As a guy who has been in a mental healthcare unit, I often felt that staff didn't listen to me or take my concerns seriously.

That it’s my family’s fault and I’m a helpless victim who can’t be trusted. Like seriously, I can accept responsibility and you need to leave them out of this, you don’t know them and you definitely don’t know my life or how much they love and care for me just because you read a book and think you can shove everyone in the same box.

It took literally hours before getting an evaluation. By then I had been having my breakdown for so long that I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep. When the guy came out to meet me with me seemed completely disinterested, essentially told me to perform breathing exercises and I'd be fine (I was not fine, I didn't need inpatient care but I did need professional resources), by the end he basically just shrugged and walked away. My family left with nothing to show for it except for a ludicrous bill for basically being told to do something that would do close to nothing

At the VA they seemed solely focused on doing the absolute minimum. Cost effectiveness is a higher priority than best care practices. Also I guess breathing exercises cure almost anything.

Trying to push religion. Gtfo of here with your God shit. That dude has never done a thing for me.

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