Rachel

@rrowanolive

Give it to the lesbians, they love a banner | | Rent-a-mental (autistic type) | Lived experience researcher on suicide & harm in health & care systems

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Rachel@rrowanolive· 18d

like come on. there's a limited number of ways to summarise a key text in your field?

Rachel@rrowanolive· 23d

One of today’s offerings from the dog

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jul 13

Shhhh the tentacle guy is blocking (I made him)

Knitted colourwork scarf with a dark grey octopus at either end, pinned out on a yoga mat and plastic sheeting outside a front door

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jul 4

My dream is to one day be established enough to publish my subtweets as academic articles too

For us, this has meant that queering anarchism means complexifying it. Many of
the criticisms we have gotten from (a rather loud minority of) comrades regarding
queering our political project are focused around class struggle being THE instru-
ment to bring about radical social change. Under this economistic (and, in our
opinion, more Marxist than anarchist) view, the struggle between workers and
bosses and the replacement of capitalism with socialism will somehow magically
bring about an end to environmental destruction and patriarchy. It will likewise
end confining notions of gender or ‘sexual identity’ and hierarchies made out of
those notions. As well, libertarian socialism will somehow ensure that ‘disabled’
people will be treated as if they are every bit a worthwhile human being as the ‘able-
bodied’ and it will end racism and white supremacy.2

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jul 4

me sowing/me reaping meme but it's me writing a research proposal / me doing the research

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jun 29

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jun 28

Heading up to Edinburgh for the critical suicide studies workshop tomorrow and tues with @d-liveability.bsky.social and co. Organising travel around mine and the dog’s various phobias and other anxiety disorders takes a good four days on either side of the actual event.

WhatsApp messages:

Oh one other thing i forgot to put under fears! She is equally terrified of a) thunder and b) big buzzy flies. At home she comes and cuddles up to me or hides somewhere

Not much you can do about it other than letting her hide if she needs to and trying to zap the fly lol. And not walking her in a thunderstorm

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jun 26

Cat calippo, or Catlippo, if you will

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jun 10

“Are you going to the suicide conference (non-Jonestown-type)?” (I research suicide, to be clear. It is an academic conference.)

Screenshot of a chat”

Are you going to the suicide conference in Glasgow, i remember you saying something about one?

I’m going to one in inedinburgh.

[quoting earlier question] this sounds like it’s a mass suicide event

What’s going on in Scotland haha

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jun 8

The field is, unfortunately, basically this but with medical interventions

Jurassic park “your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could they didn’t stop to think if they should” meme

Rachel@rrowanolive· May 25

It’s thirty five degrees outside, so naturally the cat wants to be as On Me as possible

Selfie of me lying on the sofa with a black cat chilling on top of me

Rachel@rrowanolive· May 20

This is it. This is the academic “acronym” that finally turns me into the joker.

Non-pharmacologicaL InterVEntions for Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain (RESOLVE) in People Living With Severe Mental Illness: A Realist Synthesis

Rachel@rrowanolive· May 16

White Vanguard out in London today at fascist protest, handing out great replacement theory flyers

Picture from the UTK protest of a banner saying “end Zionist occupation of Britain. Stop white replacement”

Rachel@rrowanolive· Apr 27

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Sticker of a wet cat covered in bits of pondweed looking fed up

Rachel@rrowanolive· Apr 27

Very Plath coded ending

Rachel@rrowanolive· Apr 9

I gave my best friend a tentacle cup yesterday as their early birthday gift (they are obsessed with octopuses) and they LOVED IT. In pride of place.

White mug with a handle made of tentacles on a mantelpiece

Rachel@rrowanolive· Feb 9

I considered a New Year’s resolution of making this an actual bloc this year but unfortunately I simply do not have time or the physical space

Sticker of the antifascist flag drawn as knitted fabric with the text ANTIFASCIST KNITTING ACTION / NAZIS STAY COLD

Rachel@rrowanolive· Jan 3

The “captain it’s Wednesday” meme but the text read “what a year, huh?” “Captain, it’s January 3rd”

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 28

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 6

Specifically i think im struggling with the implications of it, as someone v much tied up in & reliant on services operating on a mental health / prevention model. Like - yes, I agree with the below. Now what? Where do we start?

Through this recognition, a structural – perhaps sociological – approach to suicide prevention is repositioned, not as an accompaniment to the mental health model, but as a necessary condition for moving past suicide postponement and facilitating the potential for prevention. In acknowledging this symbiotic relationship between the mental health model of, and the structural approach to, suicide prevention, we propose that a repositioning of the latter also necessitates a repositioning of the former. As such, seeing the structural approach to suicide prevention as necessary for the success of the mental health model, requires also recognising that the mental health model cannot be successful without structural transformation. The cruel optimism of the mental health model of suicide prevention therefore, is that it dupes us into thinking that one is possible without the other.

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

CBT thought diaries when you’re a radical leftist

The wire screenshot “is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?”

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

Thank you, little app, for locking away my fear of fascism and social anxiety

Screen shot with a little padlock and text “your worries are locked away”

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

Hashtag 2025

Screenshot from a self help app:

What are you worried about? Enter your three main worries

Bad sleep
Fascism
Social anxiety

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

Immediate stress trigger lmao (i work there)

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

Found one single book specifically aimed at autistic adults with CBT exercises and the introduction is all about how “we all have some autistic traits” and Baron-Cohen’s empathising-systemising theory plus how autistics have “weak central coherence”

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

Lmao fuck off. Autism can’t be cured but we can help you live with this terrible burden

What Is Autism?
Autism is not a disease, and therefore, it cannot be “cured.” ASD does, however, affect every individual differently. Autism affects one out of every 100 people, and there are approximately 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK.

With effective treatments and therapies, people on the autism spectrum can receive meaningful assistance and successfully integrate the disorder into their daily lives.

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

What if mike’s mum actually doesn’t care about him tho

Rachel@rrowanolive· Nov 2

I’m sorry Herts NHS what do you mean carrying a water bottle is keeping me trapped in anxiety

We may also find ourselves engaging in ‘safety seeking behaviours’. These are usually
short-term solutions which artificially reduce anxiety and continue to maintain the
problem and can lead to continued avoidance.
These behaviours also mean that we do not give ourselves an opportunity to see we
would be able to cope without them.
Some safety seeking behaviours include: Carrying a water bottle, a paper bag,
medication, taking someone with you, having headphones on listening to music all the
time.
Some people have been told to carry a paper bag or when feeling anxious concentrate on breathing, this is not helpful when learning to overcome panic.

Rachel@rrowanolive· Oct 31

When you fill in the anonymous student survey and then get a follow up email…

Dear Rachel,

I hope you’re well and the start of term has gone okay.

I am the Student Experience Manager at the IoPPN, and I am really keen to make sure you are off to the best start possible.

I am reaching out as I have been told that your responses to the ‘Settling into King’s survey’ meant you may need some extra support.

Firstly, and most importantly, we’d also love to offer you the chance to chat with one of our Peer Connect Ambassadors.

Ambassadors are trained students who’ve been through similar experiences and are here to listen, answer questions, check in with how you’re getting on and help you settle into the King’s community. It is all totally informal and confidential. The main reason for the conversation is to help get you the additional support you may need and identify opportunities that may be of interest. You can have the chat over MS Teams, on the phone, or even in person — whatever works best for you.

If this sounds like something you’d find helpful, please use this link to book a time that is convenient for you. Any issues, contact peerconnect@kclsu.org directly.

Rachel@rrowanolive· Oct 25

It’s really pretty clear guys. If it looks like this it’s nazi. It’s a real “see it once and you remember it” type deal