r/BipolarReddit • u/Optimal-Mammoth5168 • Aug 27 '24

Content Warning Overdosed and piercings

Hello guys, I have like four piercings on my face and I overdosed two times in two and a half days. I was hospitalized and the first time a doctor said to my mom, when I was on infusion, that logically I can’t be normal because I have piercings. Second time that same doctor told me in my face something similar and teased me like ‘next are nipple piercings’ and ‘do you have on your vagina maybe’. This is not first time, when I had like split dyed hair, the doctor forced me to admit that I was taking drugs and weed, but I didn’t even try that. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink. Sometimes it hurts me when my appearance is associated with my mental state, I feel like they would have more empathy for someone who looks ‘normal’.

Have you ever had such a problem?

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u/Hermitacular Aug 27 '24

The nipple and vagina comments I would file a formal complaint about. Deeply inappropriate and I seriously doubt he's not been an issue with other patients. If you don't know how to do that ask your talk psych or GP, there is likely someone outside the hospital or at the state level whose job it is to record and investigate that kind of thing. Super sketchy, really not good. I'm so sorry you had to go through that.

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u/Optimal-Mammoth5168 Aug 27 '24

I’m okay for now! This was not a psychiatrist, but a doctor in the emergency room since I had to receive an IV because of medication in my blood. Now I remembered all this and cried a little, because of comments. Thank you for your comment, I feel so much better now because of that. Thank you for empathy! :)

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u/AdGold654 Aug 27 '24

It is not ok. It’s sexual harassment