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Stephen Fry Documentary
It's called The Not So Secret Life of a Manic Depressive: Ten Years On.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...group=p02q33dg He is revisiting the people he talked to in the programme he did 10 years ago, which I remember watching, and also talking about how his own illness has been. Quite interesting. |
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I don't really like Stephen Fry, but I thought that documentary was good. I'll have a gander at it.
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But he's a national treasure :p
It's interesting seeing all the other people in the programme and how mental illness affects their lives etc. |
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^ Thank you HH . Any opinions on this documentary in particular?
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It would be preferable if someone bearable presented a show on mental health instead. |
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Of the people they follow, one is a young woman whose life is still seriously affected by her mental illness and has now found out she has breast cancer. There's a young guy who during a manic episode was singing very loudly to himself on the tube and someone filmed him and posted it online and he got ridiculed about it. He was sectioned after that. There's a young girl who during a manic episode jumped off a balcony believing she could fly and now has permanent injuries and uses a wheel chair. There's a guy who works as a chef, but even his understanding boss says he will end up on a park bench if things don't improve and he loses friends because of his mood swings. His wife says she can't go on the way things are. They show him trying some medication and the side effects he gets. They might not show the absolute worst effects of mental illness, but if they only did that then it wouldn't help to reduce stigma and help people realise that all sorts of people can have mental health problems. That's the way I think of it anyway. Of course you're welcome on my thread |
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I like Stephen Fry. I thought it was a well-made documentary.
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^ I did too
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^ No no, don't want to drag you away from that.....
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It was an OK documentary but the people all seemed to be in London, I don't think their would ever be an SA documentary it would be too boring
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I watched this. T'was okay. Find fry a wee bit dramatic in his descriptions of his 'lowest ebb' and a bit hard to sympathise with, just my opinion. The young lady that was diagnosed with cancer was the saviour of the film for me and very relatable/ inspiring.
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^ I remembered her from the first programme, she was very inspiring and spirited.
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Not sure where I read it, but I recall a psychologist (?) saying Fry has Narcissistic Personality Disorder rather than Bipolar.
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I thought it was a good documentary myself and I learnt a fair bit, there were some very interesting stories, it was good to see Fry being so honest about his experiences and it can only be good for awareness in this country having such a high profile and well respected celeb speaking about mental health in this way. And I thought the story of the guy who sang on the tube (Alika I think his name was?) was a really good example to feature too and made a very important point too, people are all too quick to laugh and ridicule at what most would probably describe as 'the crazy guy in the corner', but you never know what people are going through, it may not have even occurred to the vast majority of people who watched the video initially that this man was unwell. But yeah, all in all an enjoyable and inspiring documentary for me, if I can overcome my own problems I hope I can do what these people have done and try to help others |
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Thanks firemonkey for posting the video. |
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Did you have a look in case you were in the background at any point?! |
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Not seen it but will make a mental note to.
Gotta love Stephen Fry, if only for General Melchett alone! |
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^ That's a shame, anything in particular that you were disappointed with Nat36?
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^ Actually that's a good point, I don't think anything other than medication was mentioned as treatment in this programme.
The psychiatrist was quite blunt, but not the worst I've seen to be honest. The thing I usually find difficult about them is that they seem not to work 'with' patients, they make up their minds and patients have to go with that. Which I understand when someone is having a psychotic episode or something similar, but not when people have good insight and understanding of their conditions. |
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I was looking forward to it, shame it was overshadowed by that stupid row about the BAFTAs 'bag lady' joke. If it was a private joke between friends it should have stayed private as NO-ONE ELSE GOT IT WITHOUT HAVING IT EXPLAINED, STEPHEN!
Moving on.... I thought that the psychiatrist was very honest with him, especially in his comments that Stephen's drinking too much and taking cocaine has not helped his mental state, and may even have caused his mental illness, at least in part. I felt very sorry for Cordelia, seemed to me that she'd had a lot of pain in her life. I could emphasise with the guy who was filmed on the tube and also with Rachel. I do agree that sometimes only the 'acceptable' face of mental illness is presented and we need more of a balance. I often wonder if half of the time, our problems are because most of us aren't starving to death and aren't having bombs dropped on us, so we need to find other things to worry about, so we turn inwards and turn on ourselves? It would be interesting to find out if the levels of mental illness were lower during the war, but that's probably impossible to prove as it wasn't talked about then. |
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^ Maybe, but people with mental health problems can tend to self medicate with drugs and alcohol. They certainly can make things worse, especially mixed with medications but I don't think they are the cause mental illness.
The people in the documentary were interesting I thought, and I could empathise with aspects of what they were experiencing. Since mental illnesses can be triggered by trauma I would have thought that during and after war people have a lot more problems with it, certainly ptsd. But like you say it was a lot less discussed and understood back then so it's impossible to know. |
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I have watched documentaries about Broadmoor for example in the past, which have been a lot darker and more bleak. But I wouldn't want that to be the only type of programme made on the subject because like you said, it would just reinforce the stigma against people with mental illnesses and the fear that someone with a serious diagnosis must be dangerous, which isn't the case at all. |
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Was a very interesting watch, and I learnt some more about bipolar. I obviously knew there were highs, but didn't realise it could make people genuinely believe they can fly, and things like that.
Interestingly, one of the people on there is a mutual friend, so felt strange seeing them on TV. |