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Originally Posted by Simcha
Micah... to some people who have bought into the system and don't ask questions, you must seem bitter, cynical, and paranoid...
BUT---to someone who has been there and has been both a consumer of the mental health system AND and employee of it, I can tell you that you are right on track. It's more than just the mental health system, but the entire medical system that is plagued by ignorance, bias, and complete lack of empathy to boot. To them we are nothing more than a commodity, expendable. How "dare" you take your own health into your own hands, right?
I gotta say I don't think reporting anything to the chief doctor there (or probably anywhere for that matter) will do anything, sorry to say. I find the system protects the system and those within it, except for the occasional sacrificial "fall guy".
I don't know what the exact right thing to do is, but the only thing that I know FOR SURE is to NEVER GIVE UP---be your own advocate. Your worth it, no matter how they try to designate you. Remember, NEVER GIVE UP!  |
Cheers Simcha......yes, i have been fighting against mental health discrimination for a while now from the comfort of my housebound laptop. I am usually more clinical as I know health care professionals respond better to logic....as do I most of the time. Having worked with doctors, scientists and the like, I know how dogmatic they can be. When it comes to MY life, My son and being a good woman to my partner, I become extremely territorial and protective. It is like, "How dare you question my integrity when you nothing about me and you can see that I am suffering!!
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And yes I have had many years of stupid, all knowing looks from doctors.....Didn't matter, I just kept going and praying for their ignorant souls. But now that I am truly fighting for my life, in a way that is foreign to me after much years of trauma and getting mentally better......I say "Do not patronise me. I have fought many battles and won. Do not look at me like I am a victim of my own demise until you can PROVE that I am."
yes, I am cynical and bitter but triumphant as well. I have found good doctors now who want to help. Funnily enough, my close mental health professionals have always been supportive.......I have had a few horrible nurses and a Freudian psychiatrist that made me feel like an a nasty animal but on the whole, I have had good ones.
And as for the letter....it is a matter of principle. I do not expect a response. I do not think, even as charming and as persuasive as I am
, that I can make a difference to her long term clinical practice or lack of bedside manner.
Thanks for your input babe......