Rings around the moon.

Thinking about the meeting... It was intimidating. I know no one there meant it to be But one way or another, with the holding pen just a few doors down the corridor away, and this being all about being kept in or allowed to go home.. Knowing that we don't know the rules of the game... It is even more intimidating now we know there isn't any help available - not because the hospital has withdrawn its help - it has not, and they want to help us, but the only help available is medication or the holding pen. And the consequence of phoning up to say this is too difficult would be that Service User has to return or...? Actually I don't know what would happen...no one has told us or Service User anything. And this is a big part of the problem, everything is hidden behind statements about ethos and ethics. In the meeting, the consultant explained to me about how they made every effort to work cooperatively with the family, and how the wishes of the Service User we...

A system that steam rollers over the emotional truths of those it cares for is displaying cruelty... Discharge this day means Service User is going to the place he fears the most. I'm not with him because I'd fight. Literally. In Service User's reality he is bound for Hell Heading into to the heart of terror. Over forty years ago, psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers, in his  seminal work General Psychopathology pronounced that the content of  madness (in particular delusions) were ‘un-understandable’ and therefore  worthy of little consideration except as a sign of an underlying primary  disorder. At the start of the twenty-first century, this is still the majority opinion  in mainstream psychiatry. [Link] The dream-logic of his belief system is not chaotic or random Reality for him has become highly symbolic It is as if there is simply too much of a read-out... I vividly recall the case of a professor who had a sudden vision and  ...

I should be celebrating. But I feel as if my chest is being crushed under a rock... Today, Service User got his official Discharge form. I guess a part of why I feel crushed is that Service User is cut off... I get messages from his friends saying, 'is he OK, he doesn't answer my calls or texts'. So he has us, his aged parents for company! I can't imagine anything worse... And we are feeling right miffed that our empty nest isn't! So it is the usual Friday night. Where the mental health team were There is now a gap. Filled with phone numbers to ring for help. Until his appointment in July. I am very glad we are out of the imminent sectioning zone. I've no idea what the next chapter looks like though... And now for us, it is time to gather and think about our resources and best ideas, and try to work out how best to proceed. A friend of a friend recommended a bed time routine and homeopathic aconite. And acupuncture. I think psychoth...