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Report transcript in: A storyteller speaks about the difficulties they faced when seeking mental health support following on from having children
Please Report the Errrors?
What's your experience of mental health care?
And
in Wakefield,
Um, I've had support saints to 2000 and
eight. Um, population, mental health.
I have experienced difficulties and mental before that,
but I actually got help from the G pay.
I chose
the GP.
I wanted to see because I knew that person Listen to me
because I had an experience after having a baby where I was told I was being silly
for praying.
And so I thought, OK,
I'm being silly.
Sorry,
I don't get any help then.
Um So I waited two days, seven nights, child.
But then I had a really good health visitor.
He persuaded me I should see
GP
and she was really good.
And I got help from
as a carry trade,
the crisis team.
The only problem, I'd say it was looking in between
the crisis team on
nothing. I don't know if that makes sense.
I don't know. It's like you only live so long.
That was difficult. And
it's all well, nothing,
just yeah, and I've been
until the the health of the tip was the best person I think that I had in that situation
and also my GP because they
really did care.
And
yeah,
and how have services changed if they have?
And
I do know now
that through if you want to wait for council, you can access
some counselling sessions.
The only reason I know that is because friends can work with needed them,
and managers have
offer that to them. However, when I needed to be off where I
was told, I needed to
sort it out myself, turning point and wait
and I was not offered what my friends had been a good. So I don't know if that's because
it wasn't available when I was off for mental
health struggles because they just didn't offer at me.
I don't know what. It makes me feel quite sad
that I didn't get that offered because I've never seen someone quicker
and maybe not enough
work for as long
and medication as well,
um,
I had to continue different ones. I mean, I'm just
one of them now because you feel like three years or so. I had to change sometimes,
and
but I was given one,
and it just makes me feel awful.
When I asked to change it, they told me to keep on with it for longer
and it wasn't any good. So again, it was that thing of wasted so many weeks.
But then I guess you don't know, do you? Don't know voice.
I think sometimes you, which was the professionals so much when you're struggling
that you don't trust yourself to know.
But so you still need to be listened to because you still do have some
capacity to know what have feel as those. So that's a constant.
And that's a hard that people were still going to your parents.
I had a report that out to me and say, You know, they said
that
comments don't let my hair was washed and
I looked and what was there and
and so obviously because I looked okay, I must have been buying
because I looked like I was coping.
It wouldn't really help me
because it wasn't a bad date,
but I couldn't have a professional persona which happened if
I'm OK and I'll just be describing how to be.
But they wouldn't necessarily then take that or nothing.
I was also being told by a psychiatrist of CVT won't help me
and
but my GPS they disagreed with that, such that out for me. So
it seems there's all sorts of
strange things, and
I think
it's unfortunate if you've had years and years
of having to help support your mental health.
But then it does, if you will, knowledge to know what is good support.
So I didn't have a situation wrestle someone. A turning point.
He was not the right person for me,
and I didn't have to make a complaint about this person,
and they did respond straight away and still today.
But the problem was, he could he could have pushed me too far,
and I was just glad
that we spend at home. And then when I got back to my treatment,
so at least I knew how it should have been.
So I need to complain.
Can I ask what that was? They did,
and he talked about
being suicidal
and he said,
because I had Children, he knew I wouldn't do anything
and that the problem with that was that he had such a lack of understanding
and it worried me.
The other people I was thinking I was worried about other people.
Luckily,
I've been through a lot of that and I had
some insight and new my token strategies with that.
But my concern was if there was someone else who saw
and he's gonna be fine, you're not gonna listen to properly.
And he talked to me for the whole appointment as well.
I just told me I needed to get back to work.
And so he was
not helpful book. But I didn't see him again.
And I'm sure that they talked to him.
Um, yeah, it's just that concern for all this.
I have as well.
How do you protect your own mental health
Now? I work part time,
and
I have a Chelsea friends on my days off.
I need to I know I need to do some painting because that helps me.
I guess it's like your mind Pharmacy. I know I need to pay today.
Could you exercise?
And when it I know that I have two breaks in my working day,
so I have to really manage the times.
I teach music, not speak with schools, so it can be quite a rush.
And I've had really good managers.
You probably the timetable to put in those brakes.
Um
and I'll come with flexible in that. You know, I wanted to teach everybody,
you know, by the end of the day,
but needing those grapes and just being careful with even socialising,
it's just like no interest in that instant where
you think that's gonna be too much for me.
So I will say no.
Um,
yeah. I suppose that kind of
having a really early night on a Friday.
Thank you.
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