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Where’s my cape?

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I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse with 10+ years experience behind me, and on one fateful day in January 2020 , my brain 'broke' - that's the most accurate description I can give. Fast forward 3 days and many trips to A&E, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act for my own safety.
Recorded in my medical notes is the following;
'Rachel was on the floor begging us not to let her be the next serious case review'.
As a Mental Health nurse I was acutely aware that not all lives can be saved and I truly believed I was going to die. Thankfully, I didn't.  I did however develop a psychotic illness which included me believing I had stolen a nurses identify, that I was in a fake ward and that I was going to receive an MBE, or OBE, or  CBE - I spent a lot of time trying to remember which was which!
My story really hits home with people, and the honesty, insight and humor that I bring to telling it is breaking through some of the barriers between the 'well' and the 'un-well', making people question their pre-conceived ideas and prejudice around mental illness. Using my vulnerability, courage and raw stripped back account aims to leave people curious about what they can do to improve the mental health of themselves and others around them and ultimately, I have one simple message which the book will focus on as the objective.
I have returned to work but have been given an opportunity to share my 'insider' experience of being cared for by the organisation that I work for by working alongside the peer support team and the staff well-being team and the feedback I am receiving has inspired me and given me the confidence to start writing the story. 
I am planning on completing a walk **date to be confirmed upon lockdown rules being adjusted to allow for travel/exercise beyond local area** from Exminster to my home in Exmouth - the journey that I never managed to make on that awful morning.
All funds raised are going to go towards getting my story written with the support of a ghostwriter and editor (it is a lonely place to go back to alone) and get it into print. 
I plan on giving a percentage of any profit made from the book to DPT charitable trust along with some other charities yet to be formally agreed.
Any support would be gratefully appreciated - please help me get my story out there - A Mental health nurse, who has experienced it from the 'other side' and recounts it with humility and humor is going to be such a powerful piece of writing to use inform practitioners, family and the public.
Thank you so much for your support.


Be Kind,
Always,
Rae

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Rachel Davis
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