I've had lots of good experience with the mental health system.
My university counsellor was wonderful and saw me for 4 years even though she wasn't supposed to see people for that long. She listened to me, tried to help the best she could but most importantly she knew when she was in too deep and referred me to alternative services.
My current therapist has seen me on and off for around 6/7 years now and again has been constantly supportive. Many times she has literally kept me alive and has also kept me out of hospital even though it wasn't easy. I could say i owe my life to her.
My current GP is actually a nurse practitioner and again he's been amazing. He tries to do as much as he can for me and again refers me to other services when he can't help me. Its nice to not feel scared when i go to the doctors like i used to.
The crisis team i saw were actually pretty good. At the time i fought against them quite a lot but now i am out of their care i can see how good they actually were. They came and visited me even when i was fighting their help and my main careworker was always so lovely to me and talked to me on the phone when she couldnt come and see me.
Once the Samaritans called me when i was home alone for the weekend. I'd been emailing them and the lady called me late one night. She talked to me for 2-3 hours and even talked me through going to the kitchen on my own and stuff as i hadnt eaten. She was amazing and she was so empathetic and just wonderful. She made sure someone called me back later in the night and the next day to make sure i was safe. If it hadnt been for her i know i would have made an attempt on my life that weekend.
So yeah, there has been some crappy people inbetween but overall my experiences have been positive.
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