8. Hospitals, Psych Wards, and Doctors

Ameera and Britt have become experts at navigating the best and worst parts of the mental health system. In today’s episode, we talk about what makes a good doctor for us and think about our good experiences as well as share some cautionary tales about the not-so-good parts. Ameera shares what it was like to be held in a psychiatric ward at a hospital on multiple occasions, and the trauma and isolation they experienced as a result of that. We discuss the unknowns of having to navigate a confusing and overloaded mental health care system, and explore the limitations of a system that can put Black and brown bodies in more danger. Although we’ve had some disappointing experiences, we are so grateful to the health care professionals that work tirelessly every day to make the scariest times in our life a bit easier, and recognize that an overloaded system is just as unfair to them as it is to us.