Posted by Racer on April 30, 2006, at 17:25:35
In reply to respecting the source » Racer, posted by pseudoname on April 30, 2006, at 14:51:35
> Concerning most psychiatrists, I think I have such massive, firmly-established contempt and disregard for them, how they practice, and what their “clinical judgments” are, that I would be at worst annoyed or amused no matter what they wrote. I always feel more confident in a psychiatrist's presence, actually, because I think they're so inadequately trained, deluded, & ultimately confused about what they're trying to do that their opinions don't count for much. I mostly just want them to sign the prescriptions I dictate.*
>And that's a big part of the problem for me: I don't have that feeling at all.
In my case, a lot of it comes from trying to get treatment while uninsured and underemployed. I couldn't afford medical care, and getting any sort of psych medications meant showing up for the appointments with cap in hand and tugging my forelock. It doesn't help that I'm female, either. A number of the doctors --
-- you know what, let's leave it at this: I have had a large number of very bad experiences and I am not over them. Trying to tell about them is getting me upset, so the short version:
I feel quite powerless with psychiatrists -- any doctor, really -- and so I can't distance myself the way you do. I can say, "That guy's insecure/arrogant/thinks every woman finds him attractive/etc" but it doesn't translate to making it easier for me to deal with them. And I come by that discomfort honestly.
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