May 2024, suicidal ideation with no plan and no intent was quickly labeled “danger to self”, and I was hauled out of a dark forest where I was staying in my vehicle with my psychiatric service dog – by police. I am not brown, and I absolutely recognize that this makes me safer; I am known mentally ill though, and I am a known local anarchist. I do fear law enforcement…
I was hauled to the local 72 hour hold hellhole – and I was every bit as terrified; especially for my service dog. I worked hard to assert my rights as a disabled person with a medical device (service dog), and my rights were utterly ignored.
I ended up underneath 5 people, eventhough I never fought, I was never angry or demeaning, I simply said “No, I have rights”. They were going to show me how much my rights mattered to them… I still have flashbacks that lead directly into flashbacks about other trauma as well.
The charge nurse is still under investigation, I am actually hopeful that she will get something more than a smack on the wrist, but we will see…
I am diabetic, and still afraid to see a doctor… I need to do something about that, I know…
Anyways, we can’t continue like this. It is time all these hospitals and clinics are forced to invest in Trauma Informed Care training…. this horrific cruelty and caricature of “care” needs to be stopped.
Hey Tatiana, I totally hear you, and applaud the courage of you saying this… from 2024-2025 I lived through some heavy abuse at The Guidance Center in Flagstaff, AZ. I am about to write a story much like yours – but what was my ondoing was the heavy and extreme medical gaslighting I was exposed to…. Ugh!
May 2024, suicidal ideation with no plan and no intent was quickly labeled “danger to self”, and I was hauled out of a dark forest where I was staying in my vehicle with my psychiatric service dog – by police. I am not brown, and I absolutely recognize that this makes me safer; I am known mentally ill though, and I am a known local anarchist. I do fear law enforcement…
I was hauled to the local 72 hour hold hellhole – and I was every bit as terrified; especially for my service dog. I worked hard to assert my rights as a disabled person with a medical device (service dog), and my rights were utterly ignored.
I ended up underneath 5 people, eventhough I never fought, I was never angry or demeaning, I simply said “No, I have rights”. They were going to show me how much my rights mattered to them… I still have flashbacks that lead directly into flashbacks about other trauma as well.
The charge nurse is still under investigation, I am actually hopeful that she will get something more than a smack on the wrist, but we will see…
I am diabetic, and still afraid to see a doctor… I need to do something about that, I know…
Anyways, we can’t continue like this. It is time all these hospitals and clinics are forced to invest in Trauma Informed Care training…. this horrific cruelty and caricature of “care” needs to be stopped.
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Hey Tatiana, I totally hear you, and applaud the courage of you saying this… from 2024-2025 I lived through some heavy abuse at The Guidance Center in Flagstaff, AZ. I am about to write a story much like yours – but what was my ondoing was the heavy and extreme medical gaslighting I was exposed to…. Ugh!
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