I'm not sure, I think they do to a degree but their job comes first. I think in order to do their job they have to remain emotionally uninvolved and detached, so it is easier for them to look at us as just a patient rather than a person. They follow their guidelines and that is it. I have felt with some people (not necessarily a therapist) that they do care and they do try but within their boundaries of their job, but some I have come across that genuinely seem heartless and they can't wait for me to die so they don't have to deal with me anymore. I also get the feeling from some of them that because I am still alive now that I won't commit suicide, they don't help, they just wait. The home treatment team/crisis team are the worst for cold, heartless 'treatment' they don't actually help at all but made me feel much worse. I felt obliged to talk to them when I had to though as they could have me sectioned. I imagine that hospital is just as bad. One person I was really struggling to talk to (I was in a really bad way and needed help) just sat looking bored and checking her watch. I stopped trying to talk after that. A couple of people in my life (professionals) have been there for me though, I am very grateful to them but even with them I feel I have lost all hope now. It makes me feel guilty that they have tried to be there, and put time and effort into me which I am going to throw away by dying.
