I have a psychiatrist and therapist and that only because I live in a country that has healthcare rolled into the benefits for disabled people, otherwise I could not afford them. I word it like this on purpose. You see, politicans want to sell us this system as "universal healthcare" in an attempt to pat themselves on their backs how caring and social (basically too social and with that too expensive, of course) our country is but it objectively is simply not.
They are decent people. It was hard to find them in an ocean of weirdos. The psychiatrist basically just checks up on me anymore every few months so my benefits don't get canceled. We agreed that medication doesn't help me but I can ask for e.g. sleeping aids and he will prescribe them. The therapist I only talk to every 6-8 weeks for 20-40 minutes and is always reachable in an emergency. She is nice but has no idea what's going on in my life because that time is simply not enough to explain. Not that it would help. It's basically all performative for my benefits now.
They are decent people. It was hard to find them in an ocean of weirdos. The psychiatrist basically just checks up on me anymore every few months so my benefits don't get canceled. We agreed that medication doesn't help me but I can ask for e.g. sleeping aids and he will prescribe them. The therapist I only talk to every 6-8 weeks for 20-40 minutes and is always reachable in an emergency. She is nice but has no idea what's going on in my life because that time is simply not enough to explain. Not that it would help. It's basically all performative for my benefits now.
