George is dead. That sucks.
Clara is alive. That sucks.
Clara (Ceviche) continues to struggle with her extensive injuries, finally losing her shit over the significance of moving a finger. She's young, and is faced with the idea of having to fight the rest of her life, maimed and maybe never really okay again. This, combined with the seemingly endless operations and the road to recovery ahead of her on the surface just seems to be her focusing on the negative, but if you give this situation a few seconds' thought it's a pretty understandable reaction.
Maybe I'm just empathizing with her from my much, much more limited perspective.
Should my leg never get repaired, I'll be living the rest of my (presumably long) life in pain, and pretty limited with future decisions for career and adventures. My body will no longer just belong to me - I'll have to share it with this pain.
Husband is in that boat with his lumbar fusion, and I have no idea how he isn't as depressed as Clara and I are. He's an optimist though, and has found ways to work around his limitations to do the things he loves over the years. Maybe we will too.
Season 6 Episode 2 - Goodbye
I am increasingly catching very pointed snippets in this show about mental health that make me pretty angry. This episode was the tipping point; when I realized there is definitely a consensus of opinion in Shondaland regarding this issue.
There's the repeated cliche, with doctors thinking they don't need mental help because they can fix anything - I'm looking at you, Mer. Anytime there's someone struggling, they just need to "power through," or they have a bad attitude, or they're weak. Hunt is the biggest offender there.
I pretty much had to get up and take a walk after the scene in which Hunt "gives up" on Clara and orders her to psych. Lexi's reaction just drives it home - "Commited?!"
So getting her psychiatric help for her very obvious depression is giving up?
WHAT?
Throughout the show, I have yet to see someone called in/to psych to help a patient unless it's already the stigmatized, full on crazy fits situation. Mental health isn't some scary mystery, Shonda, it's a medical issue. Choosing to neglect this aspect of care is part of the problem we're seeing in society today as we continually shove this issue under the mat. Depression, anxiety, and PTSD are afflictions many people struggle with, whether on a chronic or situational level.
Acting like seeking treatment or counseling to resolve these struggles is the same as telling someone with an infection to avoid taking antibiotics, because, you know, something must be wrong with you if you need medications to heal; just think positive and it will heal.
No, it won't. It will kill you because that's how infections work.
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