The police can only act on what is in front of them at the time. They may well have had their own thought about what was going on but they can only go by procedure. It kind of doesn’t matter whether they thought it was you who was mental or not, if you didn’t tell them otherwise they just have to record what happened, what they were told, what they observed etc. It doesn’t mean they wouldn’t have believed you, they would have, but they can’t read minds and they can’t act if they’re not asked to. They get it all the time, called out to domestic incidents then the woman is too frightened to speak to them. They can hardly force you to talk at that point and they can’t act if no complaints are made.
It doesn’t matter if your medical notes say your mental, so do mine if that’s any consolation. I’m certainly not mental and nor are you. Your medical notes saying your mental won’t stop the police from investigating and acting on allegations. They don’t have your medical notes when they come to see you and they don’t use them while deciding how to proceed with complaints, that would be against the law. He can say what the fuck he likes about you, it won’t make a jot of difference if he starts and you call the police. They will decide how to proceed, and they see arseholes like him all the time. They aren’t stupid. Just because he’s ground you down so much that you take every word out of his mouth as gospel, doesn’t mean they will. They’ll look at a situation and take everything into account in that situation, not what happened three years ago.
Don’t get confused between what the police did when you wouldn’t speak to them with what they will do if you do speak to them. They’ve already referred you before, so you know they will do that, but you have to be honest otherwise they can’t help you. Like I said, they aren’t going to section you just because he says your nuts. There’s a process for sectioning someone, and it doesn’t start with John telling a copper that his misus is mad. You wouldn’t go anywhere near MH assessment until they had properly observed you and talked to you, and by that time I think the situation would be pretty clear. I know the MH system inside out, have been sectioned myself, and I know how it goes. You have nothing to worry about on that score, I can 100% guarantee you of that. He’s talking shit.
Remember the app I told you about. Something that happened three years ago won’t help but you can get evidence using the app. It’s designed for people like you.
Re the acting normal thing: This is where support comes in. The more support you get the stronger you’ll be. In my experience there came a point where I just got on with it, and if he started I just walked ff and threatened to call the law. When you have support and feel stronger you can do that, because it becomes harder for them to beat you down. It’s the only way to get out of it I’m afraid. You have to move smart to keep him from getting suspicious, but if he starts you need to have the courage to not let him get away with it. Courage calls to courage my dear, you need to stop fixating on catastrophic permutations in your mind and look at the bigger picture.
Anyway I’m rambling, because I keep getting disturbed and someone is making a racket outside. Don’t be afraid of the police, if you’re honest with them they will believe you, no matter what’s happened before. Hold your head up high and stop believing all his bullshit.