This week, we were treated to ‘World Mental Health day’. Aren’t we lucky? Isn’t it nice that we were given an allocated day to feel special and important? Sorry to start off so sarcastic, but the whole thing p*sses me off. It’s a hollow, pointless lot of noise that ultimately will make very little practical…
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“I think you enjoy feeling suicidal”
That’s what my psychiatrist said to me today. He hypothesised that I don’t help myself out of a dark place when I am there because I like being there. This from a man who has probably spent a total of about 10 hours with me in the past year. I was anxious about meeting with…
Mental illness: My experience of NHS negligence
It’s not a secret that in the UK the NHS is experiencing a massive crisis in services for mental illness. Even the specialist teams are ill-equipped and short-staffed. Knowing this, I thought A&E would be a rough experience. But the ignorance, bullying and general lack of care of the staff there were even worse than…
Complaint letter: NHS neglect in treating my psychiatric illness
Complaint regarding poor treatment received in A&E and EAU. Dear [hospital director], I am writing to complain about the neglectful treatment I received at the [hospital] recently, and the disrespect and disregard that were shown to me by the hospital’s staff. I believe that the way I was treated was in contravention of one of…
NHS psychiatric care: Trying to keep an open mind
I woke up feeling OK about the week ahead, despite having a lot of anxious dreams that have disturbed my sleep the last two nights. I’m used to feeling tired now, that’s been going on for months. On the plus side, the sun was shining this morning for my walk. While I enjoyed all the…
What’s in a name?
My therapist once said to me that diagnoses are just labels for clusters of symptoms. She might have just said this because she knows I have an aversion to being ‘textbook’ anything. She knows I get spiky when anyone informs me that my behaviour or feelings are typical of someone with my background. So this…
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