[2640] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: suicidal thoughts
nosaj@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nosaj@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Dec 14 15:39:00 1991
I don't have any experience with people from MIT medical facilities,
but I get the same feeling from most medical/psychological employees.
The worst case was when I was 13 and not getting along well with
my mother and my sister, and my mom took us to a psychologist/"counselor"
to talk it out, and I remember feeling, "what right does this person
have to invade, or even be asked to invade, and worse yet, *paid* to
invade our private lives?" The counselor (female, although I don't think
male/female would have made much difference) was trying to establish
a "rapport" of sorts with us. I am an individualistic person, and to
just "open up" to someone at the drop of a hat was outrageous.
I suppose I wouldn't mind this per se (i.e. if it had been a policeman/woman
asking me about a crime I had witnessed, I would have been more open), but
I kept thinking, why hasn't my mom talked with me? or my dad? If they refuse
to talk to me, I'm certainly not going to prefer to talk to some stranger.
Going back to the "suicidal thoughts" thread, I know if I was ever in such
a situation, and if my friends/parents went directly to a stranger (and I
don't care how competent they might be) instead of trying to calm me
down/cheer me up themselves, I would feel even worse.
