How do you get over being sectioned?
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Hello fifth, believe me you are not alone in this situation due to new reforms to the mental health act its very hard for the psychiatrist not to take this action or risk reprisals on them selves.
Your first port of call should be requesting a referral from your GP to a local mental health nurse, they provide an amazing home service and will help you with the many questions you must have about your current situation and you wont have to edit your thoughts around them so feel free to express your true thoughts and feelings (they also are un able to section service users)
the feeling of not even having control of your treatment (being section) must have be horrific and only magnified you depression dramatically especially when you keep in mind many depression issues revolve around lack of control as it its.
As far as making a complaint, something I really think you should do! Just follow this link to the “Complaints about NHS services” http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/complaints-... It has a very good guide too.
If you have any questions about getting a mental health nurse or making a complaint please don’t hesitate in contacting me as I have experience of both and am happy to help in any way I can.
Best of luck to you!
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deal with it. forget it. then move on.
if you are not strong enough to do this go back to the loony bin knock on the door and ask them to take ya back.
DON'T LET THEM WIN
If youre not over your depression then you do need to go back to your GP and start over. You should only be sectioned if they think youre a danger to yourself or others, or if you are so ill that you need to be hospitalised immediately. You need reassurance that your depression can be treated without the need to be hospitalised, which it can be. Nobody here can really help you cos they cant get to know you here like a therapist can. Maybe you could get some medication to relax you until you feel able to start some kind of therapy.
It must have been a great shock, but perhaps at the time you were displaying symptoms you've forgotten about. People are not sectioned for little reasons, it's a very serious step. Did the treatment you received make you feel any better when you were discharged?
Depression is an awful thing, and takes a long while sometimes to recover from it.
You need to work on restoring your self confidence. Be good to yourself, what happened to you could happen to anyone. Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, many many people suffer, and recover.
Good luck.
ya have to move on and watch that they dont get ya again,
A while ago, I tried to commit suicide twice. Obviously I never did. I was raped by my very ex-boyfriend, and I fell into a depression that seemed endless. When I walked down the streets, I felt like any man walking by was thinking about raping me. I mean, if someone who said the loved me would rape me, why not the guy innocently standing outside the corner store? After two years, I finally came to terms with it. Honestly, I think the best thing you can do is try to trust in people again. Start by telling your story to yourself. Then, once you can do that, tell it to the people closest to you. Then, once you can do that, it will be much easier to overcome. I did the same thing, and I'm not as bothered by it anymore. I can live my life without being afraid of the man drinking a soda outside the corner store. At first, remembering all the details won't be pleasant, but coming to terms with all of them is the best way to continue living your life.
This is the first time I heard the term and the context gives the meaning. When you can't trust any person, friend or foe you have to turn to god as there is no choice. God only can help you get better now.
Hi there, I think that all those feelings of helplessness and not being in control of what you could do or say has absolutely gutted you.. and now you don't trust because they took away your freewill and freedom. I am wondering why this psychiatrist didt ask you to go in voluntarily.. instead of all that trauma..
I would suggest you go to citizens advice centre.. to find out how to make a formal complaint against the people concerned. The go to see the Samaritans as they will listen.. not judge and will help you as long as you need to talk to them.. either call in the drop in centre or phone them.
I really hope you are able to live in peace again..
All the best... big hugs
It sounds like you need closure on this. I was highly embarassed when sectioned a few years back, mainly as I was a Mental Health nurse and ended up on the unit I had briefly worked on.
I can honestly sat I thought I would never gett over it but I got myself a fresh start 400 miles away from the memories and have never looked back.
It helps if you write about your experience, particularly if it was a negative one and post it to the senior nurse for the hospital, i.e the one that does not work on the ward. I was offered a meeting with her and thge psychiatrist and got a hell of alot out of that meeting aswell as being able to subtely tell them what they were doing wrong. It was empowering.
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Thank you for tell your story.Its very brave of you.I DO NOT think your NUTS.Depression is a illness. This is a good web site www.dailystrendth.org.I hope you get better soon. :)
I think the key thing here is for you to understand WHY you were sectioned, in the mind of the doctors.
Then you'll be able to start to get over it.
JUST LIVE YOUR LIFE! PICK UP AND GET ON!!
I'm not sure how you get over that. I guess as time passes it will hopefully get easier but at the moment you must feel like you can trust no one and i don't blame you. Can you e-mail or phone the samaritans or some other anonymous helpline? Maybe they can help you understand what happened and try to accept that they maybe acted in what they thought was your best interest. Apart from that just keep logging onto YouQA.com which i always find a help.
I know exactly how you feel. I was sectioned several years ago, initially for 48 hours, then again for another 72 hours, then again ... I was in a locked unit with 9 other male patients. All of us had been sectioned and we were all desperately trying to behave 'normally' on the days when our particular 'consultant psychiatrist' condescended to visit (along with his team of social workers, trainees, occupational therapists etc). All we wanted was to get out, and when we did all eventually leave we just struggled day after day to behave normally. Some of us were sectioned again because we were not good enough actors ... I remember being absolutely furious that someone else was taking control of my life, and in those days the charge hands at mental hospitals were none too kind. If they could humiliate you, they would. Three times a day we all lined up at the drugs trolley. Our clothes were taken away and we all wore NHS pyjamas. If you wanted your clothes you had to ask for them but the answer was often No. ECT was common - I had mine on Mondays and Thursdays. If you wanted the toilet or a bath, the charge hands made sure the doors were left wide open. Out of the blue you would be moved from the main unit to a side ward (good sign) then to a side room (even better sign) but then with no warning you'd be back in the main unit (square one). I've managed to keep out now, but what a life. I know the fear, I would never recommend therapists - they put you down and they keep you there.
Could write much more, but will stop. You can email me if you would like to, and I will give you a lot more positive feedback if I can. Barry.
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