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Tag: psychiatry

Strong Oak

CW: suicide, death, description of dead body I went past him on the bus. I could only see his feet, … More

alcohol, death, delusions, fiction, mental health, mental illness, Poland, prose, psychiatry, psychosis, short prose, short story, suicide, writing

This Time Last Year

This post is a thread of tweets I posted earlier today, hence the terse style (280 character limits!) This time … More

Broken Britain, doctors, government, health, help, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, NHS, one year, psychiatry, psychosis, shambles, support, writing

Out Of The Mouths Of Doctors

Your blood is highly uncooperative. If you were my daughter, I honestly wouldn’t know what to do with you. I’ve … More

doctors, health, hospital, life, London, memoir, mental health, NHS, nurses, poem, poetry, psychiatry, quotations, quotes

Good Chat

Act 4 Scene II [Small windowless room in an NHS psychiatric ward in north London. Man with lots of letters … More

books, dark, depression, dialogue, help, hospital, life, NHS, psychiatry, scene, screenplay, script, self help, writing

Scaffolding

Psychiatrist: We’re concerned about how you will deal with Autumn. Self: Yeah. So am I. So is everyone. P: Do … More

conversation, dialogue, Jeremy Cunt, life, medication, mental health, NHS, psychiatry, recovery, shambles, suicide

Chunks Of My Life

A Competition: Earlier I made a kale, spinach and avocado smoothie. Yes, it tasted as “green” as it sounds. I … More

addiction, art, competition, cricket, family, father & daughter, fuck it, gardening, growth, hamlet, life, meditation, mindfulness, NHS, observations, painting, perfection, philosophy, plants, portrait, psychiatrist, psychiatry, recovery, shakespeare, sobriety, treatment, vanitas, writing

What Nina Answered

I am struggling to wake up from this nightmare but the truth is that I may not even be asleep; … More

bipolar, BPD, depression, dissociation, dreams, existentialism, ffs, help, illusions, meta, metacognition, metaphysics, ontology, panic, paranoia, philosophy, psychiatry, psychosis, reality, suicide, thinking, thoughts, what is happening, why why why, wtf

The Thing | A Short Story of Psychosis

When she was 15, something began living insideĀ of her head. It inhabited her body, her soul, every inch of her … More

behaviour, bipolar, depression, health, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis, psychotic, short story, writing
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