Been trying to get a therapist for over a year.
I have REALLY needed one in the past few months. Dialysis is a lot harder the second time around because it made so sick I wanted to die ( thank God my friend cared more than my Dr and put twenty minutes worth of research and found the solution) but it feels like it’s all I do.
As I put it “ You tell me to go to Dialysis to stay alive, but right now it feels like I’m staying alive just to go Dialysis†At one point I was so depressed I said I was going to quit Dialysis “ and I don’t care what happensâ€
Shortly after, I became homeless due to water damage in my home, and no, despite wha5 everyone says, the Landlord/HoA/ rendters insurance does not have to ‘ cover it all’. Our renters insurance gave us a very small amount for the first week but that was it. I had lost everything ything but my husband...who last week said he was leaving to stay with his parents for a few months.
I had officially lost everything. I was so depressed that I was...not quite suicidal enough, but like I couldn’t be bothered to do anything to keep myself alive.
I knew i needed help, so I went to every hospital/ program I could. ( as did a friend who is very gaming the system) Everyone of them asked us both the same three questions.
“ Are you a drug addict? Have you been to jail? Been diagnosed with a mental disorder? “ Since I am a very resilient and responsible individual, the the answer to the first two is ‘no’. The third, well, that’s of absurd isn’t? “ No, because I can’t get anyone to see me.â€
So, I would say they have failed me the way they -and the healthcare industrial over all- has failed most of us; by acknowledging only about 5 or so illnesses or even circumstances and helping onl6 those who fall under those catagories while allowing everyone else to fall by the wayside.