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Hokey Okay

Hokey Okay - Experiences with the mental health teams 
 

The police bring you in, next thing you’re out,

In out in out, fucks your head about,

They do the okay okay and turn you around,

Claiming that your mindsets sound!

 

Woahhh you’re okay okay,

Noooo, ill chokey chokey,

Woahhh, you’re okay okay

Head hurts, alarms sound ah ah ah

 

Then you’re back in again, out ...

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mental health   Psychiatric Hospitals   CMHT   crisis   suicide   suicidal thoughts   suicide attempt   depression helpless hopeless self-destruction   NHS   mental health services   police   sectioned   admissions

Jack's Story

First they came for freedom of speech, but I did not speak out

Because my sources told me what I wanted to hear, 

 

Then they came for the Poor, but I did not speak out 

Because I was not poor, 

 

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, but I did not speak out 

Because I was not a Trade Unionist, 

 

Then they came for the Socialists, but I did not speak out 

Becau...

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freedom of speech   the poor   trade unionists   socialists   refugees   Palestinians   Jews   mental health services   Fire Service   Ambulance Service   Police Service   NHS   Cancer

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