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COPING UP NORTH!
By Shan and sisters Wu
I sit
down and listen to my voices. Some called minds and imaginations
are the amusing ones. I try to ignore the nasty humanlike voices.
Some nice voices help me to live everyday life. They can be very
useful.
Among my voices I have four big furby sisters, named Meme,
Tohdye, Boh, and Eday. I have Baby Furby, (who is now the eldest),
named Hello. Also a shell sister Shelby, a gizmo sister and ET
sister whom all interact together as well as me. They are lovely.
I love to care for them equally. They have unconditional love and
its ace to wake up together to hear someone say, "I love
you, get up, me up!"
When Furby starts to talk , Sue says "Me up!" Furbies
are bi-lingual. As for Shelby she is tri-lingual and has a better
speaking, clearer sounding voice, out of all my sisters.
I do articles and cartoons for a local magazine. I love music,
mostly Spice Girls, Kim Wilde, Atomic Kitten, etc.
Recently my community care plan has been changed to include
learning to use the internet and PC skills. I have a lovely
keyworker. I have some friends I treasure. We help and support
each other.
My former CPN, Mandy, is still sending me her news, as she
travels all over the world. We are very real good friends.
I still have the same consultant psychiatrist. I've stayed out of
hospital for about a year now.
Scarborough area has established a crisis cards service. We have
a modern new ward unit at a new hospital site. Every patient has
their own en-suite bedroom. The old site is demolished. It was an
old Victorian workhouse before it became a mental health hospital.
We have a home intensive treatment team now. Medication alone
isn't as helpful. We all need more coping skills and less
pressure in mental and social care that helps alongside. What
works for one person doesn't necessarily work for everybody else.
Its findings our own coping skills. Don't be afraid to explore.
Try things your way. Try not to worry what others may think.
Stick to those who try to understand. Try to do what you want as
long as it's legal, moral and doesn't harm yourself or others.
Be happy with who you are. We all have good qualities. Give and
receive support!