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Date: 2020-10-09 10:39 am (UTC)That's infuriating. Wow. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that BS!
at happens to all the people who fall into these kind of disasters and do not have the support of a wealthy, prestigious university to argue their case?)
Yes, this exactly. It gets even more tangled for people who face language and cultural barriers.
One thing I've grown cynical about is the fact that people want to solve problems by praying or sharing Facebook memes or whatever else. Right now there's a thing going around where you copy and paste about depression to show that you care. First of all, some of these people come across, initially, as though they're talking about their own experiences with it. Do NOT play with people's heads like that. Second of all, it avoids the conversations we actually need to be having. I don't want to discredit social media too much, because I have also seen great posts that actually do talk about helping and recognizing symptoms, among many other things. That's great. What's not great is "clickbait clickbait clickbait, copy and paste if you also care about people with depression." That's gross. Same with cancer, dementia, you name it.
Some of the kindest and most caring people I know have shared these things, so I know it comes from a good place most of the time. Honestly, there was a time I shared those things. It's just that form my vantage point, it's talking about the thing without really examining it. Everyone knows those things already. But do they know that the happiest people they know might actually be masking and struggling with suicidal thoughts? Do they know how to help if a friend's parent is hospitalized? Do they know how to handle an elderly relative's audio hallucinations?
And yes, some of this comes from my own experiences the last few years. I think that's why I feel so strongly, although I had issues with those memes even before.