 liotropi says: sad but true its funny the word psychiatrist means 'healer of the soul' they seem to be doing the opposite in fact When I had my 3rd child, and she ended up staying in the ICU,my doctors knew that years earlier I had post partum depression. I swear- every time I turned around during my 5 day ( post c section) stay, there was a student, resident, or doc from the Psych department there! I(f I went to the lobby, the gift shop, the NICU.... Let me tell you I was telling all of them that THIS was making me crazy! On the opposite side of the coin though, I had depression a few years later. The mental pain of going through every day was horrible. I was afraid to go to sleep at night because I would have to face the next day. Doing anything but watching TV was like leaning into a fire. I felt like I was screami... once the put that label on you , you cannot get it off the inhumane treatment of the mental health service motivates me to be more compassionate to others seen as the the official treatment is so narrow minded and destructive from what I've seen I like to thing we are humans, not a subclass of secret, hidden, shameful people. I had someone become afraid when I told them I took an antidepressant. Afraid that I would hurt them. It is wise to be "selective" in who you tell about your issues. Some people will entirely and irreparably change the way that they perceiver you from then on - if you mention, "medication", "mentally ill", "psychiatrist", "chemical imbalance". Your true friends are the ones you take a big risk and tell one day . Tell of your state in installments over time. Don't shock them. The ones who stay are true friends. |
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