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Hi,
How’s it going?
I hope you are doing well.
I want to tell you about something that
Happen to me with the police.
Here’s the deal. I had to drive to this
insurance company to get this special insurance
for something.
So I tried to plug it into google but the
Directions didn’t come up.
So I called the people. They tried to give
me the directions. It was like drive on this
road. Take one owl lane to one duck place to
the dirt road. Then go under the one lane bridge
and don’t fall off in the lake (okay just kidding
about the lake.)
You get the idea.
So I basically was driving out to the place.
It was taking a really, really long time because
a) it was raining and b) there was traffic. Now
in the east there is massive traffic. We should
just rename the states with the word traffic in
them since where it so much. Like New York Traffic
or New Jersey Traffic. (Just kidding)
Okay so I was driving and after about 45 minutes
I got it looked like 15 minutes away. I was in
the town that I was supposed to be in.
So I saw a policeman, and I pulled into the
Parking lot where he was.
I got out of my car and made a friendly smile
and walked over with my pad, pen and name of the
company.
I went up to his car. Now keep in mind it
was raining, ok? So I was trying to cover my
pad so it wouldn’t get totally wet.
So I went up to his car. Can you believe
this guy didn’t even look at me? He just looked
forward. HE HAD TO SEE ME!
So I just kind of stood there, and I waited.
Then he turned his head and gave me a look
of total disgust. In my head I was like, “What
the heck is your problem? Sorry for bothering
you.”
BUT, I didn’t say anything. I just smiled
and then finally after seriously about 5 minutes
he rolled down his window a little.
He said, “Yea?” I said, “Excuse me sir, I was
wondering if you could tell me where this particular
insurance company is located. They’ve told me
they are a very large firm and the biggest in the
town.”
He rolled up his window and then I was thinking
in my head “What the heck does this mean? Should
I just leave? Does he not know?”
Then he rolled down the window a little and said
take this road here and make a left. Go on that
road. I wrote it down really fast. And then
he rolled the window up. I then knocked on
his glass in a friendly way and said, “Sir, may
I repeat the directions back to you?”
He said, “If you have to.”
I did and he said “Yea, yea that’s right.”
So I thanked him.
I was so disgusted. This policeman (and I use
that term loosely) was a)so annoying and b)
he was mean.
In this country, the police are supposed to
“serve and protect.” I guess this guy forgot
the serve part. I was VERY polite and friendly.
I couldn’t have been nicer. It’s not like he was
doing anything, either. He was just sitting
there doing nothing at all. Serving no purpose.
Being paid to do nothing.
Anyway, so I drove and followed his directions.
For 15 minutes!
Then guess what? Take a wild guess and then scroll.
NO CHEATING…Guess and then scroll….
This guy actually gave me the wrong directions!
I finally got to a spot where I could use my
cell phone and the woman at the company said,
“Where in the world are you? Why are you there?”
I told her who gave me the directions and she
said, “Yea, those young cops don’t know anything,
or else he was just messing with you.”
I was sooooooooooooo mad. What the heck?
So I finally got there. Then I walked in and told
every person how bad the policeman was. I was so
mad that I was going to write a letter of complaint
but I have too many things to do.
What’s this have to do with bipolar disorder you
might be asking? It has a lot to do with it.
Here’s the deal. With bipolar disorder, many
times you may have to deal with the mental
health system which includes doctors, therapists,
assistants and other people who are SUPPOSED to
help you.
Many times these people will give you bad or
wrong information. It will be disgusting and
supper annoying. It will make you really mad.
You will be really angry.
The bottom line is, however, that you have
to move on and correct your course even when
you were told something that is wrong –
something that is a total lie.
Let’s look at my mom. Most people forget this.
My mom FOLLOWED doctor’s orders and went into
a super episode. Did you just read that? I said
followed his orders!
My mom listened to her doctor who said to stop
taking the medication that was working and switch
to one that was new. Then she went into a super
episode and that’s why I started this site.
Can you believe that? When I asked him why
he made this recommendation he first said he
didn’t. Then he said he had to and it was in
the file. I told him I wanted to see the file.
He said the file was lost I was so mad.
I told him (and this is not the right thing
to do so don’t do this or you could get in
trouble, “Oh yea? How about I come down with
a few friends and we help you look. My friend
might break some things while we’re there, but
I’m sure we all together could figure it out
and help your memory along.”
I was going down there and I was DEAD serious.
He knew that I knew he had almost committed
malpractice and his story was fishy so to speak.
He called me back and said he was really sorry
and that he didn’t have the file and apologized
again and that I can’t find anything because
there was nothing to find.
I could tell he had no clue. Then I fired him
and started to figure out the system and why
he had no clue. The hospital didn’t even ask
him about the lost file. No one was doing
their job. I had to do it all for them. This
is an example like the lazy policeman of how
the system can do what it’s not supposed to do.
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I teach you how to deal with people like this in
the mental health system. I teach you how to get
your own information. I teach you how to
work around all these difficulties and turn
them into your favor.
Let me warn you. The mental health system
in general is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
bad. You may be lucky and never have to
deal with bad people but many are bad.
Realize this today. Be warned so you don’t
get discouraged or too mad.
Hey I just looked at the clock. I have to run.
Your Friend,
Dave
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