The realities of working in mental health services

Working in mental health is rewarding, but it ultimately wasn't for me. I hope my experiences can teach you something about the realities of working in mental health!
Please note that I am NOT a clinical psychologist. I'm a research psychologist with some clinical experience. They are very different and I'm not qualified to give mental health advice!
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[@eggedsalad]

NHS: national health services me, sick and delirious: ah, Nental Health Services

[@cwcpants140]

Nen? Did you also talk to Gon and Killua?

[@Bobostreamingvods]

"well that's good...because I looked at some brains. Literally". Scamdere's collection of brain's in jars confirmed.

[@CCLethe]

You know like the donate your body to science form you get asked to sign when you are about to die in the US? What if Psy makes a form where we can donate our brains to her 😂

[@lucarioqueenxd5736]

The thing you mentioned about the person not getting diagnosed with autism for years almost happened to me. During the time when I was with CAHMS for a period of a few months (I was like 14-15), I was randomly playing TF2 one night and heard someone in voicechat say "I have aspergers", and I looked it up and thought "this describes me... I need to bring it up with CAHMS" The next appointment coming up with CAHMS was supposed to be my last ever appointment, I don't remember why, but I'd been seeing two people within the same building on a rotating basis and in the last appointment they both got together to discuss their conclusions and how to go forward. Towards the very end of the appointment, I mentioned "oh yeah, I heard this term aspergers the other day and when I looked it up it was really relatable, do you think I could have that?" and their response was "well, we actually thought of that a few times" They were legit just never gonna tell me. I would not know to this day that I'm autistic if I hadn't been in the right place at the right time which was a random game lobby. I didn't interact with any NHS mental health services after I got my official diagnosis months later, I was too scared after that situation and a few others. A lot of my friends are scared of the NHS too and won't seek the help they need until they have the money for private, which could be never.

[@iamerror1699]

Well, I didn't get diagnosed with ADHD and autism until 26, and I have them pretty rough. I didn't even finish school and had lotta problems holding jobs... Until i got medicated, lol. Pretty similar situation like you, I had to tell them specifically about these for them to mention it with something along the lines of "oh yea, we know. You just realized?" on the last appointment. I just gone private after hearing that, I had the money but I also had some trust in NHS back then.

[@lucarioqueenxd5736]

@@iamerror1699 that's so sad to hear... everyone should have a lawful right to know if a professional thinks there's some chance of neurodivergence. I don't know what goes through these people's heads when they decide to not tell us. Maybe they think we're fine enough to get on in life thinking we're normal, but we're literally masking in appointments because that's literally all we know, of course we'll come across as "fine enough". Any other potential reason for withholding the information is actively malicious, but it's the NHS so I think it's just sheer stupidity and lack of individual care

[@psydere]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I'm also neurodivergent and an earlier diagnosis would have really helped me, so I know the struggle. :(

[@AnAllAroundPlayerMaker]

Hey, this was an insightful video. I am watching your other videos and they are really cool. Can't wait to see how things will proceed

[@psydere]

Thank you!!

[@millasgameroom]

Of course the first video I finally watch from you is about mental health services 😆unfortunately the various challenges you outline here are why its best to avoid NHS mental health services whenever possible. they need significant reform.

[@psydere]

Happy to see you here hehe 🧡 The structural challenges have been making it so hard for NHS services to even provide basics. I know a lot of patients are wanting to swap to private services because of that, but unfortunately so are a fair number of staff. Letting down so many people really hurts them.

[@lolbenz]

hm interesting

[@matthewpowell4884]

do you feel that you actually helped people as a mental health worker?

[@psydere]

Great question! My experience was kind of mixed. I know a few people who I definitely helped, either directly or by facilitating something behind-the-scenes. The autistic person I mentioned was a good example of the latter. However, a lot of the work did feel like I was going through motions of supporting people rather than actually making meaningful change. For example, I helped with a few psycho-education groups which were meant to teach people life skills, but I'm not convinced they did much.

[@matthewpowell4884]

@@psydere Yes, I feel its hard to truly help people when we don't understand how our brains really work. I think scientific advances in neuroscience etc. will be the most beneficial