What's an assumption mental health professionals tend to make that annoys you to no end?

[bitofftoomuch]

i have a good shrink but the bad shrinks I've had were stupid about thinking everything is parents parents parents childhood childhood childhood and not realizing how my present material conditions impact my mental health. patients don't have time machines; we can only improve the here and now so the fixation on the past doesn't do much besides just make me upset.

 

[pulleditnearlyoff]

That they say they really did help me and that I just deny it.

 

[Dot]

Whn thy sy tht thy hve Cn slf stuatn b4 & thn prescrbe spch therpy & psychothrpy

Hn slf hve hd 2 yrs+ of psychthrpy alrdy & also Spch therpy ds nt fx th/ physcl & nurolgcl issus tht effct slf 24/7 nor th/ fct tht slf cnnt refr t/ slf in 1st persn in n.ewy

Thy jst ignre thngs tht thy cnnt mke snse of in ordr t/ squze slf in2 a diagnoss tht thy r fmiliar wth & thn dscrbe nuro-drivn b-havrs as thngs slf slf am 'choosng' or pretnd tht thy r nt happnng @ all

Slf ws also refusd appntmnt wth nuro-psychtrst & thn treatd as tho ws unreasnble fr cnsidrng tht decsn bll-sht

Bt yh medcatn & spch thrpy wll fx evrythng

 

[to fall to winter]

I absolutely hate the "it gets better" narrative. It doesn't, for some people. Things can always get worse, and I'd really rather not be lied to. I'd rather be realistic.

 

[MelancholyMagic]

That they (the "professionals") are good for something.

 

[RainyDaysGrapefruit]

I've been told I was crazy or schizophrenic by doctors quite a few times. Mostly it was after I explained my experience with a heavily abusive psych ward. Got overmedicated with antipsychotics because of it. Absolutely tiring.

 

[bitofftoomuch]

adding another: that people's mental illness is their own personal failing and not the predictable result of the circumstances they were/are placed in.

people can be extremely good at coping mechanisms, self care, etc and still be miserable if their life is shit. conversely, people with zero emotional intelligence can be happy if fortune smiles upon them.