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After 9 years of mental health "care", everyday interactions with mental health staff have damaged me more than I can say. As these interactions are so hard to describe, I decided to illustrate direct quotes from my appointments. I'll keep adding them to this thread.
After 9 years of mental health "care", everyday interactions with mental health staff have damaged me more than I can say. As these interactions are so hard to describe, I decided to illustrate direct quotes from my appointments. I'll keep adding them to this thread.
#2 Dismissing patient experiences/defensiveness https://twitter.com/jaunty_aphorism/status/1348268465946308609?s=19
#4 Reinterpreting patient motivation/ Countertransference https://twitter.com/jaunty_aphorism/status/1350176383310426114?s=19
(continued alt text: "ignored, manipulated, humiliated, gaslighted, forgotten, dismissed, mocked, & pushed to suicide. The person who I once was no longer exists. I am more damaged now than I have ever been, and every single day I wish I had never asked for help.")