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Tempesst-Music for Tempestuous Times

Oct 29, 2020

By Mossy Ross

Credit: Gyorgy Laszlo

Tempesst could be a band that’s one marijuana puff and a mushroom trip away from being a Ken Kesey novel. But they’re too smart for that. Maybe the rockstars of yore could stay up for days on end, free-lovin’ and festival-in,’ tripping balls for days on end. Or if we’re talking the 70s, snorting lines off of supermodels’ asses, and shooting up in the dingy downstairs bathrooms of, what are now, legendary music venues. But escapism is so last century. Now, the music venues have been replaced with condos. Our planet is facing extinction. Political unrest is threatening democracies. Social media is taking over our lives. And for many of us, a future with job security and healthcare is unlikely. But that isn’t stopping Tempesst. They’ve realized there’s nowhere to run, so might as well face the future head on…while still hanging on to what seemed like a much fun-ner past.

Tempesst’s dreamy new album, appropriately titled “Must Be a Dream,” makes existential crises seem romantic. Their flavor of rock is one of my favorite kinds…pretty. Tempesst shows us that the shitty parts of life don’t always have to lead to screaming anger, but that something beautiful can come out of asking the hard questions. Their retro style gives the modern problems they sing about a feeling of comforting nostalgia. Showing us that we can still slip on a polyester suit, get behind a Hammond organ, and rock out; while being honest about the terrifying future we face. Tempesst reminds us that if all else fails, we always have an analog world to go back to. And that might not be such a bad thing.

Before you read my chat with lead singer, Toma Benjamin, start going down the rabbit hole with Tempesst by watching their video for “Mushroom Cloud.” It not only has addictive visuals, but three of my favorite things: kitschy decor, a man in makeup, and a slammin’ saxophone solo.

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Mossy: What’s your band’s history?

TB: The four of us, Blake, Cain, Andy, and I are from the same town in Australia. It’s a collection of towns. But the closest, most famous of the towns, is called Noosa. It’s a little beach town. So Cain, Andy, and I grew up with each other. But Blake’s actually about five years younger, so I met Blake because he lived three houses down the road. But it wasn’t until we were all in London, that we were just part of two groups that happened to come together, and all of these sorts of coincidences. I suppose when you move to a new city, for us coming all the way from Australia, you tend to find other people who have done the same thing. And then you bond, because you’ve got this similar experience of leaving home behind, and coming to this new city.

Mossy: What brought you to London?

TB: We were in New York, and we would’ve loved to stay in America. We were trying to get a visa to come stay in the states. And we got this business visa through my dad’s film distribution company. He distributes all the really bad B-grade films before the internet. People would actually buy the rights for them and distribute them across Australasia, which is pretty hilarious. This was in the 90s and 2000s. So we got a business visa to stay in the U.S., but you had to renew itall the time. So we renewed it once, and we tried to renew it again, but they wouldn’t let us. So we had to pack up all of our shit in thirty days and go back to Australia. And after growing up and spending all this time in this little coastal town in Australia, and then going to the complete opposite end of the spectrum, living in New York and experiencing the city and the energy, it was just too hard to stay home. So we lasted about three months and then we were like, “Well if we can’t go to New York, where else can we go?” So, not so very romantic (Laughs). It was for practical reasons. We could easily get a visa to come to London, and then we fell in love with the place after coming here.

Mossy: I always have to ask people from England or Australia who their influences are. I feel like there’s always such refined musical tastes coming from those two countries. Who were you listening to growing up?

TB: I’m a little bit of a late bloomer, to be honest. We grew up in quite a sheltered environment. Our families are quite religious. Myself and Andy grew up playing music in church. So it wasn’t until I left that world when I was about eighteen, that I started to learn about other artists. And I was really lucky to have a close friend who was actually playing with us in the original Tempesst, when we first started the band. And he’s a music lover and would spend all of his time listening to music from all over the place, and would just introduce us to some really great art. And then when I moved to New York, he also moved with me to New York. And I would say moving to New York introduced me to a lot of DIY bands like Yeasayer and Darwin Deez. When I was there, they were really big, and it was kind of the first time for me listening to that.

So getting into all the classic albums that I love now, that didn’t happen until well and truly in my twenties. And that was just because of my circumstance. But when I did start listening, it was just all the classics. I was just trying to catch up. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley was one of my initial favorites. I still feel sometimes like I’m catching up. There’s just so much great music to consume, and not enough time to do it. And sometimes when you’re making music all day, the last thing you feel like doing is listening to music. So it’s kind of strange, I find myself listening to Talkback radio. I feel like I’m a 70 year-old man. (Laughs)

Mossy: What religion?

TB: Like Pentacostal, Christian. So yeah, I had some R&B gospel influences. My dad used to listen to George Benson, so I would try and mimic George Benson by playing guitar like George Benson, and singing the melodies with the guitar line. He might have listened to the odd Beatles song. But yeah, it wasn’t like my dad was listening to, like, really cool obscure records and introducing me to his favorite artists. He didn’t give a shit. (Laughs) He was listening to Christian music.

Mossy: I’m always surprised at how many rock musicians I talk to who grew up religious. I always assumed they would have had the cool dad who listened to obscure records, but a lot of them were sheltered and didn’t get to hear any of that. It’s almost like that upbringing helps you create a really original sound, because you didn’t have those influences around you when you were growing up.

Credit: Gyorgy Laszlo

Your sonic landscape matches your aesthetic. The way you present yourselves. Is that life imitating art, or art imitating life?

TB: I wouldn’t say there was any intention. I think there’s certain music you feel inspired by, and there’s certain fashion that you like, and it tends to be that all of these things come from that same world for us. I would also say that sonically, a lot of the equipment we use is old, vintage equipment. We’ve got vintage synths and our desk is a 1979 Neve console, and it sounds like an old school desk. So I think it just so happens that that’s the kind of music we’re into. We’re influenced by the artists that led us to have a think about what kind of instruments or gear we want, and it just naturally creates this specific sound.

Mossy: Why the extra “s” in Tempesst?

TB: We originally spelled Tempesst with one “s.” But soon after, we found that there was a 20-year old Celtic rock band that had the name already. When we started releasing music, Spotify started listing our music on their band page.

Mossy: Where did you shoot the video for “Mushroom Cloud?”

TB: An old workmens hall here around the corner in Islington. It’s a little hall that you can hire out, and we just thought it was funky and fit the vibe of the song.

Mossy: Tell me about your album cover.

TB: That was done by a guy named Jose Mendez. We basically sent the record out to a bunch of artists, and asked them to send us back what the sound of the album would look like. And Jose sent us back this sketch. The ways he was describing the songs felt like he really understood what we were trying to say. And then when he sent us the sketch, we all felt like it was really cool and trippy, and quite bold. And we wanted the music to feel quite bold and unpredictable. So I guess what we loved about it, was that it felt very bold and sort of random. Some of the ways he personified the characters in the songs were really cool.

Mossy: How would you describe the Age of the Bored (the title of a song off their new album)?

TB: I would describe it as insular. I would describe it as a waste. It was actually Eric that came up with the lyrical concept, and we wrote the lyrics together. I think the frustration came from life caught in the vacuum of this device that sits by our bedside, and in our pocket, in a holder in the car. It’s literally your entire life is linked to this device, and all of the things that distract you, and pull your attention away from the things you should be doing. It’s like a loud voice just demanding your attention. Binging with messages and fucking emails, and everything just taking you off your focus. When I come in to the studio now, I leave my phone in my pocket, hang my jacket up behind the door, and it sits there all day. Because otherwise you find that your whole life is ruled by this device. As opposed to it being something that serves you, it actually takes over. So the idea of that song was just choosing to separate yourself from it at times, and not have this symbiotic relationship with your mobile phone. Everything comes from this idea of not wanting to waste. That life is precious and we only have limited time.

Credit: Gyorgy Laszlo

Mossy: I think it’s great when people who aren’t old, are telling people things that some people don’t realize unless they’re old. It takes a lot of self awareness to admit that this device gives you anxiety, and keeps you from being in the moment, and that you don’t have to have it by you all the time. I think it’s important for people to say that.

TB: One of my favorite lines in the whole record is in that song. It’s, “Offline, the new underground way to unwind.” How strange is it that, like, if you say to someone “I left my phone at home today,” they’re like, “What!? You have to go home!” It’s this bizarre idea that if you wanna unwind, if you wanna feel free, if you don’t wanna feel anxious, you don’t want to be ruled by this device and you leave your phone at home, people just freak out.

Mossy: It’s like a form of rebellion to leave your phone behind.

TB: Yeah, because we have lived in both worlds. So it’s like, you have the contrast. And it’s terrifying to think that at some point, if you have kids or whatever, that they’re gonna live in the world, and they won’t have that contrast. They won’t know what it’s like not to live with a mobile phone. It really will be a very different thing for someone to have that separation from their phone.

Mossy: “Is That All There Is?” also seems to have a message that speaks to a lot of people.

TB: I think again, it’s just another chance to talk about something that feels a little bit silly. That we aren’t always the best stewards of our time. That song’s probably more focused on a time of reflection. What happens is every year, I go back home for Christmas. And it’s a really strange time, because I have this contrast of leaving my busy life in London, and going back to this little beach town, and sitting on the beach. And I’m in this new environment, observing the people in that environment, reflecting on my year. And then the contrast always brings up these questions. For example in that song, “Is this it? Is this all we do? Just work our asses off all year?” And sometimes questioning even the whole creative process, and the creative lifestyle. And even questioning if that’s something that has merit. Does the world need more music? Does the world need another person trying to share their ideas? You’re grappling with this tension as an artist, wondering if the world needs any more fucking artists. (Laughs) There’s so much amazing music, you couldn’t possibly consume it all in one lifetime. And it’s also about just working out and reconciling with just growing up. That we’re not young forever. And we’ll have to, at some point, accept our mortality. And it’s that time when I go back to Australia, and I stop the busy-ness, and I’m sitting on the beach…that I get tormented with all these ideas. (Laughs)

Listen to “Must Be a Dream” on all streaming platforms or, better yet, buy it on vinyl.

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northwestnurse · 7 years ago

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The perfect storm that UK nursing faces - healthcare/political post

Okay so some of you may remember last year when I was posting about how nurses have suffered years of pay freezes and due to rising cost of living, inflation etc, the average nurse was thousands worse off, with some leaving the profession or taking extra jobs to make up for the deficit in their wages. At present, nurses are 14% worse off than they were in 2010, and is predicted to drop a further 2.6k by 2020 against inflation

We were eventually ‘rewarded’ a 1% pay rise which meant nothing because in the same year inflation increased by 2.6% and our national insurance contribution increased which effectively meant we had received a pay cut… yet again. This pay increase was recommended by the NHS Pay review body in their 30th report, 2017 (see 1), however because of the government imposed pay cap we could not get higher than 1%, and the review body explicitly stated that this could not go on.

A nurse currently starts on 22.5kish and can work their way up to 28kish. This is a band 5 registered nurse , and this pay is across the board via Agenda For Change, a national pay system for NHS staff regulated . Only private companies can pay equivalent nurses more. We cannot just ask for pay rises, we have to lobby the government. To get any higher than this 28k, one must become a band 6+ nurse and this means becoming a specialist, or into a more managerial role. It means that thousands of experienced nurses with decades in the NHS won’t receive more than 28k a year.

Alongside this Nursing is rightfully a graduate profession needing a Bachelors Degree to register, however training bursaries have been scrapped which means student nurses now have to pay to train to be a nurse (it used to be free). I’m sure my US friends will think this normal, BUT student nurses have to work 37.5hrs per week for the NHS for free to be able to pass their degree. So they are paying to work. This has led to a 23% drop in nursing university applications

All this means we are struggling to recruit and retain nurses. There are now more nurses leaving the nursing register than there are joining . 1 in 3 nurses are coming up to retirement age, so this means we are going to lose many more. We are also losing thousands of European nurses because of Brexit .Currently we are short of 41,000 nurses (see 2.) and this will only increase.

One thing Health Education England has decided to do is invent a new role called the Nursing Associate which was supposed to ‘bridge the gap’ between health care assistants and registered nurses. A potentially valuable role, but ignores the fact we already have Assistant Practitioners who do fit this gap already, and do it extremely well. Instead of funding nurses money was put into training these who were supposed to support RNs. They will do a foundation degree one day a week for 2 years alongside working in the NhS. However as some of us predicted, some trusts are converting nurse vacancies into nursing associate posts and have cut RN places to make way for this support role, ignoring the evidence that graduate RN reduce mortality rates. This creates a huge safety concern and also threatens the RN job security because some chief nurses have said it makes sense for the NA to take over RN tasks to ‘free up RN for advanced practice and supervision’ aka being the paperwork pushers and assessors whilst NA do the jobs we became nurses to do. The Nursing Associate will be paid less than an RN, but will be allowed to do the majority of tasks that an RN does - which begs the question, if we - for example - need three years of medicines management to safely administer meds, why are they allowed to after doing only 1 day a week at uni (cramming in all sorts of subjects) for two years? Unfortunately with the amount of underfunding and shortage going on, hospital trusts are just going to see people who can do a job for cheaper, rather than looking at it more broadly and seeing that anyone can be trained to complete an action, but it needs education to complete it to the same standard and with the same reduced mortality and good outcomes an RN has be proven to produce. It also really isnt fair on these Trainee Nursing Associates as they came to bridge the gap, not replace the RN for far less pay. I'm lucky to have worked with some and they have been amazing as trainees, but should never be seen as a sub for registered nurses

So all this, along with the deliberate underfunding of the NHS has created a perfect storm. This summer was a 'summer of protest’ in which nurses protested for fair pay. Last month it was announced that our pay cap was to be scrapped however no pay restoration or rise was given. Our challencellor then said that if we are to be given a pay rise we must be more productive, ignoring the fact nurses already are looking after too many patients (the ratio on my acute med-surg ward is 8-10:1 and 13:1 at night) are not getting breaks, are working extra hours for no pay, are at their wits end and routinely suffering mental and physical health problems due to the role. Today was the UK government’s autumn Budget statement and we expected a pay rise to be announced. This was not the case. Instead we got told that our Agenda For Change pay structure is being subjected to ‘reform negotiations’ by our Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (who no-one likes, sorry but not sorry) and if these reforms bear fruit, only then would there be money released from the budget for our pay rises/restoration.

So basically it seems like the Agenda For Change pay structure, which you can read more about here, will be changed and only then will we receive a pay rise. But what changes? We all know these changes cannot possibly be for our benefit if only when they are changed will we receive extra money. Many of us believe our unsociable hours enhancements will be targeted and removed - at the minute we are paid extra for nights, weekends etc. This is something that has been attempted in the past and something they’d love to get their hands on. It’ll be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul, either way we win nothing.

In the long run the patients suffer. They’re the ones who need nurses. Nurses we are currently struggling to not only recruit but retain.

So yeah, thats it in a nutshell in my words and with the factual stuff cited. The next few years are going to be… interesting to say the least.

1. NHS Pay Review Body - Thirtieth Report (2017)

2. OME analysis of Health Education England data (2016)

#nursing #uk #england #nurse #student nurse #healthcare #medical #medicine #politics #nhs #health

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sceawere · 7 years ago

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Hallo when you go the hospital in England, does it cost money?

haha hi?

the short answer is no, we don’t pay for most* medical care, at least at the point of service

(*yes, we pay taxes that fund it and so we technically pay for our healthcare but it’s a fraction of the cost spread out over a ton of time)

the longer answer is sometimes? it depends on things like you’re age and where you live. england has different rules to the rest of the uk.

i’m sure you were looking for a yes or no, but i gave you a wall, i’ll bold the highlights if you wanna skim:

across the board we don’t pay for hospital visits, or ambulances - i think some of the remoter islands do have to pay for the medical boats that transport them to facilities on the mainland? or they were considering bringing in the charge...i live on the mainland so i’m not sure

we do pay for prescriptions (at least in england) but you’re not charged for anything given to you while you’re being treated in the hospital, and you don’t have to pay for recurring treatments like chemo. i know wales gets free prescriptions. if you get the pill on prescription you don’t pay for that and there’s some other stuff (i think TB controls and some of the bad STI’s and stuff? basically stuff they want controlled, they don’t want someone not being able to afford treatment and ending up with a giant problem when things spread)

you get all your childhood immunisations free, and any they give you at school (the cervical one at high school was free), boosters etc. not sure about holiday jabs - i think it depends what you need

in england you can get subsidies for your prescription or at least money off if you get a pre-pay prescription card and also groups like over-60′s, kids, pregnant women get free or reduced cost medicine. not sure what the actual rules are but i know all of those from experience so i can say they happen at least

you also don’t pay for dental/eye appointments and treatment in most cases, if you’re using an nhs service, are under 18, or are over-18 but still in full-time education (uni students) or are over 60, you get free visits/treatment. i never realised how expensive dentist visits were until i graduated holy moly

oh also if you’re diabetic or have a significant risk you get certain eye stuff free (certain extra tests they want to get to prevent you needing more expensive treatment later on, i think)

you have to pay for any extras like aesthetic choices (like nicer fillings, whitening treatments etc) and you pay for the cost of your actual glasses/lenses (at least as an adult, i can’t remember as a kid) but you do get free braces under 18

and you can still always get insurance to cover private treatment etc i know we have it for our glasses because we were spending a ton out of pocket so now we spend nothing out of pocket

tl:dr - no we don’t pay for most of our medical care, especially preventative measures bc we know it’d cost us 20x more if we didn’t and also it’s the right thing to do and i feel incredibly lucky to be born here given my family’s medical history

although i will say that my dad drove himself to the hospital while having a heart attack because he ‘didn’t think it was anything serious and i didn’t want to bother the paramedics’ so...don’t do that. bless every saint in heaven he made it to A&E before he collapsed.

#this was unexpected but yeah sure here have my shoddy knowledge #anon #replies

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midwifemilktrails · 7 years ago

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The Power of Suggestion

“Women deliver their own babies alone on the floor of small living rooms everyday...I felt like if they can do that why couldn't I?” In the months leading up to giving birth, Paula practiced Hypnobirthing affirmations and listened to guided visualizations to help her stay calm and focused during labor. She also planned to deliver in a hospital with midwives. As her due date approached, Paula’s skepticism of her achieving her desired birth experience in a hospital setting grew. After following her doula’s suggestion of switching to a birth center, Paula had almost exactly the birth experience she had known was possible - supported yet unassisted on the floor (at the birth center).

What had you known about childbirth prior to your own experience?

I was born and raised in the UK where mostly midwifery care and assisted births is the norm. Even in a hospital, the set up feels slightly less "medical" than it does in the US.

Oddly, in my teens I was very much of the mindset that giving birth sounded horrific and if I ever had a child I wanted all the drugs. But I think that was mostly due to the experience of my one 16-year-old friend who ended up with what seemed like a million stitches and a lot of screaming similar to what I had seen in the Hollywood films.

What was important to you in having a natural birth?

Once I was pregnant I became a crazed, birth research, junky and the more and more I learned the more an un-medicated birth seemed like the most stress-free, healthy and in terms of recovery (perhaps this sounds insane) the most likely pain-free option for both myself and the baby.

Talking to my mother who had both my sister and I naturally, it seemed obvious I would be able have a natural birth. By the third trimester there was no question of my capability and in my mind, an epidural or C-section was truly reserved for a medical emergency.

If I am being honest, I think this persistence of wanting a natural birth was mostly out of stubbornness. I felt like the more I learned about it all the more I perceived this pervasive fear of birth as really some crazy construct aimed at up-selling women's anxiety – and well I was like, ‘No, no, no!’

You were planning on giving birth at UCLA hospital with the midwives up until 35 weeks pregnant, what made you decide to have your baby outside of the hospital 'last minute'?

As I mentioned previously, in the U.K. hospital births tend to be a little less intense than those in the U.S. And in my opinion, I think a lot of that has to do with the fact the U.S system is for profit and the U.K. wants to keep costs down as it's part of universal healthcare.

So with this in mind, I felt like the hospital system would be fine. While I had great prenatal care with the UCLA midwives, as my due date loomed and I found out I couldn't give birth in water, I would need an IV (just because) and would be constantly monitored I felt more and more uneasy that I would be able to have anything close to the birth I wanted.

The last straw came when the suggestion was presented to schedule an induction at 39 weeks seemly for convenience. This made me high tail it outta' there and thankfully to Del Mar on the suggestion of my doula, Emma!

You chose to do Hypnobirthing for childbirth preparation. What was inspiring to you about a specific childbirth method like Hypnobirthing?

Hypnobirthing just seemed to make the most sense to me given that really most of labor (from what I had read) is about managing your anxiety and your breathing – two things at the core of Hypnobirthing.

Did you utilize the Hypnobirthing techniques in your labor and birth?

I'm not sure I managed to disappear into ‘a changing colored cloud of love’ [Hypnobirthing’s guided visualization of the colors of the rainbow to help with relaxation and calm], but as soon as my water broke I was very calm, and at no point was I scared.

Did you have any fears around giving birth?

Yes – the obvious fear of the unknown and the slight fear that something might go medically wrong. I was also a little scared of tearing, which reflecting back on it now, once the time came to do the repair after the birth I didn't really care about the stitches in my vagina at all!

You are originally from England and as a writer, you have traveled around the world quite a bit. Do you feel that fear around childbirth is a country specific cultural issue or deeply systemic to human kind – this fear of the great unknown?

I think being from the UK certainly gave me an advantage in trusting midwives and natural birth overall. I also think traveling to developing nations helped me gain some perspective of different cultural practices depending on what’s available to them.

Women deliver their own babies alone on the floor of small living rooms everyday and then pick up and go feed the family. I felt like if they can do that why couldn't I in the ideal environment?

We are very lucky in the Western world but I also think that birth is over-medicalized in many ways. A pregnant woman isn’t sick – she is giving life!

Can you tell me about your birth?

Haha! My birth was a little surreal. Before I gave birth, I read on some dumb blog if you stood naked under a full moon and rubbed your belly it would induce labor.

At 38 weeks there was a full moon, so I decided to give it a go. Afterwards, I went to bed to read a book and 10 minutes later my water broke. I called Del Mar and at that time, around 12:30 am, I was having mild cramping every 10 minutes or so. Jen, the midwife, told me to call back when the contractions were strong and coming every 4 minutes for at least an hour.

Within 30 minutes the contractions felt pretty intense. I wasn't sure if I was just being wimpy, but all I could do was ball up every time a contraction came on. An hour later, the contractions were every 3-5 minutes and I felt I needed to go in.

I arrived at Del Mar around 3:30 am. Jen checked my cervix (I was 6 cm dilated), ran me a bath and checked the baby’s heart rate. My boyfriend turned on my Hawaiian lullaby music and a few minutes later Emma, my doula, arrived.

If I'm honest, once Emma got there everyone but her disappeared from my consciousness. I was in the tub at that point, but then had to get out as the baby's heart rate was a little high, possibly from me overheating. So I moved to the floor with my elbows leaning on the edge of the bed.

At this point, I had a little gas and air [nitrous oxide] to cope with the contractions and was feeling pretty hazy. I just remember Emma in front of me, holding my hand, reminding me of my breathing. At this point, all was very calm.

Jen checked in with me about what I was feeling and how I was doing and popped out for a minute to check in on another mother. My boyfriend went to the car to warm up as the birth room was freezing (apparently) as everyone thought I had hours to go before birth as I hadn't even started to feel the urge to push yet.

However, as everyone left Emma looked at me and gently said, “It's just us now. You can relax.” As she said this, I can only liken the feeling to suddenly needing to poop. So I just followed my body and one push was the baby’s head and the second was her body and ta da! Emma ran around behind me and picked up this naked human – my newborn baby – off the floor. (It was certainly a bonding experience as she is also a close friend and the first person our daughter, Luna, ever saw!)

On hearing my baby cry, Jen raced in and she and another midwife moved me onto the bed and placed Luna on my chest. Emma went outside and knocked on the car window to let my boyfriend know he was now a father!

That is a very fast labor (under 5 hours) and to go to from 6 cm to birth in less than 2 hours! What was your mental state like in labor?

I was just super internal.

I apparently thanked everybody for coming and asked if they were hungry, but I really didn't have a sense of time or what was happening outside of my body. I was just breathing through each new contraction.

How did you best cope with the contractions?

Really deep, low breathing. Once I arrived at Del Mar and Jen suggested I hum to keep my breathing sounds low everything just seemed to click into place. I literally hummed through my whole labor.

There were a few times I slightly panicked and caught my breath but Emma just helped me through the next breath and then I'd be back on track.

What do you think contributed to your fast labor and birth?

I followed ALL of the advice: raspberry leaf tea, 6 dates a day, walked and walked. I also went to a chiropractor to make sure the baby and I were in the best possible alignment.

You basically had the most natural birth one can have - hands off and unassisted except with the help of your friend/doula who scooped your baby up moments after she was born. How do you feel after experiencing something like that?

It was sort of magical! It was the most accomplished I think I've ever felt and the most at peace – like everything was where it was meant to be.

What can you compare the experience of giving birth to?

Um, it's hard. But I guess similar to period cramps in so much as you know it hurts but it's not bad for you. But it was also euphoric and spiritual in a way I hadn't quite expected it to be.

Do you feel there were other events in your life that properly prepared you for the journey that is giving birth?

I'd say on the whole I'm pretty fearless of the big stuff (I'll worry about the small things, like saying the right thing or not being perceived in the right way.) But I lost my dad when I was 20-years-old and had quite a turbulent childhood – I moved to different countries, lived in 5 different cities and got married and divorced before 30. So I feel I'm ready for what the universe wants to throw at me!

Has your birth experience been influential within your community of women and expectant mothers?

Yes! I feel like I'm a little evangelical now in so much as I want to encourage all my peers to be less fearful and more positive in anticipating their experience giving birth. I've also become a resource on natural birth for lots of friends of friends and that feels really special to be able to help them make informed choices.

Some would say that giving birth is also a rebirth for the woman. How has giving birth changed or affected you?

It's made me feel stronger and braver for sure. Also, more in touch with my body as a thing rather than just for looks!

What would be your sage advice or wisdom to impart on other women and mothers?

We are made to do this and you are so much more powerful than you give yourself credit for.

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scriptshrink · 8 years ago

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What would therapy be like for a man (he's 25, not sure if that matters) on suicide watch in a psych ward/hospital? He lives in England, but I'm not sure if that matters either... He attempted to overdose but was found by his boyfriend and brought to hospital by ambulance.

It actually does matter, a lot! The British healthcare system is WILDLY different from the American one, and I’m not very familiar with how it works. Luckily, some of the Scriptshrink consultants have had experience with it! Their answers are after the jump.

CW: mentions of a suicide attempt, overdose, & medications

nothowiplanned

I mean my first response is that those circumstances absolutely do not guarantee hospital admission.

No NHS psych beds means they’d most likely give him physical treatment at hospital and then send him home after an assessment with the crisis team.

Crisis teams - at least in my part of the country - don’t like to be regularly involved in care for more than a few weeks so he would probably be discharged from them quite soon.

They might make a referral to adult mental health services but more likely they would refer him to IAPT - improving access to psychological therapies - who would put him on a waiting list for CBT*

*Is my bitterness showing :/

I honestly think the only way that character would end up in a psych ward in those circumstances is if he could pay for private treatment and I have zero knowledge about how that works.

Charlie

Alright, so first things first - it is difficult to be admitted inpatient in the UK. An overdose is not likely to result in an admission. Usually ODs are seen as “less serious” attempts, once you’re medically cleared you see the liaison psych team. Liaison will then decide the next steps, whether a person needs to be hospitalised or can be sent home.So for realism, I’d change the overdose to something else. BUT I said difficult, not impossible, so it’s not really necessary.

Then it would depend on whether the character was a voluntary admission or detained under the Mental Health Act - being detained in the UK is commonly referred to as being “sectioned” after sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the act, which outlines the legislation allowing a person to be detained.

https://www.rethink.org/living-with-mental-illness/mental-health-laws/mental-health-act-1983

As for the actual inpatient care, it depends. We don’t really call it “suicide watch” but instead “observations”. You have different levels depending on your need: 2:1, 1:1 arms length, 1:1 eyesight, 10 minute, 15, 20. 2:1 means two members of staff (usually psych nurses or healthcare assistants) are by the individual at all times. 1:1 means there’s one staff member with them, either within arms reach or in their field of vision, and 15-20 is minutes. Again, the amount of observation will depend on whether the character is there voluntarily or not. A risk assessment will be carried out the night of arrival and they will decide from there what level of supervision the character needs.

If the character is very high risk they may transfer them to an intensive psychiatric care unit, but this is unusual and is only if it’s believed they can’t even be kept safe with 1:1 or 2:1 constant observations. In IPCU, you don’t get much in the way of therapy - it’s all about managing risk and stabilisation first of all.

And again, you’re unlikely to get much therapy if you’re on constant observations, even if you can be in an open ward (aka not an IPCU).The actual schedule and therapy varies from unit to unit, but usually there will be group therapy, art therapy, occupational therapy and individual therapy. Each day starts with breakfast and medication, you have a morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack then dinner and an afternoon snack, then night meds.

There’s a ward round once a week where your allocated psychiatrist comes around and tells you how you’re doing and updates you on your situation. Here’s a pretty good example of an inpatient schedule:

http://www.fourwindshospital.com/about_four_winds/westchester/pdf_schedules/lodge_core.pdf

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When I was 25 I was admitted into a psychiatric hospital in England following an overdose. I was admitted as an inpatient because I was already under the care of the crisis team, but still kept making suicide attempts (the other ones were a type that is perceived as “more violent”, although the last was an OD) so it became clear that I wasn’t safe without being admitted.

As Charlie said, the therapy that your character would receive in hospital varies a lot.

For “suicide watch” (observations), I was under 15 minute obs. The way this worked during the daytime was that as the nurses did their rounds they made a note on their charts when they saw me, and they would go looking for any patients who weren’t accounted for. At night, they shone a torch through the window in the bedroom door, waited until they saw me breathing/moving, and then would move on. I sometimes like to sleep with my sheet over my head, so that meant that the nurses would come in, pull the sheet off my face and shine the torch on me to check.

In terms of therapy, there was not much available. We didn’t have any group therapy or individual sessions, but there was occupational therapy - this consisted of the art room being open for an hour and a half in the mornings Mon-Fri, when patients could go in and do drawing, painting, or colouring. There was also a programme of activities in the afternoons or evenings - max one activity per weekday, lasting approximately half an hour - of things like bingo, a crossword puzzle, a quiz. These occupational health activities were all completely voluntary, and took very little time. Most of the time people were either in their rooms, or sat in the common room with the telly. I was determined to be a Good Patient™, so I did every single activity that was offered, but I was an outlier in that respect, and there were plenty of patients that one would only ever see at meal times - the rest of the time they sat alone in their rooms.

Being in hospital was a case of being under obs while they waited for meds to kick in - they were looking to stabilise patients rather than trying to heal them (inpatients are expensive).

“Review meetings” were the main point of focus for the patients I spoke to - at these meetings, led by the consultant psychiatrist, your case was discussed with you and bunch of other people (like representatives from other agencies), and decisions would be made about your medications, the status of your section, discussions about day release, etc. People basically spent their time waiting for these meetings, because these were the only times when we could find anything out about going home. One thing that was difficult was not knowing when the review meetings would be. I was lucky - I had one a week, but other patients had gone 2-3 weeks without one and without knowing when they could expect to be seen again (I expect that the nurses’ and OHs’ reports were part of the process for deciding if it was appropriate to schedule a review meeting - financially, it doesn’t make sense to gather all those people only to say “yeah, nothing needs changing, we’ll leave everything the same”).

Although I may sound like I am being negative in this reply, I know that I am extremely fortunate to have access to free healthcare, and to have access to interventions for mental health at all!

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Can i stay under parents insurance and switch car title over to my name?

So my parents gave me a car for my 18th birthday a few years ago and I am still under their insurance. I gave the car a paint job that costed 2,500 and I want to make sure the care is mine, can I switch the car title to my name while still being on their insurance? They keep me under their insurance so I can have cheaper insurance while in college""

Cheapest Insurance company?

I'm looking to downsize my premium today and called about 10 largest companies, I'm sure there's more that has more affordable rates Thank you""

Alamo insurance coverage?

i am going to renting a car through Alamo and i only have liability coverage through my insurance plan,how much will it cost for 10 days of coverage? what are my options?""

What is the best supplemential health insurance for someone on medicare?

a friend of mine is on disability and need supplemental health insurance but does not want to leave her doctor under blue cross ,she is paying almost 300 a month out of her 1200 a month disability ,she is over 55 years old and in good health.""

Single mother looking for cheap car insurance?

im a young single mother trying to get my life together, fix a car, etc... got a lot on my plate. is there any resources for car insurance i can use? anything?""

How does life insurance work?

Other or new insurance companies Non-exclusive?

Hello there, I have a client, she is 18 years old and has a 1997 Toyota Corolla. She came by for insurance 2 days ago and I have quoted her with: Allied, Safeco, Hartford, Progressive, Mapre, Mercury, Metlife, Chubb, Hanover, AARP, Travelers, Golden Eagle, Nationwide, California Auto, Foremost, Liberty Mutual, State Fund, and around 4 more that I can't pull out of my head. The cheapest quote received was from Mercury Insurance for: 15/30/15 UM:10 MEDICAL:1000 COMP:1000 COLL:1000 No rental Premium: $2,103.90 It's basically what the car is worth if not more. Do you happen to know other non-exclusive companies that would take her? She has a clean DMV record. FSC is pulling very high premiums. Thank you very much.""

Can I have two cars under two separate car insurance companies read my situation please!?

I have my own insurance on my own car with Farmers Insurance. However, my best friend just bought a new car and her insurance rate sucks. Can I insure my friends car under my name with Gieco and add my friend as a secondary driver and keep my Farmers insurance under my own car? Also, is there any way that Farmers would no if I did this? Do I have to tell anyone I have two insurance companies? Just put insurance, right? THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!""

How much on average is insurance for an audi a3 convertible?

Can a Home Mortgage Company insist you paint your house?

My mom receieved a letter from a mortgage company stating she needs to make 3 repairs to here house. (paint the outside, fix trim around door, repair soffet) They also said they would drop her in 30 days if not corrected. HELP.... Is this legal? I may also say my mom put a claim in last year with them and they (insurance co) had to repair a canapy for 2k.""

Does Everybody Have Car INsurance?

Not having it is against the law #1 and #2 very dangerous. I had a friend who didn't have insurance and got in an accident and had to pay $20K in hospital bills.

Insurance Question/Quote?

My name is Jake and my grandpa wants to sell me is 2004 V6 nissan 350z for like next to nothing but i am curious as to how much my insurance payment would be?

Who has the cheapest home insurance policies in California?

Time to renew and I need to start shopping around.

How much will my car insurance premium change when i turn 25?

I'm 24 and a car in insurance group 6 is costing me 600-700. I've heard this goes down significantly when I turn 25, is this true and how much should it go down by?""

Can kaiser health insurance drop me?

I'VE been vomiting and been feeling sick but i dont know what is causing it so i applied for health insurance and got approved. On the application, it askedif i was diagnosed with any illness and i was not. But if i go to a physical exam, telling them of my symptoms and do get diagnosed with something, can theinsurance drop me? I feel like i did not lie on my application because i dont even know if i have a disease but i am worried that they will say that i had a preexisting condition?""

Question about SR22 insurance in NJ?

My live in fiance just got a DWI. I'm trying to plan ahead regarding the car insurance situation and I was wondering.....Currently he is a driver on my policy. If he gets his own policy and I keep the policy I currently have, are MY rates going to go sky high also? Am I just better off joining the assigned risk pool with him? Also, I know that a DWI is 9 insurance points for 3 years. Does that mean after 3 years they will be gone? Does the 3 years start when the SR22 is filed or does it start on the date of the DWI conviction?""

What factors can affect the cost of my automobile insurance?

Insurance for a minor?

Ok im turning 17years old and i am going to buy a bmw m3 2003 Whats the best way i can get insurance, i dont know how exactly it works but i wanted to go under my dad. what is the cheapest and best way to get the insurance for my car. and how much will it cost""

Cheapest insurance company for newly drivers? (UK)?

Cheapest insurance company for 17's? Also how can I get my insurance to be as lowest as possible?

Do anyone know where i can get cheaper car insurance?

Im with Tesco and am due to renew my insurance next month but what im paying at the moment is sky high. Ive been on the road 2 years now, I have a reno clio.""

What is the cheapest way to insure a first car?

I want a ford ka which luckily I one of the cheapest cars to run and insure for young drivers. Is there anything else I can do (except from the black box as I have 3 siblings I will need to drive around) to make the insurance cheaper? My parents both have quite good jobs and are willing to pay it but they would like to pay 1500 p.a maximum if possible.

If I get my speeding ticket dismissed will my insurance rates still increase?

I got a speeding ticket in TX, but I'm taking a course to get it dismissed. Will my insurance company even find out about my points if they're taken off my license? And if they do, will my insurance rates go up or is that completely dependent on points?""

I am a police officer and I want cheap car insurance...any company suggestions?

Does anybody no any cheap car insurance company for young male drivers plz help in Ireland thank you?

Can I drop motorcycle insurance for the winter then pick it up in the spring?

I'm 17 and am looking for a motorcycle. My mom called our insurance company (Nationwide) and had a quote prepared and they said it would be an extra $70 a month. Seeing as how it gets cold here in Ohio i don't really want to ride a bike in the wintertime. Would it be possible to drop the motorcycle part of the insurance during the wintertime and then pick it up in the springtime when I start riding again? I'll also be turning 18 in February so I think the rates would go down.

If my car is registered in california..how can i get car insurance in nevada?

How much would insurance cost for a VW Polo 1.9 ...?

My sister just asked me how much insurance would be for a 17 year old new driver in a VW Polo 1.9 I don't want to go signing up to insurance companies so they can ring me every day trying to sell me rubbish so I'm wondering if anyone just happens to know. Thanks in advance.

""Someone totaled my car, they don't have insurance...what's going to happen?""

I was driving straight down a one way with three friends in my car when a truck full out ran a stop sign and crashed into the front driver's side (i was driving) of my car. I'm pretty sure my car is totaled now. Anyways, a few hours after the accident I started getting neck pains. They got worse over the next two days, and I ended up going to the doctor who sent me to the ER for a CT scan and I have slipped vertebrae in my neck. Now yesterday we found out that the guy's whose car it was (a friend of his was driving, he wasn't in the car) doesn't have insurance on it. So what does this mean for my medical bills? Will this make the amount I get for my car lower? Will my insurance company raise my rates if they pay? (I have full coverage on a '98 VW Jetta)""

""What are the best ways for a new, young driver to get cheap(ish) car insurance?""

I have been looking online on countless insurance websites and comparison sites and the lowest quote I get to insure a 689cc Smart ForTwo is around 2000. That is almost as much as the car!! The cheapest quote I have so far is from DirectLine (1800). I mean, seriously, all I want this car for is to travel back and forth from college because the public transport is so unreliable. I know it's going to be high because there are so many male chavs who drive around hitting everything and making claims all the time, but, its a Smart car! Not exactly a chav-mobile! What to do? I'm going to take the PassPlus, btw.""

Where's a good place to go if have cavaties and no dental insurance at the moment?

i'm taking a semester off (enrolled in college but not currently attending) and i just graduated h.s. and my dental insurance cut off my moms plan. They discovered 2 cavities and they i'd like to get them taken care of before i go away to college is there anywhere i could go for cheaper or that would accet paymnet plans at a semi-affordable price?

Teen Auto Insurance??????

I am just wondering what the teen drivers or parents of teen drives pay monthly or however you pay for insurance once the teen gets their license? I know there are alot of factors that contribute to how much a teen pays for insuracne but I am just curious. So basically how old are you?...and basically just how much does you or your teen pay for insurance, if they have a car what type? or if you are a parent, are they added on your policy, and still how much do you pay for insurance? Thanks :)""

How does life insurance work?

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