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>be me
>have freakout on antidepressant, go to psych hospital
>nurse asks if I hear voices
>say "yours" being a smart ass
>her eyes get big and she walks away
>weeks later reading medical records
>patient thinks he can read minds
>this fucking … seriously
>psychology was better when everyone was on cocaine talking about dicks
Having to behave around psychiatrists like one would around the fucking police is incredibly problematic. I can't even express how secondhand-frustrated this post and your comment make me.
Psychiatrists are supposed to evaluate someone's mental state, sometimes with full power over someone's access to healthcare, freedom or (in some US states) life, and they can't be trusted to recognize a joke when they hear one?
You have no idea. I'm terrified of psychiatrists similarly to how I'm terrified of cops. I am disabled due to various mental conditions, and all it takes for my life to end is a psychiatrist deciding I'm not disabled anymore. Oh, and I'm autistic, which means people think I'm constantly lying because of my shit social skills.
And I narrowly risked that recently - in an LGBT clinic, with an LGBT psychiatrist, I expressed concerns with how my mental conditions affect my perception of my own gender. This started an avalanche of being accused of emotionally manipulating the psychiatrist and having my medical record state that I'm likely lying about being autistic and trying to defraud social security.
If I didn't have a therapist that would lay their career down for me, I'd be screwed. In my situation, the only difference between a psychiatrist and a cop with a gun is the immediacy of the judgement.
Oh, and don't talk to self-professed doctors that work in psych wards, like the person you responded to. Almost all of them are run like prisons, but without any form of legal procedure before someone gets thrown in one. You have no idea how horrific they can be. No one with a conscience works in those places - they would quit, just like the supposed "good cops".
Holy shit with a few tweaks your story could be mine. Nice to see I'm not, although shit that this is more prevalent than I would've thought.
Similar situation with me.
Also, laughed way too hard at this meme.
You still need to police your language, unfortunately. Talking about suicide to your therapist can get you arrested.