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by 0xcde4c3db 3100 days ago
An issue worth considering is that if one is not already in an environment that's genuinely supportive, it can be hard to tell the difference between those offering support and those trying to take advantage. As with the poor, a great deal of money is made (or labor/sex extracted) by exploiting people with mental and emotional problems. Not because they have a great deal of money, but because they so often lack the means to defend themselves against predators. It doesn't help that the practical realities of mental health care make it pretty easy to come away from even a "proper" course of treatment feeling exploited.