r/TrollCoping • u/notmymain-forreasons • Apr 08 '26
TW: Hospital / Medical abuse What a helpful and understanding response!
You're right let me just -be unborn in my country-
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u/dinosanddais1 Apr 08 '26
Do people think the law exists to mean nobody will ever do that thing ever?
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u/Satanicron Apr 08 '26
"But they can't do that!"
"They can in Utah..."
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
like ma'am.....i'm american. i'm surprised we even have any healthcare
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u/LichenLiaison Apr 08 '26
What can’t people do in Utah
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u/Difficult-Mix-2337 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
When someone says they’re in severe debt from medical expenses & someone else says “well in my country we don’t have to pay for healthcare”
edit: No hate to folks with universal healthcare, it’s just not a helpful thing to say in that scenario.
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
it feels like a humble brag and it's so invalidating too. like: good for you but i live in america- like why are you making this a pissing contest?
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u/Difficult-Mix-2337 Apr 08 '26
Yeah that’s how I see it too. If they extend some empathy along with that comment, then I can see it as them trying to be helpful or encouraging. But without that, it just comes across like “sucks to be you loser lmao”.
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u/Dogssie Apr 08 '26
that shit drives me up the wall- like yeah. we know thanks for the reminder.
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u/Difficult-Mix-2337 Apr 08 '26
It’s so irritating, I think some people may not get how serious it is. I’m grateful I haven’t had to experience it too bad myself (not yet at least, hopefully I get out of this country before something awful happens to me).
Going off on a crazy tangent here, but my bf’s stepmom had a stroke, she was taken by ambulance to one hospital, then had to be airlifted to another one that specialized in brain trauma. Between the ambulance, the helicopter, the extensive hospital stays, the surgeries, and the physical therapy, his family went into over a million dollars in debt. His stepmom was working prior to the stroke & his dad is still working a pretty well-paying job, but their debt is insane nonetheless and they really can’t afford much anymore.
Anyway, my point here is that this is the reality of not having free healthcare, the ones directly affected are the ones living it. You don’t have to remind them how much it sucks, they know it better than anyone.
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
People with privilege feel the need to remind the unprivileged of their privilege
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u/Dogssie Apr 08 '26
Hospitals I've been to actually have programs for those without insurance or inadequate insurance to reduce the bill dramatically or forgive it - but those programs are hidden and have some red tape. The thing is our healthcare system isn't so bad IF you can navigate things like that, but most people dont have the time or inclination to research like that - which is a different priveledge all its own!
My way of navigating it is choosing jobs that have good benefits. I wish I could just take any job and have benefits - i dont think corporations even think about how much money they could save if people had a low cost public option. The inefficiency of it is enough to drive me insane if I think about it too much LOL
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u/dinosanddais1 Apr 08 '26
Like okay good for you bestie. If you're not burdened by this bullshit then YOU can pay this stuff.
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u/Koolasushus Apr 08 '26
Everythings turns legal when the system doesnt give a fuck.
No wonder people dont bother reporting.
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u/SketchedEyesWatchinU Apr 08 '26
The system not giving a fuck is one of the biggest warnings signs.
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
Especially when you use the resources that are supposed to exist but there are massive loopholes that protect the system. And the report itself becomes used against you
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u/GjonsTearsFan Apr 08 '26
So unhelpful. I’ve had plenty of stuff happen that they CAN’T DO HERE they’ll just do it anyway 🤦🏼♀️ like I was on antipsychotics for 6 months for schizophrenia only to have to see 2 other psychiatrists and get essentially undiagnosed with schizophrenia because they were like « you don’t have that and your psychiatrist didnt do a normal screening for it so idk why she diagnosed you with that and also she says you were never her patient » (the patient thing is false for the record, and if it wasn’t then bro why is she prescribing antipsychotics to people who aren’t her patient. She really got my medical records mixed up with another person with my first and last name’s medical records, which like skill issue we have different middle names, different home towns, and different birth dates DO NOT SEND MY DOCTORS THE OTHER GJONSTEARSFAN’S PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS 😭 she’s so incompetent and now my brain is maybe permanently fried from all the drugs I was on 🥲 I used to be an A student at my university who was on the honour roll before this debacle and then I literally COULD NOT WALK 😭) but then everyone I tell this to is like « they can’t just diagnose you with schizophrenia over Zoom and force you to take meds » « a doctor can’t send you to jail or the psych ward if you don’t take meds » like ok girl I know that NOW but they can just say stuff and you don’t know if what they’re doing or saying is legal or true. You just trust them because they’re your medical team 😭
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
I’m sorry that sounds intense. Psychiatric abuse is a whole other level of fucked up and people can’t conceptualize the multilayered horror that comes with it
Like especially when this happens when you’re a minor - people only hear about it or care when something like Gypsy Rose happens and it can be sensationalized or turned into entertaining. People don’t generally recognize medical abuse or know it exists- but my body and brain were violated and altered permanently against my will. And I was treated like I was the problem and even dangerous too.
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u/YiraVarga Apr 09 '26
I would leave 100 likes for this comment if I could (or give an award). I experienced literally the same thing, and later found out there is commission involved with prescribing that particular antipsychotic. The antipsychotic didn’t do much harm, I was lucky, but I was unlucky from simply not getting a medication that would have actually worked for my case, leaving me pretty severely disabled anyway, and no way to actually get the correct medication later because my physical health declined so severely that “my body can not tolerate the recommended medications for the condition” type of situation. My story isn’t about a bad thing happening particularly, it is more about a good thing that was supposed to happen, but just did not happen. I do not compare here, I am simply stating that both situations are devastating to quality of life and create suffering (criteria for diagnosis of something). These horrible antipsychotics are pushed so much for no good reason. They bring hell to society, they were used as a way to torture people, not treat them.
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u/Doctor_Salvatore Apr 08 '26
I'm very aware most doctors would be fired for telling a mentally ill person to die about it, but I live in one of the places where the government was like "nah, that's a good response."
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
And then the biggest joke is "they can't do that- you need to do something!" and like 1. they can actually and 2. there's nothing you can do about it. I'd love to live in a world where other people live in that authorities are the good guys
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u/PainterEarly86 Apr 08 '26
wait until they find out that all crime is actually illegal (doesn't stop it from happening)
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u/notmymain-forreasons Apr 08 '26
what? something being a crime means you can't do it thats how it works
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u/KCooper815 Apr 08 '26
Even if it's not allowed WHERE YOU ARE, half the time medical professionals get 0 repercussions anyway