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“‘You’re taking up someone else’s space, and they’re probably dealing with worse‘ veterans mental health recovery program when I was suicidal and reaching out.” — itsamejaimie
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“I was having panic attacks daily and the med he gave me made my anxiety worse. Turned out I just have bad reactions to SSRIs and that was all he kept trying like a moron. Anyway I’m in his office and he seems to be taking it personally that all the SSRIs he has put me on are giving me seriously bad side effects. ‘Have you just given up then?” the f**ker asks. ‘Do you just want to be like this the rest of your life?’ Obviously fucking not that is why I’m in this office trying new medications. I was so angry and yet also having a panic attack at the same time. I ended up just walking out and finding a new psychiatrist later.” — Gheldan
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“You need to find religion and also buy this self help book series that I wrote.” — MaximumZer0
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“For this it’s important to know that I live in Germany. I saw a psychologist once who treats and diagnoses adults with Asperger’s. I was there for my second diagnostic interview, and my mother was with me to be interviewed as well. She told the doctor about my sensory issues, especially with noise, because I would occasionally scream and punch walls and throw stuff around if I was too overloaded with a sound. The psychologist just said something along the lines of, ‘Well, 100 years ago people like this would have been treated rather differently around here, eh?’ and laughed in our faces. Even if he wasn’t talking about the National Socialist euthanasia, which took place not quite 100 years ago, I still felt incredibly disgusted and angry. The entire interview with him was a disaster, but this was clearly the worst thing he did.” — silenceofthreeparts
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“My mom saw a shrink the year my brother almost died from a lung infection, she had had a miscarriage, and her husband lost his leg in an accident (all within about 4 months’ time). The shrink asked, ‘Have you considered that maybe God hates you?'” — lightfootjr.
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“I went to see a psychiatrist because I was having symptoms of PTSD after an abusive ex tried to kill me when I left him, then stalked me, forced his way into my apartment and raped me. The psychiatrist (an older man) told me that I needed to work on my physical appearance and demeanor to be more feminine and demure. Because ‘quality men’ weren’t attracted to women who looked and behaved like me, and if I ever tried to get involved in another relationship without making myself more appealing to ‘quality men’ first, I’d end up right back in the same situation.” — HereticHousewife
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“I was fresh out of high school and really depressed. No friends, horrible relationship with my mom and step dad, no one to confide in. I gave in after being pressured to see someone because mental health issues run in my family. I booked an hour assessment. I was in and out within 20 minutes. Dude completely dismissed me because I was young and ‘every young person goes through these things. Everyone worries about their future, this is totally normal.’ Took me 3 years to go back and was admitted after my 2nd appointment.” — HMB43
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