I had an experience at the hospital. The staff mocked me for crying. Why do men not get to be seen as weak. I can't stop crying and I'm just supposed to man up
Your state has a medical ethics board. Google that shit, report those mother fuckers. Blatantly unprofessional behavior, and against the oath they had to take to get their licenses. Use the fight to replace depression with anger, use that anger to do something to leave a better situation in your wake. Use that movement forward as your first step out of the hole you are in. Journey of a thousand miles beginning with a single step and shit.The staff mocked me for crying.
And get two paramedics fired? For a personal vendetta?I want people to recognize mental illness as a serious deadly disease. And no one can do that. How many celebrities have come out as bipolar or alcoholic? And still no one cares about these things. No one respects them. No one bothers to understand. Call Sarah Palin kid a retard? Fucking firestorm. Margot Kidder is bipolar and she's a joke on Family Guy. No outcry. I say retard and I also say crazy but I can't say one in public media discourse. I don't call people bipolar but anyone in the media can use that as a valid criticism. That or OCD. Or schizophrenic. The mentally ill are the only group that it's acceptable to openly mock because no one cares to learn about those diseases no matter how many celebrities say they're going to end the stigma People think they know depression because they've been sad. They haven't stopped eating or bathing for two weeks. People think they know OCD because they have to have all the condiments in the fridge turned one way. They haven't had to flip the light switch exactly 18 times, pull out 18 hairs and check the lock 18 times before they left the house. They think they know schizophrenia because I don't know. They don't even use the word right. And you know what? I'm used to it and I'm not going to change it. But if a man needs to cry for whatever reason he should be able to. I guess my example for a woman would be seen as a hormonal female. But still. Guys really can't cry for any reason without judgment PS: I hate writing on my phone
It's not about a personal vendetta. What happens if the next person they mock goes home and commits suicide? For a personal vendetta?I
That is not adequate care. If they were nurses or doctors they should be reported to their professional organization. If not, reported up the work chain. On another note, you seem to furthering the myth that men are mentally/emotionally stronger than women by using the term "man up". #sicknotweak
Glad to know that's a thing. I wonder if I can find something similar near me.
I get your point but that term simply makes me bristle. My point is that "being strong" has nothing to do with not crying or not being sick. Everyone gets sad and many people have horrible depression. If anyone thinks that crying is weakness when one is hitting rock bottom, going through a divorce, having a sick kid/parent/partner, etc., they are simply wrong. It is completely normal. Hiding it just makes the situation worse. I am not sure why some people think that men are not supposed to be human. If that is what you feel you want to do, then do it and don't hide it. Fuck those that do not have the basic humanity to understand that. I wish you luck.
Oh my fucking god. Fuck them. It's a hospital. People suffer and die and get sick and get better in there and if that's not a place for crying then I don't know what is. I wonder if they ever cried at their mother's funeral. I'm so angry about this. In fact you know what, as a man or a woman or a human of any gender you can cry whenever the hell you want. It's a healthy release of emotion. Maybe that explains a few things about this world, that this is seen as unacceptable. Their behaviour is highly unethical.
I'm glad you wrote this. If you perceived the staff as mocking you, this sounds like a psychologically dangerous place. I hope you challenge them and, through your tears, say exactly what you wrote here. or read them this: "You seem to be mocking me. Is that how you show care for vulnerable people? I need to cry right now and my crying is helping me more than your responses." Keep us posted.
Well yeah. I was just surprised not everyone in such a serious field isn't more professional. I shouldn't be though. My step brother is a doctor and he was talking about how they'll laugh at your naked body while you're under sedation. We aren't close. I guess my point is depression is a serious illness and it's not respected, especially for men. Maybe if I felt good I'd defiantly say President Pussy Groper. I don't even know what the point is anymore. I'm sure there are special needs teachers who make fun of children with severe Downs Syndrome. Everyone is awful
I'm sorry that you're in the place you are. Hang in there pal, and you cry if you need to. No shame in that at ALL. More men need to cry. I bet it would help soooo many of them if they would. What an awful hospital.
Men are inherently weak. Way weaker than I think women could possibly believe. That said, get your shit together Taco. Homelessness and hospital visits are far more serious than getting your feelings hurt. That sounds crude I guess but I've been there man. Turtle suit, waking up in ER, 72 hour holds and everything. Your life was very well saved by those assholes, assholes they may be. You don't necessarily have to "man up" but goddamn you can't go your whole life crying.