Has any poster been in the loony bin?

[fat old seagull]

I spent 3 hours inside Selhurst a few years ago - I'm still on strong medication

Oh my God, I'd not wish that on anyone. Makes the case for assisted suicide a bit stronger.

 

[Matrix10]

My late wife was manager of a home for the mentally ill and I used to go to the Christmas parties every year and mingle with the staff and residents. One Christmas I got talking to a very smart, well dressed new member of staff, really clued up on all types of mental illness and care management. I must have spent a couple of hours receiving a very interesting lecture on the various types and complexities of mental illness and treatment.
Next morning I said to my wife you had better watch your job that new lad you have knows his stuff both with mental health and also management. After she had stopped laughing she explained he was a resident with very severe paranoid schizophrenia!!!

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Three years spent in one.....but love NSC so much I stayed

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Three years spent in one.....but love NSC so much I stayed

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I find it amazing what you can learn about people's backgrounds on here - possibly because they are all anonymous behind user names.

PS - see signature.

 

[piersa]

Strange isn't it - there seems to be little shame in admitting having been incarcerated which is due to a moral, (or lack of), choice whilst suffering from an illness over which you have no control has a stigma attached to it.

Very good point. Society is a strange place.

 

[topbanana36]

Went to Graylingwell once, to play football. Housing estate now. My Great Great Grandmother died in Orpington infirmary. So hope lunacy isn't passed down the gene code.

 

[fat old seagull]

My late wife was manager of a home for the mentally ill and I used to go to the Christmas parties every year and mingle with the staff and residents. One Christmas I got talking to a very smart, well dressed new member of staff, really clued up on all types of mental illness and care management. I must have spent a couple of hours receiving a very interesting lecture on the various types and complexities of mental illness and treatment.
Next morning I said to my wife you had better watch your job that new lad you have knows his stuff both with mental health and also management. After she had stopped laughing she explained he was a resident with very severe paranoid schizophrenia!!!

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