Xmas Carols for the Mentally Disturbed
I got this as an email and just assumed the list had been making the rounds. The fact that it was written by patients makes it even better. Too bad someone with anxiety issues had to put a stop to it!
The top ten of festive songs poking fun at psychiatric problems was published in a magazine for patients using mental health facilities.
The list - entitled Christmas Carols for the Mentally Disturbed - describes psychiatric conditions and suggests songs to suit the illness.
For multiple personality disorder there is We Three Kings Disorientated Are; paranoia is coupled with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town To Get Me; narcissism - Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me.
The magazine, called Marooned, is produced by the Cromwell House mental health facility in Eccles, Salford.
Issued four times a year, it is put together by an editorial board made up of patients, with staff on hand should they need advice.
The winter edition was distributed in Salford’s psychiatric clinics and drop-in centres but after a formal complaint from the daughter of a mental health patient, the magazine has been withdrawn.