A lounge on a psychiatric ward with standard leatherette beige sofas and a couple of armchairs for good measure. It was unlikely that we would have the context for a social script for answering, “How are you?” in a psychiatric hospital. Inside a psychiatric hospital, the social script doesn’t fit the situation. Despite the strangeness of asking the question “How are you?” whilst in a psychiatric hospital, it is familiar like a habit, thus comforting. Ultimately, asking the question “How are you?” whilst in a psychiatric hospital feels strange because it exposes the massive gap between everyday etiquette and authentic lived experience.