Mental health

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  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    Good morning @Strawberry1 I hope you managed to sleep last night? Have a good day.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Hi @Bluebell21 , i hope you had a good sleep too . I hope you have a decent day today too . Thank you for your support 🙏.

  • Lou67
    Lou67 Community member Posts: 8,655 Championing

    @Strawberry1
    Hi I hope you’re doing well and things are better for you since I was last on.
    I had stayed off the forum for a while I just needed a break. I’m going to iron some clothes as I’m going away for 4 days on Wednesday. So it’ll probably be later on when I get back to you.

    Take care 💕

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Hi @Lou67 , sounds exciting. I hope you have a lovely holiday. Dont envy the ironing though . Make sure you enjoy every minute. Things are so so at the moment. Please take care of yourself and be kind to yourself too. Treat yourself whilst you are on holiday. Take care . Sending kind blessings to you and all your family.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Not liking myself again.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Hope you have a peaceful night @Bluebell21 . Rest as well as you can.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    Thank you @Strawberry1 I hope you do too. I am glad you managed to get a prescription from your GP. Please take care of yourself.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    Good morning @Strawberry1 I hope you had a good night. Hopefully you will be able to get your new medication today and start to feel better soon.

    Take care of yourself.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Morning @Bluebell21 , thank you for your support 🙏 😊. I hope you have a good day today 😊. Take care of yourself . I just hope I haven't been a burden once again 😪.

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 58,625 Championing

    Morning @Strawberry1 hope you feel better today

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    Hi @Strawberry1 You are never a burden. We are here to listen and support you where we can. You help other members we try and help you.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Ok thank you @Bluebell21 .

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Hope you have had a reasonable day today @Bluebell21 .

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    I have thanks @Strawberry1 I had my nails done. Are you feeling any better?

    Take care.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Glad you have had a good day @Bluebell21 . That sounds nice having nails done . I am feeling better thank you . I hope you have as good a evening as the day has been for you . Your a real gem 💎. Please take care of yourself

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing
    edited September 10

    Thank you @Strawberry1 you are very kind.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Your very kind too @Bluebell21 . I won't ever be able to thank you enough.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community member Posts: 3,929 Trailblazing

    Good night @Strawberry1 I hope you have a good night. Chat tomorrow. Take care of yourself.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 5,292 Championing

    Rest as well as you can tonight @Bluebell21 💗. I'm in bed and I'm going to watch something before I go to sleep 😴. Chat again soon. All the very best to you today and every other day.

  • older01
    older01 Community member Posts: 82 Contributor

    Hi @Strawberry1. This is a label that I was given many years ago. I went home and researched what it was?
    This didn’t resonate with me at all. The problem with the mental health system is that need to give people labels.

    I am married and have a stepchild. Social services came to my house because they said that I was a potential risk to the child. Two days later they removed him from the house pending investigations? That made me feel sick inside. The fact that I had spent many years working with children across the spectrum didn’t matter to them. The fact that he was happily living in my family home for two years made no difference in their eyes.

    We had to attend Child Protection Meetings which involved a multi disciplinary team. I felt like my whole life was in their hands. I spent endless nights researching children’s services procedures. I made an official complaint to the local authority, but they didn’t accept that they were in the wrong. I took my complaint to Stage 2. I was so emphatic that my previous history of mental health issues did not affect my stepchild. At every single meeting, the chairperson would say the same conclusion - I needed a psychological assessment before he could return home. During that period my stepchild was with his birth father. He was not being schooled, had no healthcare provider in the area. He had to share a bed with his father because his father was subletting in a shared flat. This isn’t putting a child’s needs first! I have not been under mental health services for over 3 years, and I have not been on medication for mental illness for longer. Eventually the council relented, stating that changes in written procedures would be made, and paid me a token amount of compensation.

    Some people are relieved to finally understand what they are going through and being given a label. Authority figures don’t see you as human anymore. Just someone who’s emotionally unstable who can’t predict what they might do at any given time if they feel triggered. My case is histrionic, yet any official letter of diagnosis - it’s Top of my List of Illnesses. You can show them that they are wrong by not allowing yourself to react with extreme emotion. Write down the doctors name and ask for a second opinion even if you believe it’s what you have simply because they told you.

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