02/28/2020 In Podcast Episodes
Sleep Deprivation – Teresa Strasser Returns
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Julie
03/27/2020 at 4:30 pmWhen I heard Strasser on her previous MIHH episode I had a lot of empathy for her. It’s pretty disappointing how in this episode she tries to distance herself from her experience of being suicidcal and from people who go to the mental health unit, aka “psych ward.” She denies that she belonged there, because she was “misdiagnosed.” Um, no, you weren’t. You were giving signs that you may have had plans to hurt yourself. You belonged in that unit just as much as anyone else, it doesn’t matter that your reasons were sleep deprivation.
NO ONE thinks they “belong” in the mental health unit. And honestly no one does. Mental health units are horrible, lumping in every conceivable mental health crisis in one place. But it’s the standard for those who may harm themselves or others, and like it or not Teresa, that was you. Not to mention they may have saved your life. And yes, everyone feels they would be better off at home with their families. But your family is not equipped to deal with suicical thinking.
Your denial of this really speaks volumes about how so many people STILL give in to the stigma of mental health issues, even if they think they are enlightened. I also thought the same thing when I was hospitalized: THEY belong here, not me. I was in with schizophrenics, criminals, bipolar…. and I thought there must have been some mistake. But the longer I was there, the more I realized I belonged there just as much as they did, and those folks that I thought were on the other end of the spectrum had a lot to teach me about surviving and managing your demons.
You were in the exact place you needed to be Teresa. And it may have done you some good. Too bad you were too wrapped up in your notions of who “belonged there” and who didn’t to see that.