So they say you are suffering from a 'mental illness' !!! The Mental Health Act says, 'that if a person appears to be 'mentally ill' etc. You have just lost your job, your house & belongings is gone your family has been taken away from you, the children placed in custody - your wife/husband has left you and you are all on your own. Your whole world has crashed around you.

Councellors/Psychiatrists/ all on board telling you what to do, you can't make up your mind who to believe now, everyone is telling you what to do or say. You are confused, 'it never was like this before' you lost everything, you were a normal person, but now everyone is ready to eat you up!!! Psychiatrist suggests this sedative will help you relax and become less violent, your mind is on where are your children, where is your wife/husband now 'what on earth happened'? Once you had everything, now nothing. You believe now that you are a 2nd rate citizen so you act like one too, and the people around you are certainly going to help you, oh yes indeed they are!!! They are going to do it their way, because they know what is best for you and what you should do about all your troubles!!! "How many people have fallen into this system? "How many families have been seperated never to return again to being a one, but rather be eaten up"? How many children have lived in institutions, never knowing their parents and the circumstances that split them up? Love - "what is love" Hate - "what is hate" Trust - "what is trust" Confidence "has it all gone"?

Do you remember the days when you were not forced to take those harsh medications you take now and feel they are not doing you any good. Do you want to get on with your life and be what you used to be, "but they won't let you" ? They know what is best for you!!! Are you becoming more dependant on the medications that your Psychiatrist is administering you so that your minds vision is blurred and your actions limited. You were very good at what you used to do once, and now you can't make the grade. They won't let you !!! So it is now a good idea to think of suicide, ' if i just take a whole packet of these pills it will all be over and i won't have to worry anymore ' ( did anyone tell you that most drugs will not kill you??? ) they will only place you in a comma and you will wake up one day ' a vegetable' permantly brain damaged' ( Not nice - is it ? )

OK what do we do now? Let's talk about it all. Oh and if you were born with a 'mental illness' then you are invited to join in and talk about it too. How did you overcome taking all the harsh drugs, are you feeling better, do you have strict supervision whilst on them. What kind of life-style do you live, are you in the community or in an institution? Is it hard to keep your friends, are your professionals there whenever you need them, or are they too busy, who supports you when you are feeling very low and down?

This Mail-list is for every topic under the heading of ' Mental Health ' that you can think of, there is no gagging, no limits, no editing and plenty of exchange of ideas and knowledge to help and support others. If you would like to join us in our City Club-rooms on a weekend (Saturday) you can always come and visit us and have some fun putting this program to the internet for all to be involved who are on the Mail-list for you to have your say, and most importantly be AS - YOU - ARE.If you can paint cards and would like them placed over the internet Mail-list please send them to us and we will place it on the list for you and everyone to see. If you have a skill that is affordible by those who have little money, let us know what it is, the costs, and we will place you on our list in our web-page for reference to anyone who looks up our web-page.

Lets share our ideas and skills plus our knowledge with each other to benefit all the community and receive help from our authorities who are in a position to help us to get what it is that we need.

"If those who have inability to pay for computers and internet cannot be supported by our Government, ensuring that they can receive computers and the internet, then we may as well revert back to the stagecoach-days of delivering snail-mail."
Judi-Ann Leggetts, Founder of DSP Australia