I'm being bullied by staff and a few patients at the South Shore Mental Health crisis stabilization unit, where I got a respite bed through the Department of Mental Health after spending two months trying to get the bed.
Yesterday, the nurse manager wore an all-purple outfit, including purple, leopard-print leggings. Today, the assistant director of the unit and the nurse manager met with me. The assistant director, who has never shown hesitation when she's trying to control my behavior, told me that she can't control the behavior of a male patient who incessantly coughs at me. Then the nurse manager told me that nobody's deliberately coughing at me, that I just "think" that it's happening. It's not as if she doesn't know what's going on. Why some people like to lie to me as much as they do is difficult for me to understand.
When she told me that the harassment is all in my head, I got up and walked out of the office, saying, "Kick me out or don't kick me out, but don't make it impossible for me to stay here."
Then I left the building for several hours, during which I was stalked and harassed.
It was pouring rain out today.
Tonight, I'm being coughed at by at least one staffperson. It's disgusting what some people will do to feel powerful. They know that I have nowhere else to live.
Copyright L. Kochman, December 9, 2014 @ 6:21 p.m.
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