re: Sectioning. People are getting sectioned far too easily by social workers. There is an increasing number of foreign people (mamy who are african), with strong accents, hard to understand, who work in social care, that are illegally getting away with sectioning people who are not a risk to themselves or others. The 's.w.' does not even get to know the person, the person is not even consulted before being sectioned (a crime, & is not how anyone can be sectioned). And the people that have this done to them so easily, the ones who slip in the net, ordinary normal people, get abused with being held against their will, meds they should not even have since there is no evidence that they even need them. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, they do not even get to know the person. There should be a way that one can easily have a witness with them, e.g. family or friend, when taken to see the clinician. But even before that, they should be listened to, especially when a grave mistake is being made in sectioning them. For the silliest reasons this has happened, e.g. calling the call centre due to a break-in, the s.w. comes round & mistakenly takes the person away. THIS HAS HAPPENED. Another one, using a private dr, had a good diagnosis. However, nurse causes probs as not happy that the person is not using the nhs. S.W.'s are only too quick to rush in & take the person away. What's worse, is that they will deliberately lie about the person, clinician included, & the lies r so obvious. e.g. saying that someone from their family made a complaint about them (when in actual fact that never happened). The upsetting thing is that the person is held, & languishing, not given any days out. No advocate in their offices. And the clinician makes a whole lot of assumptions & guesswork, without even discussing with the person. And based on this, they proceed to give dangerous meds. This has happened too many times. And so, only when the person is discharged, a letter later comes with all the lies the clinicians said about the person. The poor person is not able to even address all these things & make their defence. They r only too glad to get away from the trauma. But these things must be addressed & their must be a way that they can indepdently state what happened to them (on some open website), and at the time, easily come out of being wrongly sectioned. YET, there is no easy way. THIS IS SUCH A CRIME, will never happen in any court of law. And is hurting a lot of normal ordinary folk, & damaging many!!

Hi Jenny, your story is very similar to what happend to me when i was a child. It is horrible when you are told over and over you are not unwell when you clearly are; in my case i was told i had ibs for two years and had munchausens by proxy when in actuality i had a chronic appendicitis with complications.

The same thing happened to me in 2019. I had mold toxicity and mast cell activation (MCAS) I found out 2 1/2 years later. I got very sick, couldn’t eat bc of pain and having allergic reaction to everything. Kept going to ERs cuz breathing was difficult and throat would swell. Went to several specialists. No test results, wouldn’t believe me. No test results at hospital so they told me I was delusional and psychotic. It’s a very long story but very similar to yours. Got committed to a psychiatric hospital against my will. Had to go back to medical hospital to get NG tube cuz I weighed 77 lbs. Kept telling them the whole time it was a physical illness not a mental illness. They wouldn’t listen. Anyway I just sent my complaint letter to the medical board and both hospitals requesting they learn about my Illnesses so this doesn’t happen to anyone else like me and requesting disciplinary action against 2 of the psychiatrists. Will send the letter also to district attorney, state and federal psychiatric associations and anyone else I can think of. The psychiatrists have way too much power. And it’s an absurd and horrible state of affairs what they do to people.

So many EDS patients who have been ignored and gaslighted end up with mental health issues. GP s must become more aware of their role in causing mayhem. And doctors must become more aware of the voice of their patients when they say something is wrong. Even if they cannot discover it.

Thank you for sharing your story. You have been so courageous. You should be so proud of how far you’ve come. Your a great inspiration. 🌈

I was on a psychiatric ward for 3 weeks voluntarily in February but honestly it isn’t an environment that helps people with recovery. It was a clinical place, bright lights and you are just left to it. There needs to be an overhaul of the mental health system in this country.

This was so brave, telling your story. You are an amazing person

That was absolutely incredibly brave, and I know how fuckiny hard mental health issues can be. But I would never have this level of bravery and resolve. Very best of luck

Thank you for posting this.

Thank you for sharing your experience, very open and brave. I hope you are continuing to be well/manage. Be safe

Jenny Yes I understand your feelings about being scared all the time. Your instincts were serving you correctly , you have every right to be scared. You would find the population is made up of an odd mixture of people with mental illness , people with personality disorders and a smaller minority of people who are just "escaping justice" with a slight shade of crossover between all sets. I say this because I have been sectioned on a male ward on two occasions , both times misdiagnosed but I won't go into that here other than to say that one of my problems was head injury and PTSD. So it can be a bit frightening when your walking down a corridor and someone walking down the other way punches their first at your face and then stops it just at the last momentl Or you have to eat dinner with someone you know is a very violent criminal. Or you can see some people with such bad disorders , they bang their heads against a door all day and night and nobody does anything to stop it. But as for being frightened , I wasn't because I was in such deep trouble, that occupied 99% of my thoughts. Like where you had family to care for you , I only had one wicked relative who , ss luck would have it ,would greatly benefit from me being locked away for life , which he tried his utmost to do. I do feel scared now although I am out but still under tight dupervision for something that happened 15 years ago. My major concern is that if there is any glitch , like losing my benefits or becoming homeless I will find myself in a secure hospital or prison as I warrant no treatment and my relative still does not like me. If you are interested in some of the events that happened in there in just one 3 month span see "Inside of a UK Mental Hospital Documentary VLOG" and read my comment there. One thing I advise any one not to do is to make friends inside a mental hospital and meet up on the outside , the results can be at times disastrous.

Thank you so much for sharing about your mental health journey along side your physical health journey. 💛 It’s so difficult to get both talked seriously simultaneously. Almost like people think you can have one or the other, but not both or it cancels out your physical health struggles. We need more videos like this to raise awareness for and normalize the two not being mutually exclusive.

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I thought it was incredibly heartfelt, clear, brave, and also very revealing about the ups and downs you've been through. I think it's also clear the mental health system in the UK has some major issues - of course, there are great staff but the general process, premises, treatment seem to lack empathy and compassion.

Thank you for sharing. You are so brave! Keep fighting❤️

Very powerful video Jenny, thank you for sharing your experience.

Thanks for you story. Here in the states we call it involuntary commitment. I was just diagnosed with lupus last in October after living with pain for at least three years. One doctor almost laughed me out her office when I asked about being put on disability (welfare). I was under threat of eviction and am not in financial distress. I came very close to giving up. But I’m still here.

Hi Jenny! Thank you for sharing your experience ❤🙏

Stumbled onto your video and I also have Ehlers Danlos! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I think you’re an incredibly strong woman. It’s like you’re reading my life story. It’s taken years to be diagnosed with m.e/cfs and even now they have no care for how I get by day to day. Cfs me needs so much more awareness. So does Tds. I am worried now about seeing my gp incase they section me because I am so underweight. How much did u weigh can I ask when u was sectioned? X

You are amazing babe, well done