Somehow, being in the Psychiatry wards brings no further emotions apart from that of uneasiness. Not from the patient, but rather from the environment, as mentioned previously. Till now, I've been flouting the pages in hope to finish in time. And the more I read, the more I'm confused.
A 3 days' perspective tells me that Psychiatry is more of a blame game of mental illness. Yes, you may deny it, but look at it this way. It is more of a retrospective view of an illness, pointing fingers at all sorts of possibilities. Notice that you've been under assisted delivery (forceps, vacuum delivery, etc)? Then you could have been at risk of mental illness. Have you ever thrown tantrum when you were a kid? That could be a risk as well. Such subtle and insignificant risks are generally blown up into a full blown issue the day your mental illness arrives. They(Psychiatrists) start pointing fingers at the past, and fortell what could have happen to arrive to such illness. They say that it is not your fault, but it was perpetually pointed at the past at what you've done to experience this. Isn't this a subtle way to tell that "It's all your fault" in your face?
Generally speaking, there is no clear cut borderline which separates the issue of psychiatric illness from normal behavioural issues. In fact, given the tenacity of the psychiatrist, one would expect that everyone would be having psychiatric disorder one way or another! The only thing which prevents them from intervening in everyone's life would be the guideline of the existence of social norms.
And the more time I spend in this posting, the more confused or absurd I can get. Let's hope I'll be surviving the 2 months as a student and not as a patient! :P
A 3 days' perspective tells me that Psychiatry is more of a blame game of mental illness. Yes, you may deny it, but look at it this way. It is more of a retrospective view of an illness, pointing fingers at all sorts of possibilities. Notice that you've been under assisted delivery (forceps, vacuum delivery, etc)? Then you could have been at risk of mental illness. Have you ever thrown tantrum when you were a kid? That could be a risk as well. Such subtle and insignificant risks are generally blown up into a full blown issue the day your mental illness arrives. They(Psychiatrists) start pointing fingers at the past, and fortell what could have happen to arrive to such illness. They say that it is not your fault, but it was perpetually pointed at the past at what you've done to experience this. Isn't this a subtle way to tell that "It's all your fault" in your face?
Generally speaking, there is no clear cut borderline which separates the issue of psychiatric illness from normal behavioural issues. In fact, given the tenacity of the psychiatrist, one would expect that everyone would be having psychiatric disorder one way or another! The only thing which prevents them from intervening in everyone's life would be the guideline of the existence of social norms.
And the more time I spend in this posting, the more confused or absurd I can get. Let's hope I'll be surviving the 2 months as a student and not as a patient! :P
the psychi wards scared me very much... therefore, i tried to avoid the place as much as possible..
mana tau, got psychi case for professional exams... paranoid schizophrenia with uncontrolled dm, social and occupational dysfunction...
how irony..
talk more about ur experiences there.. what you see etc.. =)