Of Disapproving Doctors.
This was a hard one to write. The Finishing School of Flail,
staxxy, and
maiaarts were all incredibly helpful. Thank you!
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You are a very cool lady.
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I did an (admittedly limited) literature search and that was the least alarmist abstract I came across. :/
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It's so sad that this is still the image after so long. I had to deal with the same negative images when I taught in Japan. For example, there was one student who was a cutter and had social anxiety issues such that she couldn't enter the classroom and had to take all her classes by herself in a private room (a common problem in Japan, but one I won't go into here as it's a digression). When discussing her case at a teacher's meeting, all her homeroom teacher could say is "Well, you know how it is, she listens to that Dir en Grey." ...
It is a very sad thing, and it makes me sick. Unfortunately our media continues to enforce this image over and over again. We need a primetime TV show about a happy, well-rounded group of 20-somethings who have healthy relationships and well-paying rewarding jobs who just happen to like to wear black and have elegant darkly decorated apartments and dance to industrial music and listen to Bauhaus on the morning commute. That's a show I would support.
This post made me want to cry for that poor young lady (?). Unfortunately, I fear her case is far from unique...most persons I've met in the medical fields are similarly narrow-minded. I'm grateful that I haven't had to deal with them personally yet.
That said, I think you gave some good advice. I hope things work out well for her.
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OF COURSE it was liking Goth and the music of artists like Emilie Autumn, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer and The Cure that "triggered" my bipolar disorder, anorexia and anxiety! Of course my love for horror exacerbated my panic attacks, nevermind that they were always COMPLETELY unrelated to the novels and movies I enjoyed, and more connected to the three above issues.
It's amazing how doctors will radically misinterpret the (healthy) things people will do to cope with/get some enjoyment out of life.
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And nothing against psych majors/doctors, but I've had one too many instances of someone finding out about one of my health problems and going "I've taken a psych class, I might be able to help you!"
Talk about rage...
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I'm sorry you've had those crappy experiences. Not all psych people are douche bags (though I will admit I get frustrated when people say "that's person's schizophrenic" re: characters in fiction with Dissociative Identity Disorder..)
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Those kids need to read this.
VEYR WELL DONE, lady!
xoxo
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It's not harsh or anything
I'll shut up now
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I'm glad you like my American accent. I wonder if it's undergone any changes considering the Stroppy One is a Brit, and we've been married for 12 years. :)
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The few American's I've met have wither been from the south of New York area.
Where about is your hubby from? I do know a few American's have been confused by the various different accent's we have here (especially the liverpool accents lol)
:)
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