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Aug 28, 2017, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
I couldn't agree more.
It has been bothering me for awhile that somebody who is messed up from being abused in such a way that they struggle to take care of themselves or function in society has to endure even more hardship in the form of getting treatment and paying their medical bills from seeing a psychiatrist or therapist along with any medicines that they have to take.
An abuse victim is basically paying time, money, and emotional energy for a crime that they didn't commit. That would be like finding some random homeless person on the street, beating them up for no reason, and then having them go to jail for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Even if an abuser gets sent to prison, it does little about the actual problem at hand. I'm all about being practical and what is actually practical is forcing the abuser to make amends to their victim, which includes actually helping contribute towards their healing in the form of helping them pay for their medical and living expenses so the victim doesn't have to worry about surviving and can instead, focus on healing.
I might just make that thread after all. If only there were more hours in the day.
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Kind of to your point...about 10 years ago I had a friend who was hit by a minor who was drunk driving. He was very seriously injured (on his bike, obeying all laws). Eventually the case was in court, and the cycling community was calling for the girl's head on a platter. They wanted jail time. But my friend had to ask them to stop protesting and demanding stuff because if she went to jail, he couldn't get restitution. Eventually he settled and got a very large settlement, but it just reminds me that we send people to jail, and then restitution is **** out of luck.
There has to be a better way.
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Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia.
Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien
Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less...
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