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really how do you actually trust anyone in healthcare when you know they could call the cops on you and basically kidnap you
literally makes my blood boil seeing people / AI type the ever-present tiptoey 'be safe' 'talk to a doctor' CYA warning bullshit online -- people get involuntarily committed for talking to a doctor! shut the fuck up!
It's shut the fuck up Friday
Every day should be shut the fuck up friday
In my heart, every day is shut the fuck up Halloween
There are cases where psychiatric admission is the right call though. Sometimes it's literally life saving. Depression isn't static - it goes up and down, goes loud, goes silent. When you're deep in a life crisis, when you're feeling like you're losing your fucking mind and are actually about to kill yourself those are the places to go to get you over those critical days or weeks to recalibrate and reconsider. I've personally spoken to many patients who were completely releived afterwards and glad that there was such a place for them. If the alternative is a lost life, psychiatry is a valid attempt to get better, even if it doesn't work for everyone.
Of course it's an even better route to get there by admitting oneself - I just believe the likelihood of that happening depends a lot on how afraid people are of psychiatric clinics. And they do vary of course. I personally still would go though. Before I end my life I guess there wouldn't be anything to lose anyway.