Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form

24/04/2026

Waddya reckon?
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EAwEnSUiM/

21/04/2026

Gambling and alcohol addictions can be as devastating as issues related to clutter, disorganisation or hoarding behaviours, and sometimes co-occur.

The Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form offers a FREE and safe way to start a conversation with someone like a GP, who can help you find ways to be like Rich_Pink_ and his ADHD wife Roxie of ADHD_love_ (who were both late diagnosed as neurodivergent) who found ways to break down the barriers that were stopping them from living happier and healthier lives.

10/04/2026

Excellent video about hoarding behaviours by Kino Bino in association with the BBC and The Open University.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c4gm9r0733no

PLEASE also watch the video that follows it ("How to help someone struggling with their mental health") and other videos by BBC Ideas, especially if you want to learn more about things like (for example):
- Artificial Intelligence (AI);
- how to make meetings less boring;
- forever chemicals;
- why exercise feels easier when you're not alone
- the freak accident that changed our understanding of the human brain!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/cxw2g82zr01t

Short films for curious minds

26/03/2026

Shopping addiction affecting your ability to manage your money?

This may help explain why you (or someone you know) struggle.

ADHD affects the brain's frontal lobe and can impact organisation and focus, a specialist says.

27/01/2026

Waddya reckon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SngvHGj05_0

20/01/2026

19/01/2026

You may have lots of belongings, but you only have one body.

So, be sure to mention any physical and behavioural symptoms you're experiencing when using our Hoarding Icebreaker form to start a conversation with your GP.

For example, even though you may not FEEL stressed here's an illustration from the World Health Organization (WHO) giving a few examples of how stress might affect you.

Other indicators of stress or anxiety can include: dizziness; low energy; emotional changes (irritability; feeling overwhelmed; low mood) and behavioural shifts (sleep changes; social withdrawal; difficulty concentrating; increased smoking, drinking, eating, acquiring items, playing computer games, etc).

If you already have underlying health problems, stress and anxiety can make them worse.

Talking to your GP as soon as you feel unwell is far more likely to help reduce the risk of your health deteriorating long-term. The alternative is to say nothing and potentially become so chronically unwell (because your body is even more stressed) that your health (and your home) may never recover.

Stress can cause:

❤️‍🩹 headaches
❤️‍🩹 neck and shoulder pain
❤️‍🩹 lack of appetite
❤️‍🩹 back pain
❤️‍🩹 a heavy chest
❤️‍🩹 tight muscles
❤️‍🩹 an upset stomach

Pausing, breathing, and reflecting through slow breathing techniques can help to reduce stress

19/01/2026

Absolutely agree!

Never underestimate the weight of the worry you carry and how it impacts on your ability to function.

I heard today that someone I love very very much is now free of cancer. 🍾

I felt a load leave me in a way that we don’t notice it build. And now I want to nap or go for a run to reset my nervous system.

Whatever you are carrying, put it down sometimes with some intentional numbing.
Things like hard physical exercise, reading a book, taking a nap, socialising (but not talking about the thing), doing a puzzle, even bing watching tv or gaming - as long as they have an end point, are good for you. They make it possible for you to cope the rest of the time.
By contrast, unintentional numbing is when you lose yourself without meaning to, without an end point, or in a self-destructive way. This will happen if you don’t plan in the first bit.

Make time for your wellness, or you’ll have to make time for you illness.

Life is heavy.
Put it down sometimes.

14/12/2025

Well said Dr Brunet!

It's frightening how many shy people or those with difficulties expressing themselves who might have taken a long time to finally pluck up the courage to talk to their GP about their health, but might now end up keeping quiet instead because they feel stigmatised and scared they might be criticised for over-reacting.

What's tragic and deeply upsetting is that by not speaking to their GP some may end up with chronic ill-health as a result.

10/12/2025

If any of you following this page are Neurodivergent (or believe yourself to be), please complete this short survey to help Kingston College review how they support students to develop their employability skills.

All responses are anonymous. Thank you.

Survey re. SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT for Neurodivergent people.

The Therapy Team from Kingston College would like to gather views and experiences to help them review how they support Neurodivergent students in developing their employability skills.

Please complete this short survey if you've had experiences at college, with interviews and in the workplace that you think could help other Neurodivergent people with employment and would like us to share them with Kingston College.

All responses are anonymous. Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2cpBKEXvQD5mqIx77v7xLZSrISv149Cd6nmjmTs85WasAVw/viewform?usp=dialog

07/12/2025

Ever wondered why a disorganised home and disordered eating often go together? Here's a possible reason.

Does it ring any bells with any one?

Welcome to the PEACE Community! We want you to feel seen and for your autism to be acknowledged, understood and supported in eating disorder treatment. We hope this website provides tools to enable this. Our team have team have created some resources and psychoeducation to support you and those supp...

05/12/2025

Will the Government's new inquiry (announced yesterday by Wes Streeting) about the possible overdiagnosis of mental health conditions, Autism and ADHD consider recent research which proves the connection between being Neurodivergent and/or being hypermobile - both of which can cause both physical and mental ill-health?

We hope so. Otherwise it would be a bit pointless given that the Government's 10-year plan says it wants to "put the NHS at the front of the global genomics* revolution and make the NHS the most artificial-intelligence-enabled care system in the world".

*Genomics is the study of an organism's complete set of DNA (including all of its genes and their functions, and how they influence the growth and workings of the body).

Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.