Tag: hospitalisation
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Does everyone go through bipolar denial?
My first acute episode of mental illness was psychotic depression. Looking back on it the whole thing was very scary compared to later instances: On discharge my sick note read “Mental illness”, nothing more specific. They hoped this was a one-off. I went back to work, continuing to attend as an outpatient for a year…
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“Is being mentally ill normal?”
This is one of those auto suggested queries from Google when you start typing, so I guess quite a few people ask it. I have had five hospital admissions, including the last one, ten years ago, under the Mental Health Act, as a compulsory patient. In one earlier case, although I was very unwell and…