Being Sectioned.

Being Sectioned to a Mental Health Hospital still carries Some of that ‘Old’ Stigma.. ‘Men in White Coats’ and ‘Straight Jackets’ couldn’t be further from the truth. For me this part was the beginning and quite possibly the most important,positive step on my journey to Wellbeing. Admission to The Cavell Mental Health Hospital enabled me to be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). For me this made a huge difference as it finally gave a label and now an understanding of what had been different about me from a young age...
I embraced my time here and feel lucky to have had that resource available to me......
Being Sectioned to a mental health hospital.
Mental Health is still a thing that remains difficult for us to be able to open up and talk about..I was that person. I struggled alone through near death, through Mental Health Hospitals. I walked this journey alone and quietly and i managed to find a way through. Being Sectioned to a Mental Health Hospital is one of many Vlogs that are aimed at helping others and to enspire as many people as possible who suffer mental health, to a place of well being. I will share with you my honest accounts of the experiences both good and bad that proved successful in my journey to that better place. i have managed to totally change my life after losing absolutely everything and becoming homeless and i will share all of this with you in a most honest way in the hope i can inspire and provide support for those who want to get to that place of wellbeing. Being Sectioned to a Mental Health Hospital and My other Vlogs will support you and walk with you through your journey in the hope you can be happy again!
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[@COMEINTOMYWORLD]

Great video. I hope you are doing well xx

[@karenblack4702]

This is good , my partner is an amhp and deals with these situations and people who experience mental health crisis . It's very difficult and can b traumatic but he is always very kind and professional . Sometimes his role is misunderstood and sometimes people who are unwell have little insight n therefore vent their believed injustice at him . Plus the poor staffin record keeping n responsibility n stress , it's a helluva job . I'm glad you had ( with hindsight ) a positive intervention . We need to check our mental health as we view checking physical health ? Y is it different ? It's not ! I'm anorexic n I don't believe anybody but a patient , skilled person could live with me . Most people too ignorant . You seem like a good guy , keep an eye on yourself as you would others ! X 🤣

[@racheldehaan2760]

I wish

[@McSludge]

Well done Sean for speaking out but also for seeking help - I wish you well

[@ShamelessMentalHealth]

Thank you its appreciated

[@owenflanagan1643]

Well done Sean knowledge is power

[@sgr_sgr]

Thanks for sharing this. I’m really close to the end now of trying to live in this world. Listening to you helped to understand being sectioned but I’m not certain at this stage if I’ll make a choice to be sectioned, if I can at last avoid it.

[@justmadeit2]

How are you doing now?

[@sgr_sgr]

@@justmadeit2 A couple of weeks ago I lied down in the road in the middle of a busy junction of town centre traffic next to where I live. I was carrying two 15cm knives & held one in each hand to my throat. I was just about to slash my throat & neck when I heard a woman’s voice. She gently said, “Don’t do that. Three weeks ago I was where you are now. I drove my car into an oak tree because my husband left me for another woman after 23 years of marriage. I got sectioned. You just need help. I’m going to sit here next to you until the police & ambulance arrive.” She gradually talked me down until the emergency services arrived. I got arrested for possession of bladed articles in a public place. I pled guilty at the magistrate’s court the next day & got sentenced to 6 months of probation. Probation’s agreed to help me to move from my current housing association property next to the road junction. I’m diagnosed with ME/CFS which causes sensory overload (hypersensitivity to light & sound) & Hyperacusis (noise sensitivity - noise can cause me physical pain). The two sensory conditions together with M.E turned my living environment into a sensory torture chamber. I couldn’t take it anymore. I’d already appealed twice to my housing association to move on health grounds. Declined both times. Turns out a panel of three housing association staff made those decisions & yet none of them were medically qualified to assess the impact of my noisy living environment on my disabilities & sensory medical conditions. I’d already tried to kill myself about a month beforehand. It was a week day. I was on the top floor of a multi storey car park & about to jump when I heard a man’s voice, “Don’t do that mate. I realise you’re probably going through a tough time at the moment. Let’s talk.”He gradually talked me down & we went for a coffee. I’d taken an overdose in case I didn’t have the courage to jump so I had to go to hospital but fortunately they were able to treat me & I hadn’t taken enough sedatives to cause any serious harm. These experiences have helped me rediscover my Christian faith & with help from the local community health team & Probation Service I’m gradually regaining my self confidence & slowly getting back on track, one day at a time. Thanks very much for asking how I’m doing, that means a lot. I’m very socially isolated & currently going through a English bank holiday weekend stuck at home in my own company but feeling a lot more relaxed & at ease so I’m beginning to cope & hope when my health improves I can work on increasing my social network.

[@Killswbu]

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