I have my section 2 tribunal on Monday. I have had one before and it is basically a lot of reports get written about you by people who don't know you. Because they are 'professionals' in the mental health industry as I have begun to see it, their words carry more weight than yours.
I have a lawyer but unfortunately while I thought she was good on the phone I've realised she is not actually any good, but too late to change her.
Does anyone have any tips for what to say? I have listed below the things I want to say and the things that I wish I could say but I can't say because they won't help me. They will give me the reports maybe 30 mins before my tribunal and the reports will be full of shit the doctor has written. I will have to stay calm and not be upset or they will say it is mental illness. This really pisses me off - thank you for reading and any advice on staying calm
What I want to say:
I was sectioned when on drugs and it was not a manic relapse. I feel much calmer off the drugs and realise they are detrimental to my behaviour and mental wellbeing so am going to go into active recovery when I leave hospital.
I feel calm and centered (this is actually true at the moment)
I want to re-enter the community to begin my recovery and also to return to the gym which I had started attending and to study
What I can't say:
Mental illness is an industry and the main people it benefits are the people getting paid by the industry
I don't think being sectioned benefits anyone - I mean the research says it benefits 50%
All these people writing reports on me don't know me so how can they judge me and my life
FUCK you all. I'm sick of being treated like a dog/child that has to abide by all these stupid rules on a ward just because I am disabled.
They won't even let me go on a 15 minute walk with a nurse cos they found drugs on me - but psych ward is not meant to be because people are drug users
I have a lawyer but unfortunately while I thought she was good on the phone I've realised she is not actually any good, but too late to change her.
Does anyone have any tips for what to say? I have listed below the things I want to say and the things that I wish I could say but I can't say because they won't help me. They will give me the reports maybe 30 mins before my tribunal and the reports will be full of shit the doctor has written. I will have to stay calm and not be upset or they will say it is mental illness. This really pisses me off - thank you for reading and any advice on staying calm
What I want to say:
I was sectioned when on drugs and it was not a manic relapse. I feel much calmer off the drugs and realise they are detrimental to my behaviour and mental wellbeing so am going to go into active recovery when I leave hospital.
I feel calm and centered (this is actually true at the moment)
I want to re-enter the community to begin my recovery and also to return to the gym which I had started attending and to study
What I can't say:
Mental illness is an industry and the main people it benefits are the people getting paid by the industry
I don't think being sectioned benefits anyone - I mean the research says it benefits 50%
All these people writing reports on me don't know me so how can they judge me and my life
FUCK you all. I'm sick of being treated like a dog/child that has to abide by all these stupid rules on a ward just because I am disabled.
They won't even let me go on a 15 minute walk with a nurse cos they found drugs on me - but psych ward is not meant to be because people are drug users
