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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio
I feel you; a month-ish on Celexa and I don't feel much better; just prescribed something else in conjunction.
My bitch: I have been hating that mental health professionals have all been telling me the same thing:
God has a plan for me, and that's why my suicide attempt failed.
That does not align with my beliefs. I was apparently near-dead and resuscitated, but there was nothing religious about it. It was nature; I overdosed, and was given effective treatment which happened to work. It wasn't "God;" it was people.
Giving me the notion that God was watching out for me as therapy is bull****, and I'm not ecstatic about being the ******* like, "Nah, it was just chance, and your superstition is pissing me off."
I have had TWO psychiatrists, THREE doctors of general medicine in the ICU, multiple nurses, two social workers, and a therapist express this to me. How do I shut it down without coming off like a jerk?
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I find it odd that they all feel that way, and I understand why you would be upset if they told you that "god had plans for you". It's kind of hard to tell someone who is trying to be positive for you when it goes against what you believe, but that doesn't mean you can't interject what you feel in a tact way. I know I've said to a few of my christian friends in the past that just because something doesn't have a purpose, that doesn't mean it's pointless. "Life is what you make it" so to say, but enough of my patronizing, what are your beliefs exactly?