PSST

ok. so, got back from some psychiatric users self help groupn (called PSST). and all i can say is, WHY are they being so contradictory? *grooooan*

so, they have loads of really dense, chocolate, sugary sprinkled donuts and glazed danishes and capri-sun (or sonne, whichever) -- which can i just say is full of sugar -- as well as an endless supply of highly calorific jammy dodgers, which they are scoffing like the bloody factory's going to shut down. and one of the members say "these drugs they givin' us, makin' me put on weight innit? like 5 years ago right, i was a size ten. now, imma size 14."

*blank look* uhh... well, maybe just maybe, if they didn't put tempting treats on the table...

then they say, "why should us ment'al patients be treated any different from ar'er patients, like with cancer or whatever. why can't the doctors just treat us like normal patients?"

to which i think, well, surely it's your mind that we're most concern about. and well.. isn't it your mind that ascertains how you perceive things, or react to things, or treat other people? so, if you're likely to be violent, well, no shit you're going to be treated differently. which is why the NHS has a "will not treat" policy on violent patients. coz our safety is most important. anyone could work that out.

and despite saying that they want to be treated like normal patients, (who have to wait in common waiting rooms, and wait to be seen, and sometimes have to sit in cubicles on their own) they say that psychi patients should really have their own "chill out" room where they can all go and vent out their anger.

as if there can be provisions for all the different groups of people who come into A&E. imagine. an RTA (road traffic accident) room, a cardiac arrest room, a drunk + delirious room, etc..

oh pooooooo.

looks like psychiatry is going to be a highly unlikely career.


x Dying for fluoxetine