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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour
That's awful what you went through, @ FluffyDinosaur! Thanks for sharing this story. I know that you are by far not the only person who has experienced such treatment. It is dangerous and cruel how some mental health professionals show such neglect and foolishness. You wonder how qualified some of them are for their positions. It is fortunate that there are some true gems, but we must sometimes search hard for them or luck out in finding them.
I confess to blaming certain hospital psychiatrists a bit for my youngest nephew's suicide. I don't think think my father received adequate enough care at that same hospital's psych ward, either. Long stories.
I'm glad you found a better hospital/doctor in the end. |
Thank you, Soupe. All things considered I suppose I should count myself lucky that these people were the exception, most mental health professionals I've encountered have ranged from OK to good and have been open to a collaborative treatment. I have strong opinions on my own treatment and I am very involved, and I think that contributed to the hospital psychiatrists not liking me from the start. I think it threatened their ego.
It's shocking to me how many people here (and presumably elsewhere) have experienced similar inhumane situations. You'd think horror stories like that are something you see in movies, not in real life, but unfortunately it does happen. Maybe the worst thing is you can't even really talk about it because, being a "crazy person," many people are automatically inclined not to believe you or to believe you must be exaggerating or must have done something to provoke the situation. I could feel that very clearly when I tried to explain the situation at the hospital's complaints office.
I'm sorry about your nephew and father. Without knowing the details of the situation, just based on my own experience I would not discount the possibility that you're right for partially blaming certain psychiatrists for what happened to your nephew. Maybe this, too, is partly attributable to people's tendency not to take mental health patients seriously until it's too late.