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Originally Posted by Teacake
Mental health workers are slow. They aren't stigmatising you. They are speaking to you at their level.
I wasn't aware that they aren't very smart. I'm old. I remember when a "mental health worker" was a psychologist or psychiatrist or a priest/nun or rabbi with nine college degrees and a certificate in counseling or something.
I also felt mental health workers were putting me down or balking at doing their job. It made me very angry. Now I feel sorry I was so critical of people who were doing the very best they could. It wasn't good enough, but that really isn't the fault of individual workers.
It's like public education. Teacher writes 1-12 on the board and wants to know which of Them can be evenly divided by 2. The brightest kid says all of them and all too often ends up feeling like tberes something wrong with him he isn't very good with school. If he's a daydreamer...or a little ADD....
Keep looking for brighter than average mental health workers and in the meantime put your ego in your pocket and don't show that you are offended. Try not to be offended. Feel kindness and tnlenderness. It will build your character.
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Yeah I agree. To me it is like taking a number...even with a therapist. I mean it is sad. I really am not looking for real empathy or sympathy for that matter. I am just more (work load) for them. I don't mean to sound so negative but that is how I feel.
I am going to a new T without too much of an expectation. I also feel that the real work comes from within ourselves. I am hoping that my T can help point me in the right direction so I can look at the most relevant issues. I am still hopeful about therapy, though.
