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Staying away from cmht

Purplemoon2008

For years now I have felt like being under the mental health team does more halm than good. Every letter I recieve includes inaccurate information about myself and also harmful comments triggering upset. I just wish I could be free of them all the time I'm under them I feel like my illness defines me as a person and I feel they own me . Does anyone else feel like this? 

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  • I've had some very mixed results, one CPN was brilliant and did a lot to help and support me through a very dark time. But I've also had less good experiences, like having the wrong information written down and being unable to correct it or get them to correct it. I think the default is that they try and give you self help stuff for anxiety, when you've already told them that you do it and its not helping and that you actually need to see someone. My experiences are from a few years ago and I can only imagine how much worse it has become since then. 

    I think if you feel that they're retraumatising you by repeatedly making mistakes, then I suggest that you ask for a meeting with a manager and tell them what you've told us and say that if they can't amend their inaccuracies then theres little point in continuing with them as you spend to much time explaining the misinformation that theres little time left to work on the problems you actually have.

    This is also something that maybe your MP could help you with by advocating on your behalf?

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  • I've had some very mixed results, one CPN was brilliant and did a lot to help and support me through a very dark time. But I've also had less good experiences, like having the wrong information written down and being unable to correct it or get them to correct it. I think the default is that they try and give you self help stuff for anxiety, when you've already told them that you do it and its not helping and that you actually need to see someone. My experiences are from a few years ago and I can only imagine how much worse it has become since then. 

    I think if you feel that they're retraumatising you by repeatedly making mistakes, then I suggest that you ask for a meeting with a manager and tell them what you've told us and say that if they can't amend their inaccuracies then theres little point in continuing with them as you spend to much time explaining the misinformation that theres little time left to work on the problems you actually have.

    This is also something that maybe your MP could help you with by advocating on your behalf?

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