Tag Archives: Mental disorder

Why “crazy” is lazy

Posted on February 15, 2017 by purplepersuasion

Paul Nuttall is a crazy, myth making liar. Donald Trump has a troubled mental status, and we should feel free to used the terms “nut case” and “mentally ill”. Indeed, he probably has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The climax of Piers Morgan’s mental … Continue reading →

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Prankxiety

Posted on May 29, 2016 by purplepersuasion

Oh anxiety, you trickster, you joker, you fiddler with minds. Anxiety is all over me at the moment. There are probable reasons for this; I’m on a therapeutic dose of aripiprazole, which is well known for causing agitation and  anxiety, and I … Continue reading →

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NHS cogwheels: why should I have to grease them?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by purplepersuasion

There are oodles of definitions of person-centred, or patient-centred, care – sometimes it can feel like people/organisations reinvent what they mean by these terms every time they start a new project or initiative. I’ll tell you what I mean by it: … Continue reading →

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Ward and world

Posted on March 4, 2016 by purplepersuasion

This isn’t going to be the most fascinating post ever, but I need to just bring the blog up to speed – especially as the last two posts may have probably seemed pretty alarming. I’m OK. Is the bottom line. My … Continue reading →

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The impatient inpatient

Posted on February 14, 2016 by purplepersuasion

For the benefit of those who aren’t on Twitter, I’m currently a patient on a psychiatric ward for the first time in my life. Although it feels like I’ve been here for years it’s actually only been a week. After … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2, 2016 by purplepersuasion

I’m having trouble blogging right now. I want to, I think it would be cathartic, but anything I could write about I have written here before. There is nothing new in my experience. Feels like Groundhog Day. I’m back under … Continue reading →

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This is what a mental patient looks like

Posted on October 31, 2013 by purplepersuasion

Yesterday I spent a while with a group of service users and their supporters hanging around the gates of Thorpe Park. Only Katie Sutton, initiator of the online petition “Thorpe Park – close down the stigma”, was allowed on the … Continue reading →

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#AsylumNO – a message from the 1:4 people with a mental health condition

Posted on October 21, 2013 by purplepersuasion

UPDATE – email to Nick Varney, CEO Merlin Entertainment Dear Nick   It’s never my habit to go “straight to the top” – I believe in taking comments and complaints up through the chain of command.   But having been either … Continue reading →

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Dear Thorpe Park: re shockingly insensitive “Asylum” event

Posted on October 18, 2013 by purplepersuasion

Dear Guest Services, I understand that you plan to plan to run a Fright NIght event entitled “The Asylum.” Your website promises “a chaotic environment of noise, light and like action” where guests must “watch [their] back as [they] encounter … Continue reading →

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World Mental Health Day: “we won’t stop being sad or mad just because we’re old”

Posted on October 10, 2013 by purplepersuasion

Recently I was talking on Twitter about the “mortality gap”, the fact that people with severe and enduring mental illnesses tend to die 10-20 years earlier than people without. Much justifiable outrage was expressed, but then a friend said something … Continue reading →

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