I sometimes fantasize that to really fix this problem we’d need more opportunities to get caring personal attention *with no* drugs or surgeries.
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Like, if someone is sick with something there’s no effective treatment for, they should still get to rest up in a special healing environment and temporarily have other people take care of their needs.
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I loved giving birth in a hospital — because there were nice nurses around who encouraged me & helped me to the potty when I was too weak to stand. I fucking *loved* having the friendly company and the reassuring structure of a familiar (medical) culture.
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But you know what? It cost me thousands of dollars, even with health insurance. And I had a perfectly healthy birth that didn’t need much medical intervention. Why am I paying thousands of dollars for, mostly, *company*?
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(Yeah, it’s a bit less risky to have a hospital birth than a home birth, and it makes a big difference in an emergency. But in most cases, you’re fine either way.)
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Doctors and nurses should not be the only professional be-nice-to-you-when-you’re-sick-ers. Medical hospitals should not be the only place you can go when you need caretaking.
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Germany has resort towns for this, but it’s kind of an old people thing.
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Replying to @the_aiju @s_r_constantin
Browsing Wikipedia I found out that my home state’s capital is a resort town, so it has both tons of hot springs *and* government bureaucracy. Also, casinos, apparently. Germans know how to have fun.
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German mental hospitals also offer ridiculously long stays compared to the Anglosphere; I stayed once 10 weeks and once 4 weeks and the latter I was constantly told that it’s way too short and I should stay longer....
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It’s a bit surreal honestly; it’s the only time I ever felt integrated into a community in an old-fashioned sense of the words. This is open ward, so most patients just have comparatively mild depression, anxiety, burnout, alcoholism etc. issues.
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it sounds good tbh. I'm down on involuntary commitment, but some people want & need to be in a therapeutic environment for a while!
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A lot of the value is just talking to people, in a trusted environment so you’re not holding back as much... Also pretty fascinating to be around so many different people. I’m used to being around smart people and talking to a lot of “average” people was very interesting.
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