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Old Jul 01, 2014, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by costello View Post
And frankly not all mentally ill people are the same. What one would find intrusive, another would find helpful.
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Thus the poll----some people would for themselves want forced treatment for sure I know Elyn Saks advocates for that in some situations including first breaks and is considerably more tolerant of hospitalization in general. I think Fred Freese thinks similarly.
For myself its hard----it's possible I could get into a situation where I had no insight quite easily but if I think if I were stabilized by force I would go vigilante after that----when the law actively opposes and oppresses who you are as a person you tend to rail against it. Still I'm generally a pretty compliant person and I imagine with enough talking I would get the help I needed on a voluntary basis so long as it was outpatient.

I admit its sad all around but I would still choose the yellow door....
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