Psychologists say they can't meet the growing demand for mental health care
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/06/1217487323/psychologists-waitlist-demand-mental-health-care
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/06/1217487323/psychologists-waitlist-demand-mental-health-care
Being around cluster b personality disordered people causes immense trauma. They suck all the air out of the room, require constant adulation and attention, they lie incessantly, they gaslight, they treat everyone around them as objects, they triangulate people and groups against each other, they discard people who arent useful to them, they intentionally hurt anyone who goes against them.
Psychologists say the only way to deal with these folks on the narcissist/sociopath spectrum is to go no contact. Imagine if a cluster b person were to suddenly head a nation. A situation where going no contact werent an option. Where you had to pay attention daily to this person for you and your families safety. Suppose this went on for years? What sort of effect might this have on that nations collective mental health? What sort of strain might this put on mental health clinicians?
What a wacky and far out Twilight Zone episode you're describing ha ha damn that's crazy
Anyway I have anger issues now
I had an appointment canceled on me the day-of. It was rescheduled 47 days from that day. I waited 6 weeks already for the first one...
I waited 4 weeks. In the first 5mins they told me I didn't have enough problems and wasting their time...
That's awful. Any problem is enough of a problem to talk about. Shame on that therapist. 5 minutes is nothing to tell the stories in your life that could indicate stuff.
I'm starting my clinical counseling masters program next month. At the same time, I left my job as a caseworker. Covid + RSV nearly killed me.
The healthcare system is so strained, overworked, and burned out it's unbelievable. Getting new clients into services was backed up months. Months before someone can receive medication management.. even my forensic clients...
It's kinda sick to say (hence why my former employer's CEO repeatedly talked about the fact that) there is more job security in the field of mental health than ever before, due to the trauma of the covid pandemic. Especially a traumatic time for frontline healthcare workers. So much loss, exploitation, and burn out..