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you seem relieved at having got rid of him. I am pleased that you no longer have to deal with him. They might even take disciplinary action against him now which he deserves.
every profession has people letting the rest down so try and draw a line under this experience and move on. Dont let this guy put you off getting the help that you need
 
Thank you all for listening. It was a very anxiety ridden week! I will not give up. I have the power to help myself now calm my limbic system, and find someone appropriate to share my struggles with at the clinic. The psychiatrist said what I did was exposure therapy. She said I can talk to her too. Thanks. You're all very helpful and supportive people.:hug:
 
I have to have round two of the boxing match with the support clerk next week. The abusive nurse was December 14th and that is over. I can't sleep I am so frustrated with their stupidity. I am okay with having gotten rid of the abusive nurse, but the female support clerk is his ally and runs to his rescue. She is rude and patronizing with manipulation and lying. She is against me and a true diva. I have been so tormented by them. I wake up at night frustrated because I know that they don't understand why they are making my life a living hell. I came to a conclusion....I am not going to trust anyone from Psychiatry anymore. I am going to tell the support clerk this. She takes pride in colour coordination of her closet at home, and asks me what my closet looks like in a patronizing way. I am not going to colour coordinate my closet to be perfect like her. They seem to assume people with any disorder, not just PTSD is stupid and not up to there level of genius and perfection. I have told them how with a history of trauma the reinforcement of the fact I'm not good enough hurts so badly because it reinforces the perpetrators damage. If they did not constantly berate and dehumanize me it would not hurt so bad. I have been thrown into suicide or just plain tortured by them, because it falls on deaf arrogant ears.

My friends solution is to not trust them, and don't take them seriously for any kind of help. I'm just going to view them as useless now and not share any more of my life or self with them because they don't deserve to hear if they are just going to exploit for selfish juvenile reasons. They get off on mocking illness to feel secure. They are only trained in medical and zero psychotherapy, but try to present as being counsellors when in reality they are just being rude.

The psychiatrist is OK. It's just that all she really is is a pill dispenser for phizer. She may appear nice but her agenda is heavy drugs. Any drug I want she will dish and she wants to do that. She doesn't care either she most likely pretends to try to get me taking heavy drugs. It's all about the $$$ for them the pride they take in being "on top" and I am their slave stuck in the shitty mental health system that drives people crazy.

I have another option to ask for help at victim services. I still have sessions there from after I got human trafficked. (The abusive nurse that I confronted last boxing match told me that happened because I made a "poor choice").

I am going to contact victim service trauma psychotherapy, and ask them if I can return for proper support and help for support. The other stuff is just a joke. They all enable each other to act rediculious because it's a public service and "free". It is a huge waste of taxpayer money. They will never genuinely care in psychiatry or know empathy. We are just lab rats in cages to them and they are observing.

I'm so stressed. I just hope something good happens.
 
pride in her colour co-ordination or OCD? OCD is a recognised psychological disorder too

these people are not better than you. Choices are opportunities may have been different but that is true for everyone. Everyone is unique but the question of 'better' or 'worse' is a philosophical debate and may well be very difficult to define and measure
 
I suppose she could have OCD. If that is the case then I would have zero judgements about it. She could have something else too, as I have witnessed many different states, and personalities emerge. It's hard to deal with when I am the one being harassed and beaten down for being respectful. I gave up on the Psychiatrist as well, sadly. She told me that sensitivity to perceived criticizim is my problem and basically told me that she thinks the workers are just fine. I actually think that they aren't helping anyone with this arrogance. I know two other abused women that went through their program and found it to be a nightmare. Knowing I am not alone with having a bad experience dealing with their team is helpful. They all seem to support each others behaviours and attack the patient no matter what. I do not enjoy professionals that use gaslighting and make symptoms worse. I wrote a letter to the psychiatrist about how people can have feelings such as sadness for normal reasons like getting verbally abused. It does not mean you need a giant case of Prozac if you tear up once in a while. It is healthy to cry. I am also going to write a couple of other letters to governing bodies. It will most likely fall on deaf ears, as they have heard it all before. It's a tragedy, as I know I'm not the only one that was dehumanized. I explained to the gaslighting psychiatrist that my abuser has used a mental hospital against me in the past to make himself look like the victim. The nurses were too gullible and listened to everything this narcissistic pig told them and held me against my will longer despite my pleas to be heard and understood. A good nurse ended up advocating for me and got me out eventually after confinement. These people are terrifying due to their disdain for all of the patients and their ignorance of how abuse works. The psychiatrist seems to crumble when I tell her of this and her breathing changes. I think deep down inside she knows they were in the wrong, but might be afraid of the truth, so she makes creative excuses.
It's too bad we live in a sad world where bad behaviour seems to be rewarded and responsibility is no longer sacred. I just take comfort in knowing it is not just me that got hurt by this government mental health system. I have the flu now, but I'm going to take action to help myself and get a professional properly trained psychotherapist when I recover. I know what to do and I'm not going to let them beat me down. It is hard and unjust, but that is life. I will be angry for a while, but it is a process to forgive sometimes.
 
my point was that just because SHE thinks she is better than you does not mean she is right but you seem to know that anyway. It certainly does not excuse their behaviour especially now that the psychiatrist is saying that you are sensitive to criticism. While that may be broadly true, it is not 100% true 100% of the time even at an individual level.
I am pleased to see that are putting this experience down to them and not you. Try somewhere else and dont give up
 
Thanks. I got your point ☺Sorry, I just didn't get my sentence out correctly. This flu going around is really draining. Yes I don't see her or myself as being better or worse. I see myself as human and imperfect but not in a contest. Therefore, I would never judge another as less for any health issue that they happen to have.

Thanks for understanding, listening and the patience.
 
I am not sure I should continue with this conversation. I am studying psychology to help people like you and i am on this website to learn about PTSD from first hand discussions. I want to be good at this
Um. Richie. Not to be too judge-y because everyone is around for different reasons... but do you NOT have PTSD? Because mostly I expect people who are reading on here to have PTSD and it is a little odd to think you are not only reading but actively moving threads along when you have very little practical experience or personal understanding.

I know you need to learn from somewhere but this is not exactly what I expect from this site.
 
Um. Richie. Not to be too judge-y because everyone is around for different reasons... but do you NOT h...
I am studying to specialize in PTSD primarily because of people I know who suffer from Combat PTSD. I am not here to play amateur therapist but a bad experience with a therapist should not put anyone off seeking a different therapist. Every profession has the odd person who make everyone look bad and appears that chemistry plays a big part.
i am not sure i could ever understand how you feel without first hand experience but i have learned a lot about decision making (not telling people at work as an example) and i do understand the reasoning behind those decisions. That may be the closest i can get to understanding
 
I'd like to echo & add to @joeylittle's comments from a few weeks ago. You have raised the bar, you've handled yourself like a champ on multiple occasions now, and under extraordinarily stressful circumstances. Advocating for yourself... I'm so glad that you've done this, so successfully! It gives me hope, to read through your experiences.
 
a bad experience with a therapist should not put anyone off seeking a different therapist.
I very strongly agree with you here!
I am studying to specialize in PTSD primarily because of people I know who suffer from Combat PTSD. I am...
I do see you've helped the OP quite a lot and that is absolutely great. I didn't mean to hijack this particular thread but I wasn't sure how or where else to ask you about this.
 
She told me that sensitivity to perceived criticizim is my problem and basically told me that she thinks the workers are just fine. I actually think that they aren't helping anyone
This seems so long ago, but I happened upon this one once again.
If *you* think something is harmful, then it is harmful. How could it be good? There's no rulebook for a lot of these problems and symptoms. I hope things have settled down for you a bit more, @lonelyone82
 
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