Spongebobrob

what are you goals now that you've got the GCSE's out of the way?

Is medicine something that interests you?

What kind of music do you like to play/listen to? You should check out django reinhardt!

a.k.a Ehlers Danlos Syndrome :)

It is a genetic defect, which affects the formation of collagen in the body.

I know this is far away in your mind, but just for your information: You can actually (if wealthy enough to afford Invitro fertilisation at the time) do something called 'pre-implantation embryo discarding'.

You and your partner would have eggs/sperm extracted and embryos formed in the lab, then they will look at the genetics of the embryos and discard the ones that have the disease, which in your case is a non-functioning tumour suppressor gene that has autosomal dominant transmission, meaning only one copy is needed to pass on the disease.

They will implant in the women an embryo that is 100% free from your genetic disease and you can rest peacefully knowing you do not have to pass this disease on to your children.

it is, but for now ethically reserved to eradicating hereditary diseases like li-fraumeni or huntingtons etc

What happened to you is standard operating procedure.. you would have been kept in due to risk of self-harm.

Most people don't realise that once you sign yourself in voluntarily you are placing yourself in their care and they then have the power to keep you there against your will from that point on. Just because you enter voluntarily, doesn't mean you can leave voluntarily.

Most patients get very little time with the psych doctor, but an awful lot of time for self-reflection (which seems for you was actually a good thing). Glad it worked out 'ok' for you in the end but personally I think the way mental illness is dealt with is absolutely appalling and backwards. Keep your chin up. :)