Hey, I’m Nicole, calling myself a co-founder but blink was Mike’s idea (he’s kinda modest). I met Mike when we were both inpatients at a private psychiatric hospital. My admission to hospital was the dramatic ending of a four year long epic of NHS waiting lists, initial assessments, referrals, discharges and not much in the way of actual treatment.

I’m a PhD researcher, studying energy storage. It also turns out I’ve been living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) for quite a few years too. DID is the newer name for Multiple Personality Disorder – it’s a recognition that there aren’t many personalities inside one mind, just many fragments of a person that can dissociate from each other.

I’m a co-founder of blink because everyone I met in hospital had a similar story to me, of waiting lists and rejections from the NHS. I’m sure the NHS do great work with those that get access to treatment, however there are too many people slipping through the net and who don’t have any means to fund their own treatment. That’s not okay. And if I can do anything to help at least some people get the help they need then blink will be worth it.

Everyone deserves rapid access to professional and peer support, when they need it most.