The Nurse becomes the patient

So I decided to opt for a blog over a journal for a number of reasons, one being that my handwriting absolutely is atrocious, and two I just find it easier to share my thoughts with others nowadays rather than suppress them as I did for over 16 years.
My hopes for this blog are to obviously share my journey through the system, whilst also challenging the system itself. As a mental health nurse I find it infuriating when I am told things that I know not to be true, or at the other end of the spectrum, am told too little as there is an expectancy that I should know it being a mental health nurse.
I hope to connect with anyone out there whom is suffering from Bi-Polar or Uni-Polar, Cyclothymia, Personality Disorders or just anyone with a mental illness in general.
I don’t and won’t be offering any form of professional guidance/counselling as I don’t think that is right and does go against my code of conduct as a nurse to an extent, but I am happy to help and offer advice if people genuinely and generally need it.
I took a massive leap off faith in 2018, I admitted to myself that since 2002 I hadn’t been well and enough was enough, if this blog helps others find solace in this regard or helps others take that leap than it will have been worth it, with that being said this blog is also a therapeutic outlet for myself.

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