I have a very vivid memory of my GP saying to me: "You are mentally sick and you have to accept help to get better." Hannah was a healthy 20-year-old psychology student living at home with her family when she started experiencing flu-like symptoms.
I went to my GP and I was kind of told that viruses will just generally go, you just need to go home and rest, take it easy.
Her GP thought she had glandular fever.
Hannah was feeling very tired, so the symptoms fitted.
But then she started to develop changes in her personality.
Soon after, Hannah lost her ability to speak.
I had to ask my mum to come in, sit with me and talk for me to the GP.
I would kind of write down to my mum what needed to be said.
Hannah was sent home with antidepressants and a referral to a psychologist.
Her symptoms deteriorated, and she was soon admitted to a psychiatric hospital, where she was given antipsychotic medication.
