Don't Call Me Crazy BB3

Did anyone watch tonights show on BB3 called Don't Call Me Crazy? It's all about teenagers in a mental health unit going through various issues. I found it quite interesting, especially as I was sectioned last year and in a a hospital just like the one shown.

What's people's opinions of the show?

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Reply 1

BradleyAllison

I don't normally what like health programs and stuff like that as it usually bores me, but that show actually took my interest :smile:

Reply 2

Noodlzzz

I found it an accurate portrayal of a psych ward and mental illness which is quite rare on TV. Thought it didn't really explore the emotions of the patients just skimmed over their behaviour e.g. she self harms or she undereats but didn't explore the pain behind such behaviours.

Reply 3

Gublergirly

Being Schizophrenic I found it quite interesting to watch, to get an understanding of other mental health issues. I can't wait for nexts weeks episode as there is a girl on there with Phycosis I believe :smile:

. I hate to sound harsh but I think the girl who self harmed seemed a little attention seeking, however maybe that is part of her illness so I won't judge.. But I will say she seemed a little left in the dark by her family then the other patients.

Reply 4

Noodlzzz

Original post by Gublergirly

In my unprofessional opinion she came across quite borderline, agree with the attention seeking.

Reply 5

RandomMedic

I enjoyed it. I found Beth and the under-eating very upsetting to watch. Half of me wanted to give her a cuddle and tell her it's going to be OK, and half of me wanted to shout at her and tell her to eat the bloody food already. I wouldn't make a very good staff member :P

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Reply 6

ununpentium

I found it a very accurate portrayal of life on a psych unit. Hearing those alarms go off made me panic, don't think I'll ever forget those.

They could have focused a bit more on the therapy aspect and the reasons behind why they had the problems they had.

Reply 7

simplylldxo

I'm gonna admit I've always thought ED's, SH and Suicide were attention seeking; even fell out with a friend over it :confused:

The show really opened my mind a little although to me that Gillian was attention seeking!

Emma and Beth were really sweet; I'm glad Emma was able to go home and go back to school, its sad that Beth ended up getting sectioned! :frown:

Next week looks interesting!

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Reply 8

Anonymous #1

Original post by ununpentium

I found it a very accurate portrayal of life on a psych unit. Hearing those alarms go off made me panic, don't think I'll ever forget those.

I admit hearing those alarms made me feel a bit odd, that sound always had me on edge and hearing it again brought back some bad memories.

Reply 9

Ry.

It was quiet moving.. I feel so sorry for the people inside there.

Reply 10

mojojojo101

I really wanted to watch it, however my depression is biting pretty hard at the moment and I found all of it just too close to home at the moment... hopefully it stays on iPlayer and I can watch it back when I'm feeling better.

Reply 11

A future Midwife

Found it really interesting, so glad I watched it! Was a bit triggering for me but by the end I was feeling grateful that my mental health is so much better than it has been! I will definitely be watching the next one! :smile:

Reply 12

acecoffee

i found it too hard to watch although interesting and had to pause 4 times in the middle to finish watching it cause it is so hard to watch .

it is interesting , but it is never pleasant to see all these people suffering .

Reply 13

rose-star

I found it quite interesting. I think it was really good that one of the nurses/night staff said that the teens were just normal teenagers with a few more issues to tackle!

I empathized with Emma, as a fellow OCD sufferer and was glad that there was finally someone talking about thought-action fusion/magical thinking and the intrusive thought aspect of OCD rather than the usual emphasis on cleaning and compulsions. She seemed to improve while she was there so that was good!

For those that have been in hospital, I imagine the alarms must have got really annoying and quite upsetting?! I'm due to be an in-patient this Autumn in a specialist OCD unit in London but I'm hoping that there aren't too many alarms going off!!

Reply 14

Anonymous #2

I found it very interesting but very terrifying to watch as I very nearly ended up there myself.

Reply 15

SciFiRory

I thought it was good and interesting, though I agree with previous posters who pointed to the fact they don't really go into the patients emotions and stuff as much as they could have, though maybe that will change in the future episodes.

it's also very triggering, not impressed that the BBC failed to mention this before the programme, I found parts of it quite hard to watch as someone with MH issues myself, luckily I was in a fairly stable mood at the time or I imagine it would have been very triggering for me.

Reply 16

mollydblybarrly

I found some parts of it very informative and other parts particularly triggering, particularly with Beth. I haven't had a very good relationship with food anyway and since I watched it the balance has tipped again.

Reply 17

Emily294

I found this programme really interesting! One of my best friends was diagnosed with depression about 6 months ago and has recently dropped out of school because of this. This programme was extremely informative and it was great to watch this because there is literally no other programme like it. It was really informative to see how people my age who have mental health issues deal with it.

Reply 18

Anonymous #1

I had to turn it off tonight because it upset me too much. No one at my hospital were even allowed metal knives and forks, let alone visitors in the bedroom. Seeing them have such a 'normal' time compared to mine just made me feel so angry, and as bad as I feel as they deserve happiness, it just made me wonder how me or any of the other patients weren't allowed that level of normality.