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#MentalHealth #MentalIllness #TW #Suicide
A desire to pick myself up, 'carry on', focus on future goals; balanced/contrasted with the need to stop the denial; accept the reality of just how serious things have been. ARE. STILL.
My discharge letter uses the words 'fatal'.
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2 Mental Health Act Assessments in 7 days.
4 nights in an acute general hospital. For treatment.
*They* can't all be wrong. Exaggerating. Coercive. Risk averse.
*I* have to take responsibility for causing concern.
Responsibility but not blame.
*I* have had to revisit my
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Safety plan; again and again and again. And right now that means 'family supervision'. But in my own home. Where I want to be. Where I am safer. At the moment: change is constant and I must also acknowledge that.
And I am still p*ssed off at the way the #MHAA was undertaken
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Some #AMHP students have been using #HeDiedWaiting on their course. They made #PledgeForTim and I am so heartened by them. Please do read the thread.

“Not seeing the person just as ill  - making sure I include the family to find out their history /who they are.” 1/
“Involving the person in the decision  - making sure they have enough information and resources”

“Not losing the individuality of the the person - a willingness to stand in their shoes”

“ A person centred approach - talking to others “
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“Always asking the family what the person is like when they are well”

‘Giving quality time to the assessment - making sure I explain”

“To listen, to hear, to understand”

“Know the power of language - if that person is quirky or has ambitions make sure I say who they are”
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