Preface: I'm not talking about your "great" therapist here. I'm talking about the abusive, unethical ones. Go away if youre going to respond saying how great your therapist is, I dont care

I've been in therapy since I was 7 or 8, because my parents are absolutely insane and I was the family scapegoat (it's easier to blame everything on the "mental illness" of a child rather than natural consequences of abuse and trauma. Parenting 101)

So many of the therapists and psychiatrists I've seen have really harmed me. When I was 11 I was put on enough medication (antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers all at the same time) for a 200 lb man (I weighed about 80 lbs probably, I was a tiny kid) because I had one day where my teacher said I seemed a little hyper (after eating a ton of sugar in school that day; I had never experienced 'Mania' before or after that ONE sugar-fueled incident, yet this was enough to diagnose me bipolar illegally at the age of 11. I should also mention my baseline personality was extremely depressed/lethargic/quiet so the fact that I was happy/talkative really concerned my teacher? Idiots. I was just a kid having fun for one day.)

I dont remember certain things, but apparently a lot of the medication gave me scary side effects. Later, after my parents decided to find a new "better" doctor, they complained that the other one almost killed me... Fast forward many years and it has happened MANY more times, well into my adulthood. Therapists have sexually abused me, gaslighted me, and made me suicidal. I think these people should go to jail or at least have their license revoked. I'm sick of being told "you should see a therapist." I tried that, and they almost killed me. I'll never trust a therapist again. Which sucks because my mental health is HORRIBLE right now and I have no one to talk to. Therapists made my mental health so much worse, and even the good ones out there can't help me because of my trauma. It makes me sick to think about those doctors who hurt me, are making so much money they can live in huge fancy houses and rent super posh office space and drive fancy cars. They are abusers and should go to jail for what they've done to me and many other people.