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sennashi_doreiI keep thinking about how to phrase this, and every here and there, I do such, so here it is.
The devaluation of the patient. Go to therapy and take medication: disability pays for a someone to do such. OK, actually that sounds fine.. but I refuse to apply for disability for mental health issues because my argument is that my physical health problems are greater than my mental health problems, and I wish they were taken more seriously.
But to expand upon this a bit more.. there is also the issue of: ""Who does the doctor serve?" Because I didn't make complaints that led to a mental health diagnosis... I regularly make complaints about random problems that my general health particularly in terms of pain are dealing with. So, are you telling me that my doctor is more concerned with how smart I am, than how much pain I am in? Because MENTAL implies brain, which I think, is supposed to be something that teachers work on, not doctors.
Unfortunately, this breaks down into a militant society scenario, where I just regularly find myself with no resolution.
The devaluation of the patient. Go to therapy and take medication: disability pays for a someone to do such. OK, actually that sounds fine.. but I refuse to apply for disability for mental health issues because my argument is that my physical health problems are greater than my mental health problems, and I wish they were taken more seriously.
But to expand upon this a bit more.. there is also the issue of: ""Who does the doctor serve?" Because I didn't make complaints that led to a mental health diagnosis... I regularly make complaints about random problems that my general health particularly in terms of pain are dealing with. So, are you telling me that my doctor is more concerned with how smart I am, than how much pain I am in? Because MENTAL implies brain, which I think, is supposed to be something that teachers work on, not doctors.
Unfortunately, this breaks down into a militant society scenario, where I just regularly find myself with no resolution.
