Posted by Squiggles on October 20, 2007, at 7:21:26
In reply to do hospitals ever help?, posted by alienatari on October 19, 2007, at 22:15:01
It shouldn't be that way; mental health care
should be anything BUT bureaucratic. It sounds
like you have to be extra polite and careful with
your behaviour and what you say. That's one
thing that is probably true in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" [btw, does anyone know where
that title comes from?]Even as an outpatient, i make a point to be
courteous, self-controlled, and rational when
speaking to medical staff. Once or twice in
30 yrs. i was assertive about my treatment, but
never really rude, even at times when i wanted
to be rude. I know that an ill-considered word may trigger an idea, a wrong idea about my
conditionto the staff. That's because they don't see and talk to you every day to see how you really are. Nevertheless, a friend of mine almost blew the whole balance by making a dumb suggestion about my true diagnosis being a mistake 27 yrs. ago-- that i was really probably schizophrenic. The person is blessed with the gift of the gab, sounds like a judge, so the dr. had confidence in what he heard and tried to give me antipsychotics and more tranquillizers. With friends like that, who needs enemies? That's like
gaslighting. I did not take them, and gratefully,
my doctor was liberal enough to believe that i could tell if i needed them or not. But i imagine that if i were brought to a hospital with that story, it could be a different decision.
There must be some good small hospitals or clinics, though. The poor places have it the worst.Squiggles
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