Tea: a personal story by Jonathan N. Wakeling

Author:Jonathan N. Wakeling [Wakeling, Jonathan N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Libra Balances The Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Number one: Michael Gelfand Clinic, Harare

Number two: Parirenyatwa Annexe, Ward 12, Harare

Number three: St. Anthony's Home, Cape Town

Number four: Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town

Number five: Dandaro Hospital, Harare

Number six: Harare Central Hospital, Psychiatric Ward, Harare

Number seven: Highlands Halfway House, Harare

Number eight: Kensington 24 Clinic, Harare

Feel free to contact any of them for further details.

None of the nine personages and eight institutions mentioned above did I visit voluntarily. They were all forced no me by my family (Mom, Dad, Angus and Julia). There was no explicit consent. This is the pivotal fact on which I make a legal claim against both parties - that is, both the medical professionals and my family. It should be hereby noted in the register that I wished to run away from home at a young age due to abuse by my family, but I didn't follow through. I suffered through it, in the hopes of eventually finding legal representation through a piece of writing such as the one you are now reading.

I see this as the start of a mental health class action against abusive families and the medical profession globally. In summary, I am not simply "another brick in the wall" to quote Pink Floyd, (among Angus's favourite music).

So, judge and jury? Where do we now find ourselves in all of this palava? Can we now take into account every cigarette that I've smoked? Every girl or guy that I've had sex with? Every girl or guy I've failed with? Every therapist who's f***ed me through? Every "kind" word the doctor's offered? Every thousand cups of tea that I've drunk? And every cup of coffee I wish I had?

These remain the facts:

I got beaten by the Head Master, Mr. Peter Kolbe, (for failing to attend manual labour) and immediately left St. John's College. It was the first time that I stood up to my parents and society. I should have left school too, to make the point clear. But I stuck at it a while longer. Again, it must be reiterated that there is always the choice to leave home. But it must be added that this looks very different for a young child, "mentally ill" or otherwise. And it should be, at this juncture, made clear that it's not just about getting one back at my family. They were wrong, of that there can be no doubt. However, it is the very fabric of society that should be held accountable - and such justice does indeed start at home.

It was not the first time I was beaten at school or at home, but it was most certainly the last. On a number of occasions my father disciplined me. And in both instances, this is not the abuse I'm referring to - although most definitely an abuse of authority if nothing else. I mean more the "Freemasonry" that the family and society employed. The emotional and psychological tactics, against an innocent party. I was not mentally ill but became so at a much later time in my life, for very different reasons.

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