What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever been told by anyone in the mental health profession?

[wildmoon]

When I was telling the 'therapist' that I had been abused by an ex partner she said we create our own monsters. i.e often we give people license to behave badly.
I thought it was highly inappropriate, given that he has NPD and I am not responsible for that.

 

[837]

this is kind of a twist on the question but what makes me kind of mad is what they DONT tell you. they dont tell you what specific things you say that may be held against you ex.: do you have a plan? And if i say yes i do then i have made a serious mistake that may end me up in a psych ward the therapist will say sorry i have to report you if you have a plan. and i am so scared of that bc people do not deserve to be treated with no rights at a psych hospital and stripped of their belongings. all ppl learn afterwards is to Not tell therapists or teachers your suicidal thoughts because of the consequences afterwards. im scared of being sedated with drugs and tbh its really risky because you might end up much worse afterwards so i dont play the chances. thing is that im scared to tell other ppl bc i dont want to give them any thoughts of suicide so i just keep it to myself and i dont tell therapists because i dont want to be in a psych ward against my wants because there are no basic rights there and ppl are treated as if they were imprisoned its extremely terrible .

 

[woxihuanni]

that forgiving/getting back in touch with the man who sexually abused me as a child would benefit me.

or that things will ever get better. lmao

Tell them from me that they deserve to roast very slowly over a bonfire. The shrink is even more vile, in a way, than the original abuser.

Oh, and I mentioned somewhere else, shrinkery is built on suppressing rightful anger. Mainly to spare discomfort to everybody else but you.

When I was telling the 'therapist' that I had been abused by an ex partner she said we create our own monsters. i.e often we give people license to behave badly.
I thought it was highly inappropriate, given that he has NPD and I am not responsible for that.

My ex-partner would be labelled NPD if a shrink got their hands on them. I fully acknowledge that I gave them the power to behave badly by sometimes reacting to their reactions. Most of the time I did not play along, though, until they were so exasperated they said: "You don't even get angry ffs.' And once they said: 'You see all of this as a tantrum, don't you? You don't take me seriously.' I have been the only one who ever drew them out of what would be called narcissistic rage, simply because I did not take it personally. If I had not reacted at all, we would be together still and who knows? maybe they would embrace themselves fully like I embrace them, and the rages would become less and less consuming.

NPD is not a demon that we are helpless in the face of. It can only hurt if we rise up to its 'dark' voices.

 

[sammii]

I went to my gp and told him I think I'm autistic, he told me I'm not because I can make (brief) eye contact. Went back a year later and seen a different doctor, she sent me to a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with BPD then I finally saw an autism specialist who said I didn't have BPD and diagnosed me with autism spectrum disorder I've been waiting for another psychiatrist appointment for almost a year at this point though, the NHS is sooooo slow

 

[woxihuanni]

I went to my gp and told him I think I'm autistic, he told me I'm not because I can make (brief) eye contact. Went back a year later and seen a different doctor, she sent me to a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with BPD then I finally saw an autism specialist who said I didn't have BPD and diagnosed me with autism spectrum disorder I've been waiting for another psychiatrist appointment for almost a year at this point though, the NHS is sooooo slow

Imagine you get diagnosed with broken bones at one place and lung cancer at another, the thing is a farce.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

When the medical testing for my various physical symptoms showed nothing, I was sent to therapy for 8 weeks under the premise of hypochondria. So I had to sit there listening to some girl way younger than me tell me I was imagining everything. Literally attempting to brainwash me into believing I had nothing going on as I sat there in discomfort every week. I told her just because you can't find it, doesn't mean it's not there. But that just makes you sound even more crazy. It really was ridiculous, and a no-win situation.

I hesitate to even say that I had a similar diagnosis. It's a label you can't remove or fight. Anything you say just digs you into a deeper hole. They even managed to convince my brother and sister I was delusional until I actually proved otherwise then they still didn't listen.
So many odd conditions that doctors don't know about that can't be easily measured.

 

[kappa]

I went to a therapist for depression and agoraphobia. I have always been underweight, my mother was underweight until she had children, and my father very underweight his entire life. I think he was around 6'2 and a little over 130 lbs or so.

I've always had trouble eating when depressed or upset , I just don't get hungry. One session she told me she would refuse to see me unless I went to the doctor, admit I had an eating disorder, and also see a nutritionist. The deal would be I would have to give her permission to speak to them before I went in and saw them.

I was paying cash at the time, so I was pretty pissed I owed 100 dollars for a 10 min session of her telling me "her rules". I left a bad review for her in Yelp and it kept getting taken down. She also told me how my anxiety should "make me mad" and that would be motivation to cure it because that's what she did.

 

[woxihuanni]

I went to a therapist for depression and agoraphobia. I have always been underweight, my mother was underweight until she had children, and my father very underweight his entire life. I think he was around 6'2 and a little over 130 lbs or so.

I've always had trouble eating when depressed or upset , I just don't get hungry. One session she told me she would refuse to see me unless I went to the doctor, admit I had an eating disorder, and also see a nutritionist. The deal would be I would have to give her permission to speak to them before I went in and saw them.

I was paying cash at the time, so I was pretty pissed I owed 100 dollars for a 10 min session of her telling me "her rules". I left a bad review for her in Yelp and it kept getting taken down. She also told me how my anxiety should "make me mad" and that would be motivation to cure it because that's what she did.

This is a thread where I send so many fuck yous to shrinks all over the world. Hope she had to spend those dollars on repairs because something awful happened somewhere in her life.

 

[mynameispaige]

This isn't about me. But my niece has been experiencing hallucinations for a while now. She finally went to see a mental health professional about it this week and the woman told her she has a spiritual gift. That nothing is wrong. I don't even know how to describe how pissed off I was.

 

[rik]

I was told by an attorney to "get a hobby so I wouldn't think about the bad things anymore" after I told her I still had nightmares about the sexual predator that abused and raped me in my childhood.
And my personal doctor said it seemed to her that I "didn't want to get healed/get better" after yet another psychological crash and sleepless nights. I never stepped into her office again and went to another doctor since.

 

[Are you lost too?]

"This is for you to get better. You're gonna get better, you have to trust the medication. Just wait for them to kick in."

 

[sammii]

"This is for you to get better. You're gonna get better, you have to trust the medication. Just wait for then to kick in."

Omg right? My meds kicked in a long time ago and I don't feel any different. They've helped with my physical anxiety symptoms but apart from that I feel just as terrible.

 

[lofistos345]

I am going to pretend that means the arsehole....and use it liberally as a term.

My worst experience was unknown to me at the time. I thought this therapist was a kind and reasonable person. I was applying for benefits and they seemed supportive...but after being rejected I read the entire file and the report they sent was very hostile...accusing me of faking and claiming I stated I was just there for the benefits. I never said that...it wasn't true...but it permanently affected the course of my life.

That's horrible and very unethical. What is your current mental health diagnosis?

 

[Pony]

I went to my gp and told him I think I'm autistic, he told me I'm not because I can make (brief) eye contact. Went back a year later and seen a different doctor, she sent me to a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with BPD then I finally saw an autism specialist who said I didn't have BPD and diagnosed me with autism spectrum disorder I've been waiting for another psychiatrist appointment for almost a year at this point though, the NHS is sooooo slow

When I was 15 and going to cahms trying to express my gender identity issues they tried to diagnose me with autism because they didnt know what else to do, the NHS is so fucked

 

[Wreck-it-Riley]

I was told my religion was a delusion and that if i wanted to get better i needed to realize that i was delusional and hurting the people around me. It has made me slip into a massive identity crisis and question everything. The same psychologist has confirmed to me that my Transition is not trauma induced, but now im even questioning that....

 

[Eternaloblivionplea]

Go to them for help. What do you want us to do about it?

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

That I'm not an evil person.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

I once had a psychiatrist who blamed, criticized and judged me for being depressed.

 

[rationaltake]

I once had a psychiatrist who blamed, criticized and judged me for being depressed.

That is such a rubbish way to treat someone. Especially somebody who has come to you for professional help.

Sadly I'm not surprised.

 

[Niko66]

Me telling my psych(o) that the meds are making me feel like a zombie who only wants to kill themselves even more, I ask them what to expect in terms of effects and side effects.
They tell me to shrug it off and to expect my every mental health issue to get better and no side effects. Fuckin absurd, can't believe these motherfuckers get paid as much as they do to push some pill and wash their hands of the issue.

Another one told me we should replace weed use with Xanax for sleep as if it was any better, 2 years later I am addicted to benzos whereas I can quit weed at will almost, I can stop for weeks at a time just with deciding too, whrereas I've been trying for the past 3 months and over to ween off benzos... completely unsuccessfully, I keep track of my use and it isn't getting any lower despite really trying. These people have no idea what they are doing...

 

[Symbiote]

"You choose to have depression and suicidal thoughts. People can choose their mental illness or they can choose happiness."

Me: "I get to also choose a better therapist that didn't get their college degree at a strip mall"

 

[lili]

In the mental hospital there was a psychologist or psychiatrist don't know which who asked me what was my religion.

I told her I didn't have a religion and she was shocked she gave me a speech saying she was an alcoholic and the only way she was cured was believing in God. She told me I can't get cured of my emotional issues without believing in a higher power. So she asked me if I at least believed in something.

And I told her that I believed in science. She was pissed when I said that and dismissed me from the office.

 

[DynamicDepression]

"You choose to have depression and suicidal thoughts. People can choose their mental illness or they can choose happiness."

I'm not a violent person, but I would have to restrain myself if a therapist said that to me. So vile.

 

[user_name_here]

Fuck the mental health services in my country. You failed me and made me worse off. I hope you end up sadder than me.

 

[eve2004]

I answered earlier in this thread, in 2019, but I have a good one that I got in 2020 from my former therapist:

"If you kill yourself, I could be sued, and lose my license, my career..."

There's more but you get the gist... This from a psychologist with a PHD.
WTF.

 

[Oblivion Access]

I answered earlier in this thread, in 2019, but I have a good one that I got in 2020 from my former therapist:

"If you kill yourself, I could be sued, and lose my license, my career..."

There's more but you get the gist... This from a psychologist with a PHD.
WTF.

Damn, it'd really suck if you dying could inconvenience them. How the fuck can you call yourself a psychologist and be so clueless as to spew something like that?

 

[WorthlessTrash]

I went to therapy for my dysphoria and the therapist told me to explore my male body.

Lol wtf. I know what the male body has to offer, and I hate it.

 

[lofticries]

Therapists asking me if I want to be committed.

Lol that'd make shit worse. Also what's with ppl thinking that shit is free in America of all places.

 

[Lost in a Dream]

I can't say I've had anywhere near as interesting of experiences as most of you have had, but the worst ones for me, were the empty promises about the effectiveness of the prescription drugs, and the one time a staff member at the mental hospital I went to told me, "You're here for a reason."

At the time, I thought they meant well, even if they didn't fully understand where I was coming from, but now my reaction would be entirely different.

In the mental hospital there was a psychologist or psychiatrist don't know which who asked me what was my religion.

I told her I didn't have a religion and she was shocked she gave me a speech saying she was an alcoholic and the only way she was cured was believing in God. She told me I can't get cured of my emotional issues without believing in a higher power. So she asked me if I at least believed in something.

And I told her that I believed in science. She was pissed when I said that and dismissed me from the office.

I kind of wish I could go to the same mental hospital as you, just so I can have the same psychiatrist. I'd love to see her reaction when I tell her I'm a misotheist (after explaining what that means, of course, because I'm sure an explanation would be necessary).

 

[WorthlessTrash]

I can't say I've had anywhere near as interesting of experiences as most of you have had, but the worst ones for me, were the empty promises about the effectiveness of the prescription drugs, and the one time a staff member at the mental hospital I went to told me, "You're here for a reason."

At the time, I thought they meant well, even if they didn't fully understand where I was coming from, but now my reaction would be entirely different.

Should have said "alright then, discharge me now".