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Feb 08, 2015, 06:31 AM
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Member Since: Apr 2013
Location: Ontario Land
Posts: 3,592
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Originally Posted by stopdog
They fail daily - they just are trained to blame the client for it.
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This is especially true for almost all psychiatrists and gastroenterologists. I find this kind of behavior revealing so I avoid clinicians that show warning signs. Why help people if one cannot admit their errors?
I think most therapists think about where they went wrong. Unfortunately most won't admit it and try to repair the harm they have caused. I know some will, because a psychiatrist admitted her failure to meet my needs. She explained how she felt so confused with my presentation and the diagnosis previous clinicians have given me. Even though nothing added up she ignored her intuition, because my presentation didn't match the stereotype. She didn't diagnose me with the same disorder but a similar disorder that didn't come any closer to explaining my suffering. As a result it didn't improve my situation and alleviate my despair.
I left an impression on that psychiatrist. She admitted she would think about me and where she went wrong since we parted ways.
Clinicians assumed I was a lady who came from a dysfunctional family and was sexually abused. Apparently those assumptions come with a BPD diagnosis. It was also assumed that I would manipulate every therapist I met so nobody wanted to take me on as a patient. BPD was used as a garbage can diagnosis that prevented access to appropriate care. I was left with very deep wounds and I'm still hurting 20 years later.
Iatrogenic harm is brutal and everything possible should be done to avoid it.
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