100ProofTollBooth
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100ProofTollBooth
Dumber than a man, but faster than a dog.
3d ago
Maybe it shouldn't be called "mental health"
That's my point, and that's why I caveated my post with "Tangent"
but what would you prefer for such a reasonable ask?
Nothing. It is, in fact, a reasonable ask. It's not a mental health question. "Patient comfort" sure, "procedural professionalism" whatever.
I don't think it was your intention, but please try to avoid conflating the points I'm making.
100ProofTollBooth
Dumber than a man, but faster than a dog.
3d ago
So, in an unexpected instance of "the system works" would this imply that the frequent flyer hypochondriac who asks the doctor dozens of follow up questions, thereby turning a 15 min consultation into a 45 minute one, will actually end up paying (either directly, or via their insurer) more?
Hospitals have entire departments whose job it is to comb through notes.
Fuck. That. Noise. So, an army of functionaries use their best judgement to try to translate a doctor's notes into one or more of a series of codes to reconstruct the exact service provided? I thought lawyers billing me in 15 minute increments was bullshit. After the fact reconstruction of what happened layered with overly hierarchical categorization is a new level of theft.
100ProofTollBooth
Dumber than a man, but faster than a dog.
3d ago
Given that presurgery mental health is surely part of the institution’s concern
Tangent here.
Not only no, but fuck no. To this.
The quick little slip of "mental health" here is an exemplar of how insidious current perspectives are on the topic.
When (normie) people hear the term "mental health" they automatically connect it to images of depression, bipolar, maybe even schizorphrenia, along with PTSD etc. A "mental health crisis" might even conjure desperate scenes of attempted suicide or some full blown panic attack that necessitates the men in white coats arriving.
Whatever the specific circumstance, we're dealing with a disorder of some kind. Perhaps mood related, perhaps cognitively related, perhaps something more broadly endocrine (note: there are some cases of neurological issues, but I always roll my eyes when people use the term "brain chemistry" as it is both horribly imprecise and, more to the point, they're usually talking about the endocrine system as opposed to a brain (as in the grey matter, not the concept of mind) specific neurological problem")
These things are called disorders because they represent an unexpected and maladaptive response to normal life circumstances. Depression; "I have a good job, an active social life, stay in shape, and don't abuse any substances. I'm horribly sad all of the time. What do?", Bipolar disorder: "I have a good job, an active social life, stay in shape, and don't abuse any substances. But these mood swings are causing me to drink, miss work, not go to the gym, and alienate myself from people. What do?", Schizophrenia: "The Jew Aliens keep reading my brainwaves without my permission. What do?" (Okay, I had fun with that last one).
What the NYT author describes is categorically not a "mental health" issue. Getting an unexpected and alarming piece of mail should cause some level of distress. If you're totally incapable of dealing with that distress, my first response would be to question general maturity and life capability. A second would be to look at your specific life circumstances at the time to see if there's a charitable reason why you might be in a bad position to deal with such an occurrence. Only much, much later would I start to think, "Well, maybe this guy has an awful mental health disorder which makes it hard for him to deal with ... things happening and mail."
"Mental health" is not a species wide mission to prevent bad feelings from happening. Especially when the given circumstances would naturally provoke negative feelings. But this is yet another wonderful biproduct of the culture war; bad feelings have become pathologized as a) horribly disturbing and never to be expected b) worthy of full and unquestioning accommodation by ALL others and c) probably both someone else's fault and responsibility to deal with.
The author slips all of this in, easy as you please, by asserting that of course his health care provider obviously considers "mental health" to be as high a priority as sterile operating room conditions and well trained staff.
100ProofTollBooth
Dumber than a man, but faster than a dog.
3d ago
I appreciate your framing, sincerely.
What's your take on the other abrahamic "hard" religious groups; Rad Trad catholics / Orthodox "ortho-Bros", and actual zionist and/or messianic Jews?
100ProofTollBooth
Dumber than a man, but faster than a dog.
6d ago
I mean, reliability level of "some dude on the internet" but, I can tell you I saw a mountain lion about 20 feet from me hiking in Central VA last year. It was slinking up a not-human-navigable trail on a hillside, stopped, looked at me. I looked at it. It walked away.
As a little bit of a palate cleanser for the Annunciation shooting and Scotland
All Female Braveheart Remakechildren-with-knives fracas, I thought we could talk about the financial state of internet whoredom:Matthew Ball Xwitter Thread on OnlyFans Financials
(Mod question: If linking to a Xwitter thread, are there any standard operating procedures considering some people don't have it?)
Big 3 Takeaways:
What actually got me to take the time to write this up was seeing this article on sports betting.
Sports betting, OnlyFans (etc.), and addiction level of marijuana use are, to me, the three horsemen of tolerated social degeneration. That these all disproportionately impact (there, I said it!) young males is all the more revealing -- society is still okay with disposing the disposables and is now more than happy to turn it into a multi-billion dollar industry.
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