Institutional rules to abide by:
Don't talk to the clients about their diagnoses
Don't talk to the clients about their past
Encourage clients to talk about a film they've watched (documentaries only)
Discourage clients from talking about husbands or children
Steer the conversation, always
Don't give them time to think
Focus on the natural world
Make them plant greens
Make them eat greens
Make them drink greens
Make them shit greens
Make them busy
Don't give them time to think
Play games
Don't let them play mind games
Play table tennis
Play tennis
Do zumba
Pilates
Meditation
Belly dancing
Make non-representational art
Cut with crocodile scissors
Paste with a glue stick
Abstractions only
Suspend belief
Don't be shocked by anything
Don't feel like a trauma cleaner
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Teen FictionSylvie, 16, sees colours, where other people only hear words or feel emotions. She knows she has to keep this a secret - as people disappear to institutions if they get sick in the mind. *** Sylvie likes to dress in Lolita outfits and dreams of beco...
