Relative’s FB Post re: ER work really set me off: does anyone else see ableism in the way this EMT describes patients in the first paragraph?

Migraines make people fucking nuts. Then there are people with personality disorders. They make other people fucking nuts.

What do you think someone with a personality disorder and migraines is like?

They are like the description you have in that picture you posted.

They’re in need of care, just not that kind of care.

I try to avoid going to the ER or urgent care, myself. There is something in the dirt and therefore the air that’s a massive problem for me. It sounds like I’m having a stroke, a very bad one, when I tell people over the phone what’s going on. I’m not having a stroke. They are well within reasonability at the ER and urgent care to have the “that’s anxiety” attitude when I go in.

You should see my eyes today. I look like I’m having or about to have a stroke.

You should know what’s going with you so you can help them help you. It’s hard to be calm. I know just how hard it is because it’s impossible when the best thing happening is the feeling that I have a fucking log in my eye. I can’t always tell when it’s going to happen. I don’t always feel something in my eyes. I can sometimes tell where and why, but it’s a learning process. You have to figure out that for you.

No one is aiming that, the kind in the picture, kind of invective at you just because you’re seeking help. It’s hard to do, but developing a thicker skin is some of the answer. If you can laugh with someone and tell them your problem then they can better help you.

I know just how hard it all is.

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