Been having a pretty rough time after a psychiatrist suddenly reversed course and refused to supply documentation I need for disability benefits. It definitely feels like a very personal instance of “you’re a useless mouth and should be dead, or at least out of the system where nobody has to think about you”.

Not the best idea but I also read pretty extensively about how bad Australia’s health system is for disabled people. Also lived through two of my grandparents being left to die by it. Also a lot of contact trauma from being on the periphery of the welfare, disability, and poverty rights movements.

So, let’s have a chat. What helps? I usually make it through immediate mental health crises but every episode of suicidal planning ratchets my preparedness up a bit more. I think I need to be more proactive about not getting to that state in the first place.

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      Yeah, it’s just hard having to continually “shop around” for someone that will help, and do so long term. Think I’m around 50/50 for psychiatrists that are like that.

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          Really have to wonder how these people keep getting licensed to practice! I know Foucault had some ideas on that 🤔

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            Yeah, psychiatrists are a hit and miss. I had better luck with psychotherapists, but finding someone you mesh well with can also be a challenge.