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Do I feel there are people who have historically shown zero support for the causes they now seem so completely interested in because it benefits their agendas otherwise? Yes, absolutely.
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Because honestly, no one cares about the mentally ill. The stigma is real. What’s happening here in Minneapolis is a race issue. Racism is a hot issue, and no one wants to look like a racist. People want to support our black community, so the outrage lights up the night. My son is 25 and white. He has autism and his communication skills are poor. This makes him seem suspicious. He was thrown to the ground once at gunpoint for something he didn’t do. Recently, the police tried to arrest him for breaking and entering while opening the door to his own apartment because he was suspicious. The thing is, the police know he is disabled and have a copy of paperwork showing I am his legal guardian. They always call me when something happens. I have to drive over and tell them to put their guns away. My son is a law abiding citizen. His crime is having autism.
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It feels good to be out walking/demonstrating with purpose----& between times the hard work of changing laws, focus and expectations of society. Most of all, each of us speaking up when we hear remarks that are racist, sexist, stigmatizing of disabilities, people with MI etal----educating others, making it NOT OK, encouraging all of us to take a look at our own skewed beliefs about other people.
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Thanks for this. I have been working with this and there are so many judgments and beliefs to consider. Work truly worth the effort. |
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And...PC I am guessing is likely pretty white----Psychiatry/psychology are pretty White.
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Both. (the history, origins, "founders", premises...)
It is also patriarchal --- I think over all more progress has been made by women in this area. And, at least in major cities, there are more people of color involved in mental health treatment and thinking now than in the past. __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris |
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The same was true of the patients in the ward I was on. The first ward had men and women and there was a mix of racial backgrounds and ages. The second ward I was on was for women only, but there was a healthy mix there as well that seemed fairly representative of the relative numbers of each race and agre group in my community. It is not important what age or race or gender my practitioner is. My main concern is to work with someone who can add value. The female pdoc I worked with was of color. She dismissed me at every appointment and asked me questions she would not have asked if she took 5 minutes to read my file. I did not attribute this to her color or gender, but to her lack of care. I actually wanted to work with a woman because the trauma related to my case is easier for me to discuss with a woman. I was disappointed with her care and always sensed she was just trying to move as quickly as possible to get on to the next patient. The older Indian pdoc I initially saw in IP was awesome. Very knowledgeable. Very caring. The woman I saw works in his practice, so he is a poor judge of hiring talent, but he is a good pdoc. I wanted to stick with him, but he mostly handles all of the IP patients, so I had to choose between his two in office pdocs. The white male pdoc at the same practice is my preferred provider. He remembers me and asks me questions beyond just how my meds are working. We discuss my therapy progress and my pursuit of my own psychoanalytic efforts. He actually cares and my empathy senses feel he is genuine. He has offered advice beyond what med adjustments to take. He listened when my meds had adverse affects. He weaned me off meds eventually. As for patriarchal, I agree as far as the history of modern psychiatry. Historically, many cultures deal with mental illness quite differently. They view it as a spiritual disturbance that requires intervention on a soul level. Some cultures deem males fit for that duty. Some look to females and others believe it is a journey to be taken alone. All of them focus on addressing the root causes over the modern preference to apply the band aid of medicine to manage symptoms. We actually used to have far fewer patients experience recurrance of symptoms here in America before pharmacology intervened... |
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for me - my main concern is to work with someone who can add value,...
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Therapy is the same for me. It addresses certain aspects of my health, but I needed a lot more to address the roots of my issues. Spiritual imbalance was a huge issue for me. Mental imbalance was at play. Emotional imbalance contributed and the same was true on a physical level. Trauma was definitely involved. I was making terrible choices. Some had the right heart, but the execution was incredibly flawed. My soul was screaming and I didn't listen. These kinds of issues manifest holistically even if we cannot see how they are related. I feel other cultures intuitively understand this and we have lost that knowing in the name of science and progress. I use those terms loosely I think we move away from that center point all the time. I lost my way back for a while. Stepping out to new experiences and finding the way back home is a lifelong journey as you say. What a ride... |
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I agree with everything you said and especially relate to this part. Out mind effects our body and vice versa. We have to spend as much time caring for our mind and soul as we do our physical health. In addition to what you have said about medical science not treating the whole picture, community, eating properly, exercise, etc plays a huge role in our well being though Western medicine (antibiotics, emergency surgeries, etc) can be lifesavers as well.
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