Terms of Use
Last updated: 29-May-2026
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing and using this website, LifeAfterBeingSectioned.com, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.
If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this website.
2. About This Website
Life After Being Sectioned shares lived experience, reflections, blog posts, resources, and general information about life after psychiatric hospitalisation, being sectioned, mental health recovery, and rebuilding life afterwards.
The content on this website is provided for general information, reflection, and support only.
3. Not Medical, Legal, or Crisis Advice
The content on this website is not medical advice, psychiatric advice, psychological advice, legal advice, or a substitute for support from qualified professionals.
You should not rely on this website to make decisions about your diagnosis, medication, treatment, care plan, legal rights, or mental health support.
If you are worried about your mental health, please contact your GP, NHS 111, your local crisis team, a mental health professional, or another appropriate support service.
If you are in immediate danger, feel unable to keep yourself safe, or there is a risk of harm to you or someone else, please call emergency services or go to A&E.
4. Use of Resources and Downloads
This website may provide downloadable resources, worksheets, checklists, guides, or PDFs.
These resources are provided for personal reflection and general support only. They are not clinical tools, medical documents, legal documents, or a replacement for professional advice.
You are responsible for deciding whether a resource is appropriate for your situation. Where needed, please use these resources alongside support from a qualified professional or trusted support person.
The Recovery Room
The Recovery Room is a free members-only area of Life After Being Sectioned. It provides access to printable resources, worksheets, checklists, and lived-experience materials.
The resources are provided for personal, educational, and supportive use only. They are not medical advice, legal advice, crisis support, therapy, or a replacement for professional care.
You may download and use the resources for yourself or share them with someone you are personally supporting. You may not sell, reproduce, copy, republish, upload, distribute, or adapt the resources for commercial use without written permission.
I reserve the right to change, remove, or update resources in The Recovery Room at any time. I may also remove access to the members area if the site or materials are misused.
Membership is free and does not create a professional, clinical, therapeutic, or advisory relationship between you and Life After Being Sectioned.
5. Personal Stories and Lived Experience
Some content on this website may include personal stories, lived experience, opinion, reflection, or creative writing.
These stories are shared to help people feel less alone and to encourage honest conversation. They should not be taken as professional advice or as instructions for what you should do in your own situation.
Everyone’s experience of mental health, hospitalisation, being sectioned, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery is different.
6. Story Submissions by Email
This website may invite people to submit personal stories, reflections, or written contributions by email for possible publication.
By emailing a submission, you confirm that:
the work you submit is your own, or that you have permission to share it
you are happy for Life After Being Sectioned to read and consider your submission
your submission does not include personal information about other people without their permission, unless those details have been changed or removed
you understand that submitting a story does not guarantee publication
If your story is considered for publication, I will contact you to discuss how you would like to be named, credited, anonymised, or edited before anything is published.
You remain the copyright owner of your own submitted writing unless otherwise agreed in writing. By agreeing for your work to be published, you give Life After Being Sectioned permission to publish, edit, format, display, and share the submitted work on this website and related platforms.
I reserve the right not to publish a submission, or to remove published content from the website at any time.
7. Blog Comments and User Conduct
If commenting functionality is available on this website, you agree to use it respectfully and lawfully.
You must not post comments or send content that is abusive, threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, unlawful, spam, or that infringes someone else’s rights.
I reserve the right to moderate, edit, refuse, or remove comments or submitted content at my discretion.
8. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, all content published on this website, including text, graphics, logos, images, illustrations, downloads, resources, and design elements, belongs to Life After Being Sectioned or is used with permission.
You may view, download, or print content from this website for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, adapt, sell, or use website content for commercial purposes without prior written permission.
If you would like to share something from this website, please credit Life After Being Sectioned and link back to the original page where possible.
9. External Links
This website may include links to external websites, organisations, services, or resources.
These links are provided for convenience and information only. Life After Being Sectioned is not responsible for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, or availability of external websites.
Including a link does not mean I endorse everything on that external website.
10. Accuracy and Availability
I aim to keep the information on this website helpful, accurate, and up to date, but I cannot guarantee that all content will always be complete, accurate, current, or available.
I may update, change, remove, or pause parts of the website at any time.
11. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Life After Being Sectioned shall not be liable for any loss, damage, distress, or consequences arising from your use of, or inability to use, this website, its content, resources, downloads, external links, comments, or submitted stories.
Nothing in these Terms of Use limits or excludes liability where it would be unlawful to do so.
12. Privacy
Your use of this website is also subject to the Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information may be collected and used.
13. Changes to These Terms
I may update these Terms of Use from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.
By continuing to use the website after changes are posted, you agree to the updated terms.
14. Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Any disputes relating to these terms or this website will be subject to the courts of England and Wales.