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Originally Posted by unaluna
Points taken. Im sorry my viewpoint wasnt helpful.
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Well no your viewpoint was not helpful. You basically accused me of being ungrateful for having a roommate who stays in her room and shuts off the lights and forces me to do everything for her. But again, this is a community and you are entitled to your opinion. I don't have to agree with it. And I certainly don't.
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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Unfortunately blanch, inpatient now often only keeps a patient if the patient is suicidal or can cause harm to others. Psychiatric hospitals are not what they used to be. Our mental health system in the US is bad. If your roomate can afford to hybernate as you are describing, unless she is suicidal no one can do anything about it.
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Open Eyes it's shocking to me how subpar psychiatric hospitals are now in the U.S. that my roommate can skate by the way she has been, burdening EVERYONE around her to enable her behavior and prevent her (because she apparently doesn't think she needs) treatment to improve the quality of her life. She can financially afford to hibernate because her sister and mother handle her finances.
I'm just upset that I walked into this situation completely blind to the fact that my roommate is mentally ill. I had no idea, that I would transition from the role of caretaker of my mother for 1 year, into being the caretaker for a complete stranger (referred to me by an acquaintance on Facebook).
The past 5 months have been a strain on my own mental health as a result, because all I want is to find a full-time job, finish grad school, and afford to live in my own apartment. Not live with a complete stranger whose mental illness goes unchecked for all the reasons i mentioned.