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11:55am May 7, 2014

Oh and that asshole doctor I mentioned in a recent post, from when I was younger?

He wrote in my chart that I was paranoid because I had a Medic-Alert bracelet that told people I was autistic, in case the police picked me up.  My mother even told him how many times the police had already picked me up throughout my adolescence and early adulthood.  But he said that wearing the bracelet was indulging this paranoid idea that the police were after me or something.  Even though, without the bracelet, police had a habit of picking me up and dumping me in the local psych institutions.  He also said it was impossible that I had periods when I was unable to communicate in such a situation, because I could communicate fine during the appointment.

And he said this was paranoia even though my mother was there and verified that all of my experiences with police were genuine and rooted in past experiences.

Notes:
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  3. olddisabledautisticmofo reblogged this from bittersnurr and added:
    I’ve been lucky w.r.t. such stuff, but I did once have an orthopaedist recommend a psych consult to my GP. It was...
  4. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    That’s actually one reason I am afraid of getting put in the hospital at all now, with the overload factor besides the...
  5. theiredepartment reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Yeah I just straight up don’t trust doctors at all anymore, and I don’t go unless I’m literally in some kind pf mortal...
  6. bittersnurr reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I has a similar doctor he said it was impossible I had periods of being unable to walk because I walked to his office (I...
  7. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Yep. I actively avoid talking about mental health with doctors unless it’s something I know that’s being handled well....
  8. mamamariat reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    This is a classic example of a clinician with serious biases, which makes me even happier I am studying existential...
  9. naughtyautie reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I had a doc in high school tell me that I couldn’t be narcoleptic because “all high school kids fall asleep in class.” A...