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noname223
Angelic
- Aug 18, 2020
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Maybe this is not in every case right but in the circumstances I had in mind. There is a person I thought about when formulating the title.
There is a girl I know. I think many therapists treat her as a lost case. Many people have lost the patience with her. She is really very ill. She always stops to take her anti-manic medication and gets a rebound mania. (Not sure if you call it like that). it is kind of pathological behavior. Not sure how often she repeated this now. I think it is yearly for a long time period.
I know she has problems to find a new therapist. Noone wants to work with her because she refuses medication. She often endangers herself. Sometimes she gets psychotic and thinks she has to kill herself. One of her therapists could intervene shortly before she did it. She does not want to die. She loves life. This is what she expresses. It is rather her delusional mind which is very suicidal. Moreover she did insanely dangerous stuff during her manias. Like dancing on the street. She said there almost was a crash once. I think she experienced traumata during her last mania. I suspect she got raped or sexually molested. She did not want to say it openly but left some hints.
I know some people who abandoned her. They called her a hopeless case. And they were annoyed by her behavior: I know a therpaist of her. I like him. But I think he suffers a lot due to her. I think they are pretty desperate. They tried everything to convince her to take longterm medication but she does not do that. I think a happy end is very unlikely. It is way more likely she gets accidentally killed.
I think some people who abandoned her just don't want to be confronted with so much negativity. I am not sure how I shall feel about it. Partly I can understand it it is self-protection but on the other hand it is kind of cheap to leave her. Just looking away when there is a person who needs help.
I also tried to convince her to take longterm medication. Yeah that is (almost???) impossible. To be honest it must be horrible to carry the responsibilty when she is your patient as a professional. I also feel sorry for them.
Now to the statement to the title. I like her too much to abandon her. I would find it hypocritical to leave her behind. My friends also care for me despite the fact I probably gonna kill myself in the future. LIke constructive longterm help for her is almost impossible I think. But I am friendly to her. I ask how she is doing. She often kind of delusional and really manic. But I try to treat her with respect. I try to be prepared in case the kills herself or gets killed. It is kind of difficult tbh. I try to keep in mind that this is an option what could happen.
I don't want to act like a saint. We don't have so much contact. But sometimes we chat. I care more than other people for her. It is really a sad story. But I think despite the fact I cannot give her a solution for her problems it is good that I listen to her. Social-isolation could be counterproductive for her.
I also try not to spend too much energy. I also try to protect me. When it is too much for much for me I try to keep distance. Though it is much harder because we know us in real life.
What do you think about it?
There is a girl I know. I think many therapists treat her as a lost case. Many people have lost the patience with her. She is really very ill. She always stops to take her anti-manic medication and gets a rebound mania. (Not sure if you call it like that). it is kind of pathological behavior. Not sure how often she repeated this now. I think it is yearly for a long time period.
I know she has problems to find a new therapist. Noone wants to work with her because she refuses medication. She often endangers herself. Sometimes she gets psychotic and thinks she has to kill herself. One of her therapists could intervene shortly before she did it. She does not want to die. She loves life. This is what she expresses. It is rather her delusional mind which is very suicidal. Moreover she did insanely dangerous stuff during her manias. Like dancing on the street. She said there almost was a crash once. I think she experienced traumata during her last mania. I suspect she got raped or sexually molested. She did not want to say it openly but left some hints.
I know some people who abandoned her. They called her a hopeless case. And they were annoyed by her behavior: I know a therpaist of her. I like him. But I think he suffers a lot due to her. I think they are pretty desperate. They tried everything to convince her to take longterm medication but she does not do that. I think a happy end is very unlikely. It is way more likely she gets accidentally killed.
I think some people who abandoned her just don't want to be confronted with so much negativity. I am not sure how I shall feel about it. Partly I can understand it it is self-protection but on the other hand it is kind of cheap to leave her. Just looking away when there is a person who needs help.
I also tried to convince her to take longterm medication. Yeah that is (almost???) impossible. To be honest it must be horrible to carry the responsibilty when she is your patient as a professional. I also feel sorry for them.
Now to the statement to the title. I like her too much to abandon her. I would find it hypocritical to leave her behind. My friends also care for me despite the fact I probably gonna kill myself in the future. LIke constructive longterm help for her is almost impossible I think. But I am friendly to her. I ask how she is doing. She often kind of delusional and really manic. But I try to treat her with respect. I try to be prepared in case the kills herself or gets killed. It is kind of difficult tbh. I try to keep in mind that this is an option what could happen.
I don't want to act like a saint. We don't have so much contact. But sometimes we chat. I care more than other people for her. It is really a sad story. But I think despite the fact I cannot give her a solution for her problems it is good that I listen to her. Social-isolation could be counterproductive for her.
I also try not to spend too much energy. I also try to protect me. When it is too much for much for me I try to keep distance. Though it is much harder because we know us in real life.
What do you think about it?
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