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Originally Posted by willowtigger
the bigger hospital doesn't sound like a good place 
sadly even here, the mental health people often believe someone's faking something, i have a vague memory of the big hospital near where i lived, calling me a time waster and telling me to go home, when i turned up telling them i was suicidial
I'll never go back to that area, i can't, does my brain too much extra damage even seeing the area I lived at the time, on google maps  |
That is so awful, but easy for me to believe. We hear about the need to get rid of stigma. The place for that to start would be with the staff of psych facilities. They can have so much contempt for their clients. I'm sorry you went through that. Awful.
A psychiatrist at the big place told me I had Narcissistict Personality Disorder. She also told me I was an alcoholic. Since age 17, I've mostly worked in nursing homes, caring for frail elders. They liked me a lot, and I loved them. When depressed, I don't have any interest in drinking.
Staff are never held accountable for the harm they cause.