Hahaha! Didn’t see this coming, did you Mr Director-Person? In all seriousness I don’t really expect it to do any good, but you never know. A friend of mine, through contacting her MP about the failures in her mental health care, did receive some very positive results, so it’s got to be worth a try. At [...]
This post follows on from the extraordinarily thrilling events detailed in the entry that immediately precedes it. The following may make no sense if you have not read them. It may also may no sense if you have. Then again, they were so tremendously exciting that if you read or have read them, you might die of a hedonism-induced heart attack, so proceed with caution. Alternatively you might die of a boredom-induced heart attack so, again, proceed with caution. [...]
Apologies for the delay in the third post in this series; we had something of a disrupted week last week and last night represented A’s first chance to explore these issues. In this post, we’re talking about the direct impact on him of my illnesses, history of trauma and current treatments. Q: On a day [...]
I have been trying to review last week’s session with C in my usual detail, but I’ve had a very stressful day (gruesome CAB appointment, and much Disraeli trouble ) and that, coupled with my ungraciously low mood and lethargy of late, has left me weak and defeated. I’m going to eat and try writing [...]
I was a complete bitch to C last week. I just sat there and insulted him for about half the session – perhaps more – and he didn’t really deserve any of it. It’s not his fault he has to abandon me at the end of the summer, and even though my rants weren’t necessarily [...]
I suppose I was in a strange mood last Thursday morning. What has been the case of late is that I don’t sleep well on Wednesday nights – ooh, surprise sur-bloody-prise – so when I arise the next morning, I pour an overdose of caffeine into my bloodstream, in the form of both coffee and [...]
Last Thursday’s session with C was the first one after the whole, ‘fuck it, I’m quitting therapy’ debacle of hilarious histrionics about which I wrote last Wednesday. I suppose my thoughts weighted in favour of leaving treatment at a time of my choosing were partly in light of the whole DID discussion that we had [...]
The latest draft. Dear Mr Director Person Re: Accessing Mental Health Services Previous correspondence refers. Thank you for your eventual response of 12 May 2010. I note with interest your willingness to point out that NICE guidelines are not always applicable in this jurisdiction, and that a regional team is “considering” the application of the [...]
I should turn this into a series of posts. It’s becoming something of a recurring theme, my own little comedy of errors if you will. It frustrates me endlessly, of course, but if you dig a little deeper there is something pathetically amusing about the whole sorry business, in a sort of wry, dark kind [...]
Hello once more, all. I returned on Monday from Turkey having had a lovely time and being in a surprisingly non-shit mood upon arrival back in Norn Iron. I think the good weather here helped; this country, for all its faults, is stunningly beautiful especially whilst bathed in bright sunlight. Anyway, I may report on [...]
WARNING: RANT I am going on holiday this evening. Ergo, I will be (mostly) in absentia until at least 24 May. Unlike the preceeding hours before the last time I went on holiday, I am not in a good mood. I am, in fact, muderously livid. C is to blame (surprise surprise), even though it’s [...]
I say ‘the End’ in the title, as this will obviously be my last post in this series before the big day tomorrow when we head to the polls; however, in the interests of equity, I will at some point look at what the main parties in the Republic of Ireland have to say on [...]
So, last time we had a look at the mental health issues in the manifestos of the two main unionist parties in Northern Ireland. Today it’s the turn of the two main nationalist parties, Sinn Féin (SF) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). There is a certain curiosity in the potential influence of [...]
Northern Ireland politics is, in the main, a load of divisive nonsense (in my view, anyhow). It infuriates me that I cannot vote for either the Westminster nor the Dáil parties; we have to have our own little set of philistines, and they are built – by and large – upon sectarian, bigoted lines. You [...]
I haven’t written an AotW for some weeks, mainly as I’ve been too mental to actually read anything that I think is worthy of inclusion here. I’m not particularly less mental at the minute, as Monday’s post will presumably attest; however, coverage of the matter that I intend to discuss is hard to miss at [...]
Walking home in the rain after meeting a friend for lunch today, it occurred to me how much responsibility is in my hands to not go completely doolally and get myself locked up, or to not end up in a fugue of a notably longer duration than the mini-fugues to which I am ‘used’. If [...]
This is the latest in the case of Health and Social Care Trust v Pandora, following on from the vacuuous bollocks that was this. For new readers, the crux of this is that my psychotherapy is being cut criminally short for no real reason, and I am contesting it. This letter was posted about 30 [...]
In response to this. See also this update. I have corrected a few minors errors in the author’s writing and have, as you will see, provided (italicised) annotated notes of the most rational and considered variety. *cough* — Dear Pandora Advocacy in Accessing Mental Health Services Thank you for your letter dated 17 December 2009 [...]
Week 42. Week 42. How can this be? I look back through this journal, and see prose referencing sessions as far back as week 10. I read through said posts, and remember clearly the discussions, the facial expressions, the tones of voice to which I have alluded. It all seems like yesterday. How did we [...]
*** STANDARD TRIGGER WARNING: POSSIBLY TRIGGERING MATERIAL IS UPCOMING; I HEREBY ADVISE YOU AGAINST READING IT IF YOU FEEL THAT IT MAY SET YOU OFF…BUT I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO READ IT ANYWAY, SO THAT’S A BIT POINTLESS, BUT I PROBABLY LIKE YOU BECAUSE I LIKE EVERYONE THAT I KNOW READS THIS DRIVEL, SO PLEASE [...]
Following on from the original letter to the advocacy charities and the inadequate response received, here is the latest. I will also be sending the original letter to my Trust’s Patient Council. Hopefully I will not have any more two-posts-in-one-day-marathons for a while. — Dear Admin Woman Who Wrote to Me the Other Week Re: [...]
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