Consent for Treatment

Justin Furstenfeld.
I'm obsessed, but at least I can admitted it.

I so want to meet this man.

Not to stalk him down, and beg him to leave his lovely family for me.

I want to thank him for all the hope he has inspired in me.

I can't believe that a few songs could make such a difference is someone's life.

Disclaimer: RANT COMING...

I am a therapist/roller girl. I have been DX'd with Bi-polar 2 since I was 22. I was told I could do nothing. I was going to sick for the rest of my life, and I should make the best of it. I was then handed a application for SSDI.

AT 22!!!!

Well, I looked into it. Yeah, 650 a month. You have to be kidding me.

I finished college with a Bachelors. Because I was involuntary committed at 22, it was hard to find a job that would actually trust a crazy person. I stayed working at minimum wage jobs until I started as a bouncer at a club here in Wilmington, DE. It was there I was discovered by a facility in Pennsylvania that specialized in juveniles. I had my foot in the mental health door. In 2006, I got the position I hold now. I was horrified when I came back. They way they treated the patient was still the same. Nursing assistants were tying patients to the bed for refusal of meds.

This is when I started speaking up for what was going on around me. Believe me the backlash I got was horrible. Not only did I have my own issues to deal with, but now I was "marked." I felt tortured about how the staff spoke about me.

But this did help me toughen up my skin. Now I can speak freely about my views. Yes, I still get backlash, but I shrug my shoulders and go to the next higher up.

My skate name is Bi-Paula. I'm trying to bring awareness that not all mentally ill people should live in little padded rooms. I want to show that we do learn coping skills, and live productive lives.

Mr. Furstenfeld if you happen to read this...thank you...I'm glad I'm not alone.

Chris