• buddhabound@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is condescending. Instead of listening to the lived experience that the OP gave you, you're telling them that they must have been really sick to have to stay for a week.

    Going from a 72-hour hold to a 7-day hold is relatively easy, especially in the south where I worked as a crisis responder. All you need is for a doc to recommend the additional days. Judges typically will grant the extension to 7 days with minimal input from hospital staff. Now, 14- and 21-day holds, a judge is usually going to want more. But 7? That was almost always a given if the first 72-hour went through.

    Anyway, none of that really matters beyond the technical. What matters is not saying "I'm sorry you felt that way, but you probably deserved it."

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      1 year ago

      Or, hear me out, I’ve seen way more than a sample size of 1 and have heard a bunch of people use that commenter’s complaint. Every one of them was held with good reason. I also don’t support fearmongering about vital treatment that saves lives, so it needed to be said.

      That damage to society by people bashing mental health treatment is far greater than the damage to one person’s ego by me explaining that treatment doesn’t happen unless it’s necessary.