Addiction and Homelessness in Puget Sound
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2024
- Perspectives on Equity and Social Change: Addiction and Homelessness in Puget Sound
A panel discussion with Gabor Mate, author of "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction" on February 19, 2014 at the UW Club.
If we only had more people like Gabor in the world who are so open about their own flaws, imperfections and vulnerabilities we'd have much more compassion for everyone in the world, even the people who seem to be "outsiders".
Respect, dignity and being truly understood is what any human being DESERVE . NO MATTER WHAT. Meeting another exactly where they are at.
Exactly. The problem is just that people like to put other people down so they feel better about themselves. Not realizing that we have the potential to be just like them. Or should I go one step further and say that we ARE just like them. We're just using other methods for compensation. Or maybe were among the lucky ones to have had a childhood where we could just be ourselves.
Dr. Maté I moved from Florida being seen by a psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration in 1999 when they treated with medication I needed. Oxycotin, ritalin, benzos and a few non narcotics. Then I moved to Costa Rica. They treated me with what I needed and tolerated and I felt good. So, covid came along and I was sent back to the USA. Thinking I would be treated by the Veterans Administration like in 1999, but the exact opposite happened an I was arbitrarily detoxed cold turkey. I want to keep this brief but the Veterans Administration put me in a unit with so called psychiatrists that wouldn't even look at my history and said, "this is a non tolerance to any meds called narcotics". So I stayed there for fear, because I had no option to get back to Costa Rica because of the pandemic. So, apparently, I had a seizure or stroke, but my 20 year old son got me back to Costa Rica. In the USA, the country I served, is full of psychiatrists who could care less. Hypothetical system that boasts that they "put the vet 1st". I have been sick since the usa experience in that almost killed me. I don't want to sue for malpractice but I wish I never went home to be judged by so called professionals at the Veterans Administration. I can't live in the USA because they don't have a clue.