Girl with the brown paper bag

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In this episode Clare and Rachel discuss stigma in relation to mental illness, with a focus on stigma for nurses. Rachel uses her own experience of stigma - her own thoughts as an A&E nurse looking after patients with a mental illness, then her own experience attending A&E as a patient following a traumatic bereavement. 
If you'd like to learn more about trauma informed care there is an educational page on the Royal College of Nursing website:

Trauma informed care | Clinical topics | Royal College of Nursing

Poem:

Girl with the brown paper bag

Girl with the brown paper bag
How selfish can’t she see
There are people who are dying
She’s really not in need

Girl with the brown paper bag
What’s the big deal
It’s all in her head
Is she being for real

Girl with the brown paper bag
Now I feel like I’m dying
Not sure what’s happening
Can’t think although I’m trying

Girl with the brown paper bag
Struggling to breath
A throat that's squeezing
Is this how it feels

Girl with the brown paper bag
I know how you felt
To feel so scared
Just wanting some help

Girl with the brown paper bag
I know how life changes in an instant
To feel so alone
But we’re no longer so distant

Girl with the brown paper bag
I’m so sorry I didn’t see
The trauma you carried
So now I plea

Girl with the brown paper bag
Although you’re long gone
I’m here to tell you
You did nothing wrong

Girl with the brown paper bag
I never got to hear your story
So I’m here sharing mine
To restore your glory

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