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Wrecked ‘um
“And by the way Steve.” “Yes?” “Have you any ideas for spicing up my love life? I’m afraid my wife and I seem to have forgotten we live at the same address.” “Er……well I’m not really an expert Sid, bu… more →
A Psychiatric Nurse's Blog
Wrecked 'um
wrote 4 days ago: “And by the way Steve.” “Yes?” “Have you any ideas for spicing up my love life? I’m afraid my wife a … more →
Day Dream Believer
wrote 1 week ago: “Sooty and Sweep are just capitalist puppets, claims Marxist” said the radio. “It’s time for me to d … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The clock was always ticking on a psychiatric nurse, as you wished your life away in the tick tock w … more →
Filing the Prison Bars
wrote 1 month ago: I grimaced at the patient’s file in front of me; the great wedge of admission forms (eight pages), g … more →
Home
wrote 1 month ago: There was a 1960’s Olivetti typewriter on the dressing table, with a half finished letter cock-eyed … more →
Delivering the Paper
wrote 1 month ago: I was just about to leave, when the unit manager said: “Oh, by the way. I’ve got one or two little j … more →
Personal Supervision
wrote 2 months ago: I made my way to the upstairs office where the unit manager was dancing for joy in front of his comp … more →
The Club
wrote 2 months ago: Seeing the in-coming nursing assistant, I said: “Welcome to our exclusive club” “What? The mile high … more →
The Trap
wrote 2 months ago: “A man of 35 who has never worked complained yesterday that the £30,000 he received each year in ben … more →
Zenith
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wrote 3 months ago: A number of residents had crept back to bed after lunch, and I had to brave a battery of objections … more →
Keeping the Machine Oiled
wrote 3 months ago: “Buzzzz” went the doorbell. “I’ve just come to check for radon gas” said a turquoise-coloured man wi … more →
Not What the Doctor Ordered....
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wrote 3 months ago: Although some of our patients were too fragmented by their illnesses to be seriously interested in p … more →
A Balanced and Objective Account......
wrote 4 months ago: The sun is in your sign and nothing can stop you. Venus turning retrograde may cause snags and hold- … more →
Outsiders
wrote 5 months ago: I gave Hettie her cigarette, and decided to go out for ten minutes of fresh air. The short walk to t … more →
Does anyone know when the kids' TV programmes finish and the adults' programmes start?
wrote 5 months ago: On one channel, I found thirty neurotic people raving in a studio about Viagra and facelifts, while … more →
Breaktime (said the winking wrestler)
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wrote 5 months ago: Turning on the T.V. set, I found an interesting quiz programme about identifying strange antiques. S … more →
The Asylum Inside Out
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wrote 6 months ago: A blind man had supervised his one legged provisionally licensed son on the motorway, and the E.C. h … more →
Heresy?
wrote 6 months ago: “You’ll be telling me you’re in favour of euthanasia for the mentally ill next, Steve.” “Under certa … more →
The Elephant in the Room
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wrote 6 months ago: “So you’re indifferent to the patients?” “I’m emotionally indifferent it’s true, but that doesn’t me … more →
