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10 August 2010 @ 03:31 pm

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dear livejournal friends

i am writing a zine about sydney (or anywhere really) mental hospitals & the stupidity & shenanigans that come hand in hand with being a psychiatric patient. write about anything: crazies you have encountered, amusing situations, friendly/not so friendly staff, stilnox adventures - whatever you want really.

if you have anything you want to contribute, comment here or email me at gail.phe@gmail.com - don't stress about whether what you have to say is good/funny enough, i'll be the judge of that. i've decided to do this as my project to make hospital more manageable over the next few weeks so whatever laughs you have are good to me. anything you write will be confidential (you & anyone else's names can be changed if you want) or you can be acknowledged as the contributer.
gail x

Hello psych_treatment!!

We are writing to tell you about a new online support forum we have launched called 'Caring Souls'. It is a forum for anyone who needs somewhere to feel heard and supported. It is also somewhere where counsellors and psychotherapists and indeed anyone in a caring profession can come to support others, to support each other, and to meet other like minded people. We have built the forum and now would like to watch it evolve – it is you – the people who join and talk there, who will make it into a place that is safe, caring and supportive.

The founders are both passionate about counselling – one is an experienced counsellor in private practice and the other is a counsellor in training with a huge knowledge of therapy and mental health issues through her own experiences.

Please come and have a look round – you can tell us as little or as much about yourselves, can use your own name or a pseudonym, you can even have a link to your own website if you wish. We would welcome your input, your ideas and suggestions, as well as any articles or information that you think would be helpful to others. It is possible just to come in and have a look as a guest although joining allows you greater access to the boards (but that doesn't mean you have to commit to anything you don't want to do – there is no pressure). The forum is free to join.

Why not give it a try? - you will be given a very warm welcome!

Our web address is: http://caringsouls.proboards92.com

If you have any enquiries and would like to e mail us our e mail address is caring.souls.forum@googlemail.com

We look forward to having you on board!

With kind regards

The Caring Souls Team

30 December 2006 @ 05:24 pm

Hi.

I have extensive experience with psychiatric treatment. As a teenager I was hospitalized multiple times, both short term and long term, participated in multiple outpatient programs, and saw about a million therapists and psychiatrists. I don't know how extensive my knowledge is, but I have a whole lot of experience. I wish there had been someone I could ask go to to ask questions then. Like "They say they won't discharge me until I take these meds. Is that true? And will the keep me anyway if I do take them?" (The answers are, most likely, probably not and possibly.)

So if anyone has any questions, I'd be glad to answer them.

30 December 2006 @ 09:22 pm

Hi.
I wanted to create a place where people who are in or have been in psychiatric treatment can come and support one another and share their experiences. I for one struggle with not being able to talk about things to do with my treatment with other people, because they do not understand exactly what I've been through. Even with outpatient treatment, I still find that very few fully understand what it's like. What real mental illness is like. So I hope that people find that they can open up here and find friends to talk to.
I hope that we can all help each other to get through the darkness that is mental illness.