Stigma Poem by a Nursing Assistant

Blog, News | No Comments 12th May 2011

Stigma

To most people this is just another word

One many times they have heard

But in mental health it’s becoming a force

More will sign before its run its course

What is it this word will it last

Until name calling becomes a thing of the past

Celebrities and officials carry our banner

And ordinary workers of every manner

If I shout at someone don’t call me

I am ill and sometimes different things I see

If I talk to someone who is not there too

I hear voices don’t call me it wont affect you

If I imagine I am ill and always scratching

Don’t call me names it’s not catching

Looney weirdo nutter we’ve heard it before

Bonkers crackers psycho and much more

Of course my favourite she is mad

But what if it’s your mum or dad

Mental health is not like a cold its no bug

And anyone of us it can decide to hug

So leave me alone if I shout and rave

I maybe confused and attention I don’t crave

Imagine this before you call me insane

If you were paranoid wouldn’t that cause pain?

So don’t call me names as I walk by

Try to think there for the face of god go I

I am just a carer trying to explain

Why you should joint our stamp out stigma campaign

Jeff Hughes, Nursing Assistant, Iris Ward

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