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Feb 28, 2015, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Agarwaen
I can relate. I had a psychiatrist tell me, after I had told her I was having suicidal thoughts and was desperate, that she had no empathy for me.
What??? Blew me away. I realized then I had been labeled, categorized, put in the correct folder, and then treated exactly the way they labeled me from then on. For a little more context, I was having trouble with Clonazepam, and she was a former drug counselor. She immediately went all NA on me. I didn't have any issues. I was just an addict.
Label applied. Notes made. Remarks. Sent on to all my other docs. Some times, even when desperate, the consequences of opening one's mouth can be huge.
Frustrating. And since then, things have seemed pointless. I won't get SSI or disability. I can't work. I'm stuck in the box with no escape.
THAT can get very, very depressing.
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It's sad/scary thinking there are people out there like that with such little empathy. I can well imagine it gets old hearing other's problems day in and day out but if that is the case and they can't find any empathy in their hearts any longer then it would seem to me they ought to find another occupation. Disability - it hard to comprehend how the rules are applied. I sometimes think its a matter of luck to some extent who gets your file or if they've had a bad day or row of their own at home. I have been where you are "stuck" with little or no options and no sources of help to rally round you. Without knowing your situation and details its hard to fully fathom the extent of your problems with SS. If you are a single person (no mate to pick up the slack) I'm not sure exactly how they expect someone to survive during the process of applying for disability. Doesn't seem quite right to me because if you're working it disqualifies you but your trying to get by, or if you're not working unless you have a fairy godmother there are things like food and rent that keep coming no matter what. I wish I had an answer for you. Right now my head feels as though its stuffed with cotton balls as I have come down with pneumonia but I am better than I was but not as good as I should be. Haven't been doing anything that didn't have to be done. I hope you find a solution so that you no longer feel trapped.
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