Post by lynn on Nov 2, 2009 15:17:25 GMT -4
Lynn
I didnt see many responses to my post about the mental health closing other than "too bad" or yawn.....I did see your response that said you tried to stop it from occuring..
If people did do alot to prevent this I wish they had spoken up here.
You dont know me or have any idea what kind of counselor I was so your presumptions are just that....false assumptions.
And you have no idea what was discussed between myself and my clients.
What arrogance for you to assume you "know" the depth of compassion in any of my sessions with people, vets or not..wow.
Id never assume that for you regarding your field of work and your expertise on that.
You, like most of the public, seem pretty clueless about that.....based upon what you've said here....You werent there and didnt see or hear the things I did..
Ive heard more horror stories about Iraq, Gulf War and Vietnam and WW2 combined over the past 20 years than you can ever imagine so please lets not go there....
And you are gravely mistaken if you think anyone who doesnt support a particular war doesnt support the soldiers that fought it...a myth perpetuated by the Right Wing media..
Many flag wavers I encountered had little patience for their vet family members with PTSD after 5 years and just wanted them to hurry up and be "normal" ASAP...not always very supportive.
And so plenty of those vets told me things they said they would never tell their spouses..
Judging me as a therapist based solely upon my political opinions is rediculous.....And laughable as well..It shows you have little understanding of what is involved in providing therapy.
I could say the same about you regarding the mentally ill, the disabled...people whose beliefs and life situations are different from yours...based upon what you have wrote here about the rights of the disabled...
I dont judge people on their views, I vote with my eyes and ears and watch their actions.
Anyone that says they support free speech and freedoms and the flag then do their best to shut people up whose opinions are different from theirs is subject to suspicion to me.
Anyone that says they support small businesses then give 100% support and zero accountability to corporations like BCBS draws skepticism...it really smacks of hypocrasy.
The one area I do profess to know more than you is mental healthcare.
So unless you have worked right along side with me all this time doing what
ive done, I think thats justified....I havent seen any facts provided by you that say otherwise.
Particularly when I read all the misinformation and myths about it here...that tells me right there people havent lived or experienced it as a professional....I dont know whether to laugh or cry after reading alot of it.
Im sorry if that bothers you and comes across as "elitist" but Im sure there are many things in this world you know about far better than me and Id be the first to admit that.
In fact Id be happy to listen.
That seems to be a big difference from you and me.
I think it is good that you are retired dear.