Don't call me crazy- bbc 3

[snailonvalium]

I watched it, partly to see how mich the unit had changed since I was there (loads!). It takes in people from all across lancashire/greater manchester so not completely a inner city unit as young people come from within quite a wide area.
I do hope all the people in it are doing better by the end. I thought it was well done, they looked at a few people and showed both sides (the good and the bad)....I was still amazed at how much it had changed since I was there, nearly spat my drink out when they called it a temporary unit! Its been used as an ip camhs since the 90's!

[talaiporia]

Watching it. It is good, but it is very triggery pretty much regardless of your history I'd say.

[FabulousMike]

Good to know I wasn't the only one that found it triggering.

[Stellata]

Not triggering for me, but it's making me cry.

[The Stolen One]

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Originally Posted by talaiporia

but it is very triggery pretty much regardless of your history I'd say.

Agreed!

[fragile as glass]

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Originally Posted by Rainbow_Dash

There's a way to watch it online if you are not in UK but not sure I should say.

I think if you really want to watch it you'll find a way so saying how isn't an issue I would have thought.


I don't know whether anyone else feels like this, but now I don't really have mental health problems (fought them off & recovered, basically), sometimes I wish I still did have problems. Life was more exciting, you know. Haha.

Thats really sad to have that viewpoint. I would love to be well but half my diagnosis you can't cure. I hope you were being sarcastic in a way.

[Foxtrot Oscar]

I was disappointed. For me it lacked depth and was a missed opportunity to demystify some of the issues involved. Maybe that will change in the remaining two episodes?

[fragile as glass]

I do have bi-polar and I have known other bi-polars not take their tablets because they want to stay high, they don't want that flat line or deep depression. Only problem with mania is the things you do and the sometimes real bad consequences of it.

Yeah I hope I get to a better place. Thats why this series interests me so much, seeing what adolescent units are like today compared to when I was in them in the 90's.

[DontLookUp]

It was really good, but yes triggering with the eating and SH.
I did also feel in a way jealous, wishing i had been helped and that i was able to speak so openly about mental illness like was done in the program instead of locking it all away, because then i dont think i would still be in the mess i am (selfishness over.)
I liked though that it really does show that its normal people experiencing these MH problems and i hope the world will really get this someday.

[Ballerina123]

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Originally Posted by talaiporia

Watching it. It is good, but it is very triggery pretty much regardless of your history I'd say.

This.

[Soviette]

That was a good documentary. Look forward to watching the other episodes. I was shortly in a MH unit when I was 17, Adult Services rather than CAMHS though due to no beds in a CAMHS unit, but I can't really relate to it, I was thrown in with lots of people who were mainly 50+ or something, which I suppose is why.

And I agree, I would like to see a male perspective and I would agree that a documentary on an Adult ward would be quite interesting - maybe this is just me but there seems to be an attitude that only teens have mental issues such as those portrayed in the documentary and once you hit 20 you should be "past that phase" though it's sadly not the case for everyone.

[HopeRises]

I watched it on iplayer this evening. To be honest I don't know what I thought about it. Kinda made me miss my ed especially.

[TimesLikeThese]

Got to agree with most of the people here. Thought it was good, but triggering. The unit is very similar to the two I went to so it brought back memories - some good, some not so good.

Looking forward to seeing the next episode though.

[Freak3142]

Will have to wait till a torrent comes out or it is shown in Oz! :(

[fragile as glass]

I always felt that once you hit 18 or 25 you kinda get forgotton about. Before my family dumped me I used to have rows with my dad at why he worked for a self harm website for 'young people' (i.e. up to 25) when his own daughter was older than that and needed support and that he should be an ambassador for people of any age suffering from SH (he has a doctorate in psychotherapy bla bla).

There really seems to be a shortfall of help for over 18's/25's. And a shortfall of documentaries on adult psych places. I mean, Rhodes Farm (an adolescent 7-17 year old age range ED unit) pumps out documentaries.

[Faulty item]

I never watched it, but i dont think i would of felt comfortable being flimed at the times i have been a patient on an adult ward. Not sure if it would of been comfortable for viewers either with what went on violence etc. i read someone said about the alarm sound, you know with that sound somethings kicking off with staff rushing from different units.

[Freak3142]

Thanks to Rhuben who showed me where to watch it.
Found it very interesting, I wasn't triggered but then again I rarely do when it comes to other people, my life triggers me.
I did enjoy (wrong word) it, well I found it interesting and especially that the BBC have put it on, the fact it is on demystifies MH in itself. I think 5/10 years ago this wouldn't have been shot or shown on the BBC, it might have been put on channel 5 with a very different spin on it. At least the BBC have done it very sensibly, talking about the future struggles people have, if only for a few moments.

[Buttons.]

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Originally Posted by fragile as glass

I always felt that once you hit 18 or 25 you kinda get forgotton about. .

I agree there can be less media coverage/recognition for adults but I think it is also important to remember that adolescents and children can also get overlooked in services as people can assume they are just going through a 'phase' they will 'grow out of' and being patronised in that way. Personally I have been far more listened to since I was an adult (depending on area I grant you) than when I was younger and in the CAMHS system and adolescent unit.

[insidemyhead]

I watched it on I think it was well portrayed but reared ugly memories for me. I generally don't know how I feel about it it makes me feel very uncomfortable as I don't know if its fair on the kids they're showing I know there is concpsent but are they really in right state of mind to consent to something like this that's set in stone and will rear its head on tv. Part of it could be they recover and look back thinking 'oh look how far I've come' but if I saw footage of me in my psych ward I'd be mortified and deeply upset memories are bad enough but to see it on screen would destroy me. But that's just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Buttons.

I agree there can be less media coverage/recognition for adults but I think it is also important to remember that adolescents and children can also get overlooked in services as people can assume they are just going through a 'phase' they will 'grow out of' and being patronised in that way. Personally I have been far more listened to since I was an adult (depending on area I grant you) than when I was younger and in the CAMHS system and adolescent unit.

This I was treated appallingly in CAMHS wasn't taken seriously until adult services and I'm listened to now and respected as a person there was a lot of patronising, condescending and snide remarks in CAMHS I don't get that with adult services. (But I also know I'm very lucky and that mh services for adults can be awful too.)

[sherlock holmes]

There has been some programmes on adult acute wards recently. For instance the day in the life of the NHS thing featured an adult ward, and there was a documentary last year about some people who were sectioned. If I remember correctly one was a doctor.