Hello! As someone with significant mental health issues, I previously was terrified of paramedics 'judging me' when I overdosed several months ago. I felt like a waste of time and space, when really I am battling an illness that is incredibly insidious. I encountered one beautiful soul paramedic who put me at ease, and two insensitive paramedics who very much did not.
I would love to hear your view of mental illness related call outs and how you and your colleagues view them - put some of our paranoid minds at ease.
Have you experienced mental health related call outs where you have been able to impact someone's life in a huge way by being compassionate?
Are we viewed as wasters of time?
On non-mental health related call outs, are self harm injuries judged or do they result in inferior treatment?
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Hello! As someone with significant mental health issues, I previously was terrified of paramedics 'judging me' when I overdosed several months ago. I felt like a waste of time and space, when really I am battling an illness that is incredibly insidious. I encountered one beautiful soul paramedic who put me at ease, and two insensitive paramedics who very much did not.
I would love to hear your view of mental illness related call outs and how you and your colleagues view them - put some of our paranoid minds at ease. Have you experienced mental health related call outs where you have been able to impact someone's life in a huge way by being compassionate? Are we viewed as wasters of time? On non-mental health related call outs, are self harm injuries judged or do they result in inferior treatment?
Thanks!
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