Reply #5: No politician would EVER allow their family member to get this "CARE" [View All]

[ncrainbowgrrl]

My heart is breaking, as I know that this is better than what was already in place for these soldiers. HOLY CRAP- if this is an improvement, think about what was already there.

Therapeutic relationships are already hard enough to find, even when one is in the same physical location. How many of us have "fired" a therapist/counselor, or other doctor with whom we did not feel that we could benefit from their services. I have. And this is when I was able to actually talk to them in person.

It's the nervous tic that could be missed, or the foot tapping, or slight movements too fine for a videoconference. It's the lack of emotional commitment that is physically impossible to replicate in this fashion. Yet, if someone really needs to talk, this program may be beneficial on some level- at least getting a tie in to a stabilizing force? I don't know. What's at the end of this- what happens when the camera goes off? It's easy enough, especially when not in the same room to not realize the emotional wall that can be put up, and if the caretaker sees the person with the walls up, it's a different person almost than the real individual underneath that needs help.

When are we ever going to learn that money spent on mental health is not a waste? It's beneficial to the mental health of those around the person, and those persons interracting with the people who have been interfacing with the original individual on a daily basis. It's like a cluster. If you can treat one person, other people; caretakers, friends, family- even the person behind them in the grocery line will interact differently with this healthy person...Oh... I'm starting to ramble and my rational self is fleeting. Perhaps I should teleconference into some program- apparently, I have some rage and anger issues occurring here...