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i'm sorry to hear that you've had such horrible experiences with mental health professionals. my experiences with that have ranged very widely, from actively bad to life-changingly good, although the latter still had a lot of limitations given the liberal framework through which the therapy occurred. i've also have the privilege of being (mostly) physically able throughout my life and having material and social support systems to back me up through difficult times. hoping for the best for you, comrade
Thank you but I have totally given up hoping for anything better. It's such a struggle to get any kind of help in the UK - my disability is worsening over time rather than improving because the NHS is so crap, my physiotherapy sessions are so few and far between. It's got to the stage that I've had two bad falls in the past two months, couldn't get up, struggle to get dressed and put my own shoes on, my weak left side is always riddled with injuries and inflammation that makes it difficult to walk, my cancer treatment has left me exhausted and with all sorts of problems and I'll spend the rest of my life constantly being reassessed for benefits and fighting benefit appeals. Nothing will ever get better. But having some sessions with a silly person telling me to write lists and draw pictures is supposed to cure this.
it's really hard for me to experientially know where you're coming from, and so i don't exactly know what to say other than even if you've given up hope, i will still be hoping for you and thinking of you. i've definitely dealt with horrible medical care before, whether mental or physical, and especially when i was younger it all served to give me the impression that my health wasn't valuable to society and, by extension, that my own life wasn't valuable to society. but, even though i don't know you i think you're valuable and worth hoping for, even if the present and future look bleak.