking
Exploration of the misuse of positive risk-taking in mental health services.
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WrenAves
May 7, 202212 min read
“My Doctor is Lacking Insight”: Alternative Experiences of Insight in Mental Health
Insight in mental health is not just about patient insight. The insight of clinicians can make or break a therapeutic relationship.
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WrenAves
Apr 29, 202213 min read
Not Just Memories: A Survivor’s Description of Traumatic Flashbacks
"...nothing makes sense anymore. I am suddenly aware of two worlds, and no longer know which one is real."
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WrenAves
Mar 29, 202233 min read
“If You Are Not A Patient They Like, Then You Have Capacity”
Exploring Mental Health Patient and Survivor Experiences of being told "You Have the Capacity to End Your Life"
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WrenAves
Feb 27, 202227 min read
#AutismNotPD: Borderline Personality Disorder Vs. Autism Spectrum Disorder
Discussing the apparent similarities between autism & borderline personality disorder. Are autistic people being misdiagnosed with BPD?
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WrenAves
Jan 28, 20228 min read
Goodbye, You Will Not Be Missed: An Open Letter To NHS Mental Health Services.
An open letter to NHS mental health services, explaining why I must discharge myself.
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Dec 3, 20217 min read
You’d Be Mad To Trust Them: Experiences of Trust in Mental Health Services
Does a lack of trust from mental health patients indicate we have trust issues, or are in a service with trustworthiness issues?
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Aug 22, 20216 min read
Mental Health Clinical Notes: The Curse of the Paper-Self
The curse of the paper-self: a version of you created entirely by the thoughts, words and expectations of people who then forget you exist.
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Aug 18, 20217 min read
Why I Can Never “Recover” Under NHS Mental Health Services.
Power dynamics in mental health services replicate abusive relationships. For this reason I can never "recover", but merely hope to survive.
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WrenAves
May 22, 202115 min read
I Wasn't Created in a Therapy Room: My Experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder
"Mental health professionals do not own the narrative of lives they do not live."
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Apr 28, 202115 min read
Behaviourism, BPD, and the High Intensity Network
An overview of the behaviourist theory which underlies the High Intensity Network's model of care.
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May 24, 202029 min read
BPD: It's More Than Borderline Abusive
"Psychiatry is, and has always been, an active participant in the subjugation of vulnerable, abused, and misunderstood people.."
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