tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post97486940341475394..comments2023-09-10T06:52:18.149-07:00Comments on Schizophrenia at the Schoolgate: What does it Feel like to go Mad?Schizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-68429263589398831622013-02-15T03:39:17.318-08:002013-02-15T03:39:17.318-08:00Thanks, Pamela.
I have just had a quick look at ...Thanks, Pamela. <br />I have just had a quick look at your website, which I will go back to later on today, when I have more time. It looks fascinating! I have heard of you, and read about you, so i am honoured that you have found my blog and commented on it. I hope to be in touch again soon. All the best, Louise.<br /><br />Hi Katy<br />Hospitals of all kinds are pretty grim, aren't they? I am just about to write a post about a frustrating experience I had this morning. I suppose all we can do is concentrate on the things that are within our control - how we process what happens and how we react to it and feel about it. But once we are out of control - 'mad' - things become even more difficult, because we are more vulnerable to others, and their behaviour towards us becomes even more upsetting/annoying or comforting, depending on what sort of person they are or how they behave at the time. I think psychiatric staff should be selected on the basis of their character and personality, capacity for sympathy, etc. But then those qualities matter in all human beings...<br />Anyway, I am going on a bit. I'll write that blog post now, and hopefully make myself clearer. Always good to hear from you.<br />Schizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-85871789640599546762013-02-14T14:34:10.776-08:002013-02-14T14:34:10.776-08:00Wonderful post. Clear and lucid description of the...Wonderful post. Clear and lucid description of the confusing feelings and sensations that accompany going mad, so to speak...Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-28998151231518624742013-02-14T10:21:35.808-08:002013-02-14T10:21:35.808-08:00Don't think I could agree more about the issue...Don't think I could agree more about the issues of care in hospitals and the community. The first hospital I was in, I had unfeeling nurses being patronising or even rude most of the time and I became worse rather than better. After all, when another patient has just thrown you to the floor and you start crying and shaking about it, how would they have felt to have been told 'You need to pull yourself together, the ward is usually a lot worse than this!' and having a nurse shake her head in disgust at you? I know it upset me, I'm sure it would have upset them!<br /><br />But care in the community here is also lacking. After spending months asking for extra support, I was finally listened to in October and was assigned a care coordinator to see on a weekly basis, I saw her twice and then she went off sick. It took three months of phone calls, where I'd had a duty worker slam the phone down on me, and a visit to the team where a male manager told me to 'keep busy' and then made out that my crying was due to my time of the month but finally I was seen last Tuesday (2 days ago). I dread to think what would have happened if I'd been an emergency. CMHT says to go to A & E, A & E tell you to phone CMHT or out of hours, CMHT and out of hours repeat the go to A & E. I worry more about what would happen as a result of CMHT neglect if I relapsed rather than the relapse itself.<br /><br />However, our mental health system is a lot better than other countries so I shouldn't really complain. But there is so much room for improvement that I can't help but complain! If I did relapse it would probably be because of all the stress I've had to endure from my CMHT!! :)Katynoreply@blogger.com