Some years ago I wrote in the Guardian about how I am still stigmatised by a brief mental illness I had in my teens. I wrote the piece after I had to disclose – yet again – to a life insurance provider that I once had a mental illness. Once.
I was a voluntary patient – not sectioned – in a sanatorium for two months, and have never experienced a recurrence. I was facing a lot of stress at the time that it happened, and I honestly think all I needed was a good rest.
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