Appreciate you sharing your experience. Unfortunately, the person in my life is so staunchly opposed to getting any kind of care, partially out of stubbornness but mainly because of semi-delusional thoughts (I say “semi-delusional” because it’s no delusion that mental health care in our state is incredibly lacking – but also there’s actual delusional “I’m being targeted” type stuff too). It sucks bc it just feels like we have to wait around for something really bad to happen before they can get the care they very clearly need.
Thanks for that. That clears up a lot of what I wasn’t sure about. I’m curious, from your experience in that job, did you ever feel like certain steps in that process could’ve been different to better help people? Genuinely curious
That’s entirely possible and, yes, I ultimately fully want to respect their autonomy and do not want to commit them against their will. In the past though, they have talked about plans of ending their life and have seriously harmed themself in an attempt. And I can’t really say that there’s anything ‘wrong’ with their life but they do seem very, very miserable. While don’t wish to make a judgement of the quality of their life or insist on how they should be living, I do want them to feel less torment. Its sometimes hard to be sure of the extent of their anguish, because they’re so unwilling to talk about it.
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