So Then Sir, What Kind Of Help Do You Think You Need?

[Deleted member 20280]

EXCUSE ME!

YOU are the psychiatric assessor and I am the patient !!!

I am here to be assessed by you.

If one more so called psychiatric PROFESSIONAL asks me that question one more time I am going to go nuts!

IF I knew what therapy I needed I would be a THERAPIST! NOT a patient!

My apologies to everyone for this thread I am so angry at the so-called NHS in the UK I feel like packing my bags and moving to bloody JUPITER...... at least the spacemen will understand me better that a CPN.

I was meant to have a Therapist apointment for psychotherapy assessment.... OH NO another minion to ask me the same questions she already has the answers to from the last appointment for assessment on the notepad she is holding in her hand.

TAKE THE TIME to read my notes and you would be able to assess me properly instead of making me go through explaining my entire life AGAIN! (I think the only stupid question she DIDN'T ask me was my inside LEG Measurement!)

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR NOT A HAPPY SANTA!

 

[J_trustno1]

It kinda sucks when you have to repeat your whole life story over and over again to them. I am kinda getting fed up with my story now and sometimes I feel I have already recovered, so I don't need to see them again!

So your anger is understandable.

 

[digger]

You have my sympathy. Trying to get any sort of assessment and help out of the NHS for me caused me so much stress I ended up so much worse than when I started the process. Saying the same thing over and over and still being left without help to deal with all the assessment part of things alone was bringing up....

In fact I still can't really talk about the experience more than to say that :(

It does give me hope though when I read the odd success story on here about people actually finding the people they need through the NHS. Not for me I don't think, but for others maybe.

I hope for you that you get through all the box ticking repetitive shit there will be some real help for you on the other side.

 

[SeanCharles]

It kinda sucks when you have to repeat your whole life story over and over again to them. I am kinda getting fed up with my story now and sometimes I feel I have already recovered, so I don't need to see them again!
So your anger is understandable.

@Santa_Laurie I so agree, 100%!! I am glad that right now I don't have to repeat my own life story... Exception: my diary...

:hug: Hopefully things will improve for ya mate!

 

[Deleted member 20280]

The Police had me sectioned last August and locked me in a secure unit as I was deemed a danger to myself and others. I was released onto the streets and have been waiting 10 months for a follow up call from the Psychiatrist at the unit.

I have been in self therapy now ever since and have learnt so much from research and this forum I can tell the CPN's how to fart better.

I have always been a giver in life and never a taker. All I want from the NHS is what I have been paying for all my working life.

As they cannot seem to understand this, maybe I should ask for a refund from the Taxman, as the services I have PAID! for have not been delivered!.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

HMMMMMM!

As if the meeting with the so-called medical professional was bad enough the postman has just been.

The only piece of mail for Santa today, amongst the begging letters from all the children for new bikes and Nintendo's latest mega games console was............ the Decree Nici!.

Hey-ho!

 

[shimmerz]

I have been in self therapy now ever since and have learnt so much from research and this forum I can tell the CPN's how to fart better.

And here is Canada when you take the time to research and 'know stuff' I am accused constantly of 'throwing around lingo'. For what term you might ask? Dissociation! Are you kidding me? I could run circles around these guys and they tell me that I have no right to research my own condition? I would be happy NOT TO if they just knew what the f*** they were talking about!

@Santa_Laurie, I am so sorry for your situation. Seriously, it takes a very strong person to be able to even keep their cool while all this stuff is going on. The system is a failure - although the ads here on tv make it look like I am living on coolcat street counting my disability and laughing all the way to the bank. If wanting to get better when I speak to my caseworker, 'We don't pay for that' with disdain in their eyes. Bet they have a house to live in and food to eat. A bunch of programmed morons.

*Deep breath*. End of rant.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

A bunch of programmed morons.

@shimmerz PLEASE ! you give these Braindead Uneducated Merecats WAY too much credit.... even a Moron can tie there own shoelaces in the morning :D

I am sure however, that there are real medical professionals out there just like my diagnosing Therapist. At least JCB knew what he was doing and didn't condescend to me all the time. He took the time to observe me in therapy and actually cared enough to give me his mobile number so that I could text him if I was feeling down or anxious.

NOW THERE is a Psychotherapist worth his weight in Diamonds. One day I will recover totally and repay that man for saving my life.

 

[Bravo06]

Merecats thats funny. I have fired so called merecats for asking that question. (What can I do for you?) Are you f'ing kidding me? Thats a nogo for me.
I am finally getting out of the va health care system in the United States. 4 Years of medication and therapy. All it did was make me feel horrible about my self. This is the first time I have ever told anyone really. I did comment on someones post the other day a little. Sorry rambling a little.
Im optimistic and trying to stay positive about the future. I hope it works out for you too.

 

[Laura 2]

@Santa_Laurie - you've described my appalling experience with the NHS exactly. (Well apart from the sectioning/incarceration crap. And apart from the fact of the terrifyingly abusive NHS therapist who really f*cked me up even more. Also, like Shimmerz in Canada, it seems that I'm deemed to be 'too knowledgeable, too clever, too educated' - as if by knowing how to read intelligently you can somehow cure yourself....Pffft. I've said before, if I had a tenner for each time I've repeated the history I'd be able to go on a world cruise.... they.do.not.listen.)

I just wonder what these sub-morons DO all day? Why do our taxes keep them in jobs that don't seem to address patients' needs? Why ever did I pay all those taxes - were we conned into an illusory social contract? I think yes now.

The plus is that mental health needs in the UK are now legally on a par with physical health needs. They are not supposed to be able to just let people wander around for 10 months+ etc ad nauseum. We'll see.

 

[shimmerz]

you give these Braindead Uneducated Merecats WAY too much credit....

LOL! Forgive me @Santa_Laurie . It is early! I am not thinking right yet!

My simple answer to this is:
You can help me pay for a place to live, you can help feed me, you can arrange for a Service Dog so that I can leave my house, and wait......you can LISTEN to what the hell I am saying when I tell you the drugs you are giving me are f***ing me up, stop calling me condescending names and treating me like I am the village idiot, and invite me to your hoity toity parties with your friends so that I can get some 'exposure therapy'. Then we can see if what you are doing really works. Then all of your colleagues can see what a great job you are doing with me.

Oh wait. Your colleagues don't expect much from themselves either. Strike that last one off the list.

 

[Justmehere]

Oh I am so sorry this happened! What a jerk! I'm irked on your behalf!!!

I called a crisis line awhile back with a community government funded mental health center that I was finally accepted into after years of waiting.

I told them I was suicidal and how. I told them I didn't know what to do. I told them quite a bit. Their first response was, "how can we help you?"

Long silence ensued. I told them, "You are the trained mental health professional. If this depends on me instructing you on how you can do your job, then I'm really a screwed."

The response was "you seem like you are in a lot of pain. Can you tell me what would be helpful for you tonight?"

"What? I do not know."

"Can you tell me what has helped you in the past when you have felt this way?"

"If I knew how to help myself and could simply do things I have done before, I certainly would not be calling a stranger and begging for your help!"

"I understand you want my help. I'm trying to find out from you how I can best help you. So how can I help you tonight?"

The good thing was that I was SO angry it shocked me out of my depression just enough to scream and call back to talk to a supervisor. Someone else answered and they actually helped.

Oh but I have never really gotten over that call. "How can I help you?!" Wtf? Argh!!!

You are right, calling them a moron is a compliment.