Thinking Thursday

[Serious] Please don't quote anything because I'm will remove this post later for privacy reasons. I just need to vent and my social anxiety is too high to make a new topic about this.
Mental health in Belgium, how long will it remain this joke? Or should I say, even more for disabled people?
So, I'm unemployed and disabled for reasons I'm not going to talk about here, and earlier in a "VDAB Activeringstraject".
Because of this the VDAB could arrange a CGG psychologist for me (so in this case, it's possible, and even for free). I even liked this person and I felt a click. All good.

Straight forward to maybe a month ago: this "traject" (sorry, don't know the word in English) was mentally way too heavy for me; I didn't even want to do it for 100% (but I was afraid to loose my benefits), so after a few conversations we all agreed to cancel it (advies welzijn). I even talked about it with een adviserend psycholoog and she didn't seemed to make a problem of it.
Only thing is this would mean I wouldn't be able to go to my CGG psych anymore as well, but I thought it would be still possible as a client. I mean why not?
So, she would question it in a CGG team-meeting.

Guess what? It's a big NO. She called me today giving me the bad news "they can't help everybody" (she said this literally) because "they only help people with psychiatric problems". Oh, right, but when you're in this f* VDAB traject, they suddenly CAN?! Impressive.

So, conclusion: they can help you if you're in this VDAB traject, but not if you're disabled. So people who can't search for work because they're mentally ill simply don't count. Ok CGG, I'll note it down. And send you a big FY as well.

I already knew mental health in this country is a joke, but this...?

According to my now ex-psych, I still do have options, but tbh I'm so tired of doing my story again every time, meeting a new person every time. It's extremely exhausting. I don't even want to go to a psych anymore now, but since I'm disabled and - according to a lot very openminded and warmhearted Flemish people - a luie profiteur van het systeem, what the hell am I supposed to say to the mutuality if I have to go there next time? "I don't feel like going to a psych anymore?"

I'm not going to give further details about my unemployment, but it surely doesn't help.
If somebody has further questions, just give me a reply here and I'll re-activate my DM.

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