Written below is a simple prose that came to me in a recent time of distress. I shared it on my Facebook page and people liked it so I thought I would share it here too. A middle-aged woman lies crumpled up on the floorTears and fears stretched all down her faceTrying to make sense Read more The post A simple prose in times of distress first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

So very happy – finally getting out of hospital after six months So I’ve gone and done it – I am leaving the hospital and have got an interim placement in Worksop!It’s classed as a care home but it’s actually a 2-bed flat. I will be sharing with a lady, Normally they have one worker Read more The post Finally leaving hospital after 6 months first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

Encouraging News At Last A bit of good news will finally be getting out of the hospital after six months. In to an interim nursing home placement for a short period. Before hopefully heading into my forever home a lovely little bungalow sometime in July which will be adapted to my needs. I will be Read more The post encouraging news at last first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

So again I find myself – very depressed and suicidal. I’ve now been an inpatient in a general Ward for fifteen weeks. in those fifteen weeks, I’ve overcome hospital-acquired pneumonia. That gave me a 50% chance of survival at its worst and saw my friends and family come to say their goodbyes to me. Obviously, Read more The post so again I find myself.. first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

My Review of the Year – exactly a year ago I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on a psychiatric ward. Who would have thought a year later I would still be in a hospital ward, this time in a general Ward? This time I am ready for discharge but have no home to Read more The post My review of the year 2023 first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

Thank you to you all from me So it’s that time of year again. You either love or hate Christmas. To me it just heightens how alone and lonely I feel all year around. However at Christmas it’s harder to ignore those feelings. They say the rate of Suicide and divorce raise dramatically over the Read more The post A christmas message from myself first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

Latest report into home – As you are aware I’ve been living in a nursing home in Sheffield for the last eight months. During that time I had many issues with my level of care. Eventually, I informed the CQC with the evidence that I’d put together written on this website. They came out to Read more The post Latest report into home first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

After nine long weeks as an inpatient in a general Ward, it looks like I might have a possibility of a new home and placement. I finally got a phone call from my social worker to tell me of a nursing home in Mansfield that would like to offer me a place if I would Read more The post After nine long weeks on a general Ward first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

I am guessing by the time you read this you will know for definite I’ve managed to follow through with what I’ve been thinking of doing for quite a while now. Firstly let me get it straight. It’s not been an impulsive reaction to recent events but a result of months if not years of Read more The post An open letter to my friends first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more

I have now been a patient on a general ward for eight very long weeks . I came in possibly needing surgery to mend a problem with some very small holes in my bowel. Then I went to contracting Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. At it’s worst saw my loved ones given three hours for me to Read more The post Depression after Pneumonia first appeared on Echoes of myself ..read more