Navigating the Mental Health Services in Ireland.

Navigating the Mental Health Services in Ireland.

I don’t know when it started but I remember sitting in my room feeling anxious and a bit overwhelmed if I said for so long when I finally got up my legs felt wooden I didn’t know how to deal with it it was angry and afraid and always feeling like I was the problem but I remember I got so angry and embarrassed Fatima rang our doctor I was too ashamed to face him she told me that I needed more help than she could give me and that she didn’t want to lose me it took a while but I realized I couldn’t do it alone I wasn’t recovering by myself but looking back I think I must have been very difficult to be around but GP was really helpful and understanding but recommended that I should get more specialist advice you referred me for a mental health assessment and our local day hospital I had to wait a week my figure was growing connor Emer hi my name is Christina it’s nice to meet you I’ve got I’m gonna be your key worker here while your words at the clinic so do you want to come with me and we can have a little chat so maybe introduce yourself a little bit better they explained that mental health difficulties can be very common and sometimes we’re not always sure what causes them but there are now many really good treatment options available thing is I have felt this before and it just seemed to go away but this time it was different it was darker and deeper and I couldn’t seem to just shake it off my own how we deal with things here is it’s all about honesty it’s about really being honest with yourself I’m being honest with us you know I’m being honest it doesn’t make us weak it just makes us human I’ve been quiet for so long but in that moment I remember thinking I’m not gonna be silent anymore Thanks okay so Christina you have a new case that you want to update us on yeah I have a new referral and his name is Connor Doyle and I saw him two days ago even with an early of hell it took me a while to truly even this more weight or who standard it was happened one of the things I’ve learned about listeners comes the real sense of shame I didn’t have a fiscal month or an x-ray that I could show you a fracture all I had was this constant stream of unwelcome and limiting thoughts it was just so difficult to explain each time I went to the day hospital it actually got easier part of the problem is I’ve always been an independent person so at the start I found it difficult to reach out and ask for or accept help I experienced the number of approaches and techniques all of which work together to help me fight my way through small steps to everything at my own pace the team encouraged me to make my own decisions to move my own pace it took me a while to understand and fully appreciate this but reaching out for help proved to be the best decision I ever made looking back at the experience it’s been a life changing woman he does give me the strength understand him to know that the way it was in the past was a result of an illness or known to me I didn’t always understand it in this way with all the support from the team of the day hospital I understand these feelings I learnt new ways to manage them I’ve got a new sense of hope and energy even though support from everyone has been amazing throughout I know what really made the difference was the moment when I discovered that I am the architect of my own future [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Navigating the Mental Health Services in Ireland.
Be the architect of your future…