Comments on: Susan Boyle may stay in The Priory for more than a few days

By: Doris Tracey

Doris Tracey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:36:20 +0000

Susan needs to fulfill her dream by singing for the queen. Susan should have won Britain’s got talent.Susan has the most powerful voice I ever heard. God Blessed her with greatness. Don’t try to change her too much, she is beautiful on the inside out. Actually in the eyes of the people, she won.

By: Kate Marlett

Kate Marlett — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:43:15 +0000

Susan’s brother said, that she suffered an anxiety attack which certainly isn’t a mental illness (link = http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_types_symptoms_treatment.htm. On that site, it is said, that anxiety attacks are highly treatable and that many people are panic free within just 5 to 8 treatment sessions).
Since Simon Cowell reassured Susan that she has a bright future, her dream should finally materialize.

I certainly wish Susan all the best.

By: SusanBoyleFan

SusanBoyleFan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:07 +0000

Hi Margaret, thanks for your comments. I am tempted to agree with a lot of the things you say. There is a huge difference between being stressed and being mentally ill, and Amanda Holden has said in an interview that Susan has no “underlying mental health issues”. I’m tempted to think that Susan would recover better at home with her cat than in a clinic surrounded by psychiatric nurses. However, I have to bear in mind that I only know what I read in the press and I don’t really know the concrete facts behind Susan’s alleged breakdown.

By: Margaret Kennedy

Margaret Kennedy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:24:51 +0000

was quite horrified to read Alastair Jamieson’s article yesterday concering susan Boyle.
Which makes me say “Get Susan Boyle out of there”. The automatic assumption of Professor Chris Thompson, Chief Medical officer of the priory is that once admitted you are “mentally ill”. The article then says ‘doctors’ [not identified] said that patients could not be expected to recover “without a sustained period of treatment”. Well that will roll in the money for the Priory no doubt.

Professor Christ Thompson has breached Susan Boyle’s confidentiality completely. First he declares he cannot talk about “Susan Boyle specifically” but then apparently says anyone assessed under the mental health act as the singer had been would be under a “degree of Risk”, this together with the premise of “a sustained period of treatment” means in my view Susan Boyle is at severe risk in this psychiatric establishment. Get her out and send her to a Spa or better still to her home. The psychiatric system has a way of making mountains out of molehills. When exhaustion” becomes “mentally ill” we all need to worry.

Yours Sincerely

Margaret Kennedy

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:02:31 +0000

I along with many others wish Susan the speediest of recoveries. She deserves a rest after all that has happened upon the discovery of her talent. The sad thing is that it was not discovered before as it is obvious she has been singing for many years.

I have seldom heard anyone who stirs such emotions in me. Her phrasing, tone, and interpretation of a song are absolutely stunning. I have played the videos over and over again as I never get tired of hearing them.

Regardless of where she is right at this moment she achieved her dream and hopefully any sadness she has experienced in her life will be made up for in a fantastic singing career.

I do hope that Piers Morgan is careful in his affections if he’s not a genuine friend. She does not need a broken heart on top of everything else.

What a happy ‘discovery’ Susan is for us all.