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> Reminds me of a case where someone got put in a mental hospital for eight days because they wouldn't admit Obama didn't follow them on Twitter. > (He did. He
by RecycledEle 3y ago
> Reminds me of a case where someone got put in a mental hospital for eight days because they wouldn't admit Obama didn't follow them on Twitter.
> (He did. He follows me, too; it was back in the days of auto-follow-back scripts.)
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/03/24/th https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/03/24/th...
Those in the mental health field will admit that they do not even consider the possibility someone is sane or rational. They start with the assumption that the person they are talking is mentally ill, and try to form a diagnosis from there!!
Imagine if the police assumed everyone they questioned was a serial killer and believed their only job was to match at least one cold case to that person.
This is how the mental health system works. Avoid it. Teach others to avoid it.
If I had the power, I would diagnose everyone in the mental health field with delusional disorder.
- ceejayoz 3y ago> Avoid it. Teach others to avoid it. No. This is just as bad. Mental health docs assume there’s something because you’re seeing them. You, or someone else, has enough concern about your mental health for you to be in their presence. For the same reasons, ER docs tend to assume you’re sick in some way. Are they always right? No. Are they never right? Also no.