The Sick Leading the Sick
A woman who was the director of a group home came in, so that I could do an assessment on one of her clients. This particular client was being discharged from a 12-month stay at a state hospital. She had been in there for a terrible reason.
She had stomped another girl in the face and caused serious brain damage—all because she thought the girl was going to “take her vape.” Obviously, there was more than just that. This client also had severe schizophrenia and trauma history.
She kept telling me that she didn’t care about anything and that she didn’t have to talk to me. When she started berating me, I said that I did not feel comfortable doing the assessment if she kept shouting. It was already a bad day, but it was about to get weird.
The group home director started saying that she was the girl’s temporary guardian (which is against a slew of regulations). Then the director kept cutting the client off, saying that we had to do this today or she’d be homeless. She also smelled like weed, had dilated pupils, and was speaking strangely.
I started suspecting that the client wasn’t the only one with mental issues. I got really uncomfortable when the client was talking about her symptoms, only for the director to interrupt and say that she heard voices in her head too.
The entire thing was bizarre, and I looked into it just to verify and that person was indeed the director of a group home. Somehow, she was—but clearly, this lady needed help.
I ended up speaking to several colleagues and learning that many other people had made complaints about the director. She was currently being investigated. Looking back, I’m certain that she was exploiting my client in some way. Story credit: Reddit / makinflippyfloppity