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Unfortunately you are not alone. I've experienced the sadistic part too and agree advocacy is very important. Things like this continue to happen and will go on happening in the future until the stigma is addressed and those with serious MI issues are given the same understandings and rights as a cancer victim, a person with diabetes or any other disability.
As long as MI is treated as different from US, by those in authority there will be those who feel justified in their cruelty. I believe the key is in unmasking the myths around mental illness and making it less feared. To do that we need more science in psychiatry and less throwing of "we don't know why this works but sometimes it does help" drugs at the symptoms.
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…Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …...
Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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