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Originally Posted by stopdog
The power I see with mds and hospitals (and insurance companies) is that once in the hospital - it is hard to get out without their permission. They threaten, coerce, imprison and so forth to inflict what they want upon you. I do figure out alternative methods or just live with 99.9% of the things that may afflict or befall me. Dental work still eludes my grasp however and so dentists are still a necessary evil that I have chosen to deal with.
A therapist may call the police upon you, but as I make sure I don't see ones with reinforcement - I can leave and although police could be called, I simply would not go home if I thought that was a possibility. I would go to the neighboring state or a different city for a few days.
(I know how it works in the two states near me because I work to get clients out of their clutches - I know how to avoid it).
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Technically true, but in as much contact in my lifetime that I've had with M.D.'s and therapists (and it is A LOT), I've personally never had that issue come up or even feared it when perhaps it could have been a possibility. Those would have to be some pretty extreme circumstances. Some of my luck though wasn't "luck" at all. I specifically and carefully choose my M.D.'s, therapist, pdocs, etc. so that they aren't the sort who would easily resort to such actions, and they know I expect to be an active participant in my own care and decision making. They respect and honor that, even in some pretty hairy situations.