I've seen a variety of opinions so far, and I appreciate those of you who have passed along their well-wishes. This is my cousin Emma that was being discussed, and I've known he since she was a little girl, and I've always been around her since she moved back to my town. She was always my favorite growing up, and she's someone I've always loved and cared about.
The institution that Ranger badmouthed is not always the answer, but if he was indeed sent for the wrong reasons - of course your experience is going to be bad. Of course not all are created the same, but the general focus is to try and treat an existing problem. If you did not have a problem, and you claimed you didn't, and you fought what they were trying to give you, then I suspect it would have been a very bad experience.
To assume that everyone's problem is the exact same Ranger:
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Because obviously if you had issues with mental depression, and drugs then you would understand this..
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Not all problems are the same. My wife's battle with depression is likely not the exact same thing Kissy dealt with and is likely not the same thing Emma is dealing with. Similar symptoms do not mean the exact same answers.
I am glad Emma is getting help. Her actions - the fact that she cut deep, but not -too- deep, while calling a friend indicates that she did indeed want some kind of help. Now those around her are attempting to provide it for her, and she knows that we are all there, and she has so far been willing to work with everyone. There's a difference between trying to return someone to a societal fold, and from keeping a bright young girl from doping up or injuiring - possibly killing - herself. I don't expect everyon (or for that matter anyone) to agree with everything I have said. I'm not claiming to have all of the answers.
If I did, I'd have seen this coming, and also know how to treat it. Counseling, the intervention... it's not really just Emma being treated here, in the long run. It's all of us who take an interest in helping her.
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