UK Mental Health
'Flashbacks are not mere memories.'
'Did I do something wrong?'
'If people with severe mental illness can get proper support... they can give something back'.
'I rode my bike past some teenagers and they said I looked ugly.'
'These figures should act as a wake-up call.'
'I’m now doing things that I never thought I’d be able to.'
"I went to war without recruiting an army."
'When it comes to the nation’s mental health, the time to act is now.'
For the label of 'BPD' shuts down our humane response. It allows staff to think and act through the kind of awful language lens used about Helen - to 'other'. Language, especially powerful language around diagnosis, can be dangerous.