Comments on: Sight and Guess http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/ Mental illness: the eternal existence through teenage eyes Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: colouredmind http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-307 colouredmind Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:17:17 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-307 Suzy- whats your diagnosis for her? That sounds pretty funny to watch, my parents have never been to CAMHS I threatened no to go if they came in my manipulative ways but I can imagine something like that happening with me and my mother. Unfortunatly today I had a home visit so couldnt spy on people but there was a student with my CPN who scraped dirt out of her fingernails all session. I am going to the health center on friday so I shall look out for strange people. Hannah X Suzy- whats your diagnosis for her? That sounds pretty funny to watch, my parents have never been to CAMHS I threatened no to go if they came in my manipulative ways but I can imagine something like that happening with me and my mother. Unfortunatly today I had a home visit so couldnt spy on people but there was a student with my CPN who scraped dirt out of her fingernails all session. I am going to the health center on friday so I shall look out for strange people. Hannah X

]]> By: dumpedbyahallucination http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-306 dumpedbyahallucination Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:38:12 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-306 Hehe - today I was sitting on the arm of the sofa with one foot on the sofa itself talking 100mph, when a girl came in with blue hair and headphones, who then proceeded to leap out her chair and move to the other side of the room when her dad sat next to her. Good times... Suzy x Hehe – today I was sitting on the arm of the sofa with one foot on the sofa itself talking 100mph, when a girl came in with blue hair and headphones, who then proceeded to leap out her chair and move to the other side of the room when her dad sat next to her. Good times…

Suzy x

]]> By: colouredmind http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-271 colouredmind Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:05:20 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-271 Suzy- yep I would definatly put you down for ADHD and possibly some impulse control thing. If I ever see people I like to act a bit odd so they think I am really strange and freak them out a bit. Toys in waiting rooms are there to be played with. Sometimes I do little pictures on the wipeboards for the next person who has a session in the room after me. Megan- That does seem odd having two centers so close together. In my county there are four centers and a satelight clinic. There is also an outreach team that I am under too that help people who have come out or about to go into hospital or who are too ill to go to the clinics as we get visits at home. I would love to have a magnetic force to attract other CAMHS unit just so I could bitch about CAMHS with them. Suzy- yep I would definatly put you down for ADHD and possibly some impulse control thing. If I ever see people I like to act a bit odd so they think I am really strange and freak them out a bit. Toys in waiting rooms are there to be played with. Sometimes I do little pictures on the wipeboards for the next person who has a session in the room after me.

Megan- That does seem odd having two centers so close together. In my county there are four centers and a satelight clinic. There is also an outreach team that I am under too that help people who have come out or about to go into hospital or who are too ill to go to the clinics as we get visits at home. I would love to have a magnetic force to attract other CAMHS unit just so I could bitch about CAMHS with them.

]]> By: Megan http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-270 Megan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:37:26 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-270 I find this interesting, because I know quite a lot of people who also go to my local CAMHS. I attribute this to my highly scientific 'crazy people force field': slightly crazy people attract other slightly crazy people who attract yet more, and by this point I've attracted so many that we've collectively created some sort of magnetic force field that just keeps on drawing them in. My CAMHS have two outpatient clinics: a hospital based clinic, and a community clinic that's based in a converted house. The funny and fairly puzzling thing is that the two clinics are literally 5 minutes walk away from each other, leading me to wonder what the point is exactly, by that's not the point. I usually go to the community-based one, but for the last 5 weeks I've been having CBT sessions at the hospital... and in 5 visits I have only seen 1 other patient. It's quite eerie... I find this interesting, because I know quite a lot of people who also go to my local CAMHS. I attribute this to my highly scientific ‘crazy people force field’: slightly crazy people attract other slightly crazy people who attract yet more, and by this point I’ve attracted so many that we’ve collectively created some sort of magnetic force field that just keeps on drawing them in.

My CAMHS have two outpatient clinics: a hospital based clinic, and a community clinic that’s based in a converted house. The funny and fairly puzzling thing is that the two clinics are literally 5 minutes walk away from each other, leading me to wonder what the point is exactly, by that’s not the point. I usually go to the community-based one, but for the last 5 weeks I’ve been having CBT sessions at the hospital… and in 5 visits I have only seen 1 other patient. It’s quite eerie…

]]> By: dumpedbyahallucination http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-269 dumpedbyahallucination Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:50:06 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-269 Do I get down on the floor? That sounds somewhat improper... :P Yes. I have been known to. And I spent quarter of an hour rearranging the rug tassels so they lay straight, one time, because I got there early. Also, once there was a really fat woman there waiting for her kid to come out and she wouldn't stop staring at me... what? So she's never seen a teenager playing with the plastic cars they supply on the mat with those road markings? Well, what are they for, then? Decoration? :D The waiting room is the best bit of CAMHS, but only if there's a stranger in the room. Especially if they're a stranger like Hannah who will try and guess your game... Suzy x Do I get down on the floor? That sounds somewhat improper… :P Yes. I have been known to. And I spent quarter of an hour rearranging the rug tassels so they lay straight, one time, because I got there early. Also, once there was a really fat woman there waiting for her kid to come out and she wouldn’t stop staring at me… what? So she’s never seen a teenager playing with the plastic cars they supply on the mat with those road markings? Well, what are they for, then? Decoration?

:D The waiting room is the best bit of CAMHS, but only if there’s a stranger in the room. Especially if they’re a stranger like Hannah who will try and guess your game…

Suzy x

]]> By: colouredmind http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-268 colouredmind Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:13:04 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-268 A "to go on" what, where, why? You've confused me Suzy, is this just me being a technophobe of something. The both of us in a waiting room, now that would be funny. I can just picture a girl staring at me and me not knowing why and then deciding that she had ADHD. Fiddle with the rug, does that mean you get down on the floor? Ohhhh your blogs had a funny turn again, the page loads for a second and then says it cannot be displayed. Its ok if you go to a specific post but your home address aint working, but then that could be me agian. I wonder. Hannah X Oh and I have just seen the to go on bit- all is good with the world again A “to go on” what, where, why? You’ve confused me Suzy, is this just me being a technophobe of something. The both of us in a waiting room, now that would be funny. I can just picture a girl staring at me and me not knowing why and then deciding that she had ADHD. Fiddle with the rug, does that mean you get down on the floor? Ohhhh your blogs had a funny turn again, the page loads for a second and then says it cannot be displayed. Its ok if you go to a specific post but your home address aint working, but then that could be me agian. I wonder. Hannah X
Oh and I have just seen the to go on bit- all is good with the world again

]]> By: dumpedbyahallucination http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-267 dumpedbyahallucination Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:59:26 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-267 I'm not sure why there is a 'to go on' before my name. Ignore it, kindly. :D Suzy x I’m not sure why there is a ‘to go on’ before my name. Ignore it, kindly. :D

Suzy x

]]> By: dumpedbyahallucination http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-266 dumpedbyahallucination Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:58:52 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-266 You know what <em>would</em> be funny? I know we live in different places, but we're both CAMHS-y types - so what would happen if we ended up in the same waiting room at the same time? Hm... so I'd recognise you, but would you recognise me? :? Well, I twitch a lot. And I stare at the ceiling. And shred magazines. And fiddle with the rug and the chair and the window latches and the kiddy toys on the floor. Is that enough to go on? :D You'd probably have me down as ADHD in seconds. Now that, dude, <em>that</em> would be funny. :P to go onSuzy x You know what would be funny? I know we live in different places, but we’re both CAMHS-y types – so what would happen if we ended up in the same waiting room at the same time? Hm… so I’d recognise you, but would you recognise me? :?

Well, I twitch a lot. And I stare at the ceiling. And shred magazines. And fiddle with the rug and the chair and the window latches and the kiddy toys on the floor. Is that enough to go on? :D You’d probably have me down as ADHD in seconds.

Now that, dude, that would be funny. :P

to go onSuzy x

]]> By: colouredmind http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-265 colouredmind Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:55:32 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-265 Erin- thank you, this post was surprisingly easy to write. Took me a while to find something I really wanted to write about but once found the topic I wrote this in about ten minutes. Ps. I am making jelly today and taking photos for a jelly post for you. Em- ewwww old people toilet smell, that doesnt sound fun. In all the rooms at the health center have dolls houses which I had great fun playing with before sessions last time I was hypomanic. Ohhh and the building blocks. Thereandback- that doesnt sound great not having anywhere private to sit before sessions at CMHT. A seperate waiting room and session room would be great for teenagers. I am sick of having to sweep toy cars of seats when I sit down before sessions. Sophie- I often think that most of the people I see have ADHD because they seem so ummm...well. Its so easy to tell some things, like eating dissorders and the like but other things are just so difficult. I wonder what people would guess about me. Erin- thank you, this post was surprisingly easy to write. Took me a while to find something I really wanted to write about but once found the topic I wrote this in about ten minutes. Ps. I am making jelly today and taking photos for a jelly post for you.

Em- ewwww old people toilet smell, that doesnt sound fun. In all the rooms at the health center have dolls houses which I had great fun playing with before sessions last time I was hypomanic. Ohhh and the building blocks.

Thereandback- that doesnt sound great not having anywhere private to sit before sessions at CMHT. A seperate waiting room and session room would be great for teenagers. I am sick of having to sweep toy cars of seats when I sit down before sessions.

Sophie- I often think that most of the people I see have ADHD because they seem so ummm…well. Its so easy to tell some things, like eating dissorders and the like but other things are just so difficult. I wonder what people would guess about me.

]]> By: Sophie http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sight-and-guess/#comment-264 Sophie Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:47:39 +0000 http://colouredmind.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-264 I had made the same experience while I was still under the care of the child psych, nearly everybody was much younger than me and my psychiatrist had lots of toys in his room. It seemed like all the small children would go there because of ADHS. Sometimes it's very obvious what the problem with the other clients is but at some times I was really wondering what that specific person was doing there. And I can agree with your statement about hospitals as well, it's just like that. Luckily I was nobody had an idea what bipolar disorder was back when I was in hospital :-) I had made the same experience while I was still under the care of the child psych, nearly everybody was much younger than me and my psychiatrist had lots of toys in his room. It seemed like all the small children would go there because of ADHS. Sometimes it’s very obvious what the problem with the other clients is but at some times I was really wondering what that specific person was doing there.
And I can agree with your statement about hospitals as well, it’s just like that. Luckily I was nobody had an idea what bipolar disorder was back when I was in hospital :-)

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