A therapist in Orlando was stabbed to death by one of her patients. The other therapists in the area are all freaking out.
What ever happened to the whole “police need to deescalate” or the “just give them what they want” theory? Is it possible that some people are so crazy or so evil that the only thing stopping them is the use of force?
One of the therapists talks about putting cameras in her office (at 1:11), but worries that it will breach confidentiality. I have a couple of thoughts on that:
- If you are in possession of the camera and the recording, just how does that breach confidentiality?
- You are talking about potentially filming someone as they murder you. Is confidentiality really your top concern?
- Cameras only work as a deterrent if the person being filmed is concerned with consequences and is mentally stable enough to consider the possibility that they will be caught. How does that deter someone who is mentally unstable?
The same woman goes on to ask if she should have “mace” on her person, which I assume means pepper spray, but whatever. Honey, that woman was STABBED to death. Are you going to trust that a table condiment will stop a person armed with a deadly weapon who is intent on killing you? What if it doesn’t work? What is plan b? You going to talk to him and ‘deescalate’ them?
You would think that a mental health therapist would be smarter than this. If someone is trying to kill me, I would rather put a few freedom seeds into his chest cavity. It’s a lot harder to stab me to death when you are trying to remain conscious after receiving a sucking chest wound and a huge hole in your aorta.
Oh, you don’t think you can kill someone? Then perhaps dealing with homicidal mental patients without either a weapon or a security guard isn’t where you should be working, because they can sure kill you, as evidenced by your deceased colleague.
This is why women don’t deal with violent psychos very well. Their nurturing side and soft approach is seen as weakness by the truly violent.
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