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Similar story here -- DO NOT confront him

Posted by Racer on December 10, 2005, at 22:32:37

In reply to Re: Confront an old, bad shrink? » med_empowered, posted by vwoolf on December 10, 2005, at 21:32:04

I know, because I want to confront Dr EyeCandy, the guy who was allegedly treating me last year. The guy who watched me lose a third of my body weight, and still wrote I was "well nourished" on my chart each time. The guy who was giving me 4mg of Xanax each night for sleep. The guy who had me turned away at the reception desk when I showed up for an appointment. You're getting the idea, right?

Anyway, I wanted to confront him, and still do, but you know what? A direct confrontation, no matter how much I think I want it, will not do anything good for me. All it can do is make things worse for me.

Here's what I did do, though:

1. I wrote a complaint to the state licensing board.

2. At the time, I was uninsured, so this was a county facility. I also wrote a complaint to the county department that oversees the facility.

3. Although it's not finished, I'm also writing a letter to him which I will NOT mail. In this letter, I'm trying to tell him ALL the things that I wish he could have been aware of, things that I think *should* show him how much damage he did to me. I hope that writing it, and I don't know, maybe burning it? I hope it will help exorcise some of the demons.

Basically, I think both of us are hoping that these fellows will say, 'Oh, you're right -- I screwed up! I'm so sorry.' They won't. That's just reality. They will never apologize.

In fact, they really can't apologize, because doing so leaves them open to legal liability -- if you sue them, and they've said, "gee, sorry," well, there's your case.

Good luck, but I suggest a new therapist, rather than confronting this guy.

(By the way, if you read above, I've got something about this above in my thread.)


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