I am furious and hurt beyond words. At work today a person, in fact a Dr climbed into the character of a patient that (by the sounds of it) most probably suffers from depression. After going on about the patient she started "prescribing" meds. Making a mockery of depression and anti-depressants.

There I was standing, Bi-Polar, on meds and currently not in a very good space. I was fuming and just about to burst into tears. I kept my cool, I have to work in that theatre again...

I really wanted to wait till she was done and politely tell her that she should be considerate of the people around her, she doesn't know them and what she said was derogatory and hurtful. My Dad always says you should tell someone to piss off in such a way that they will enjoy the ride... I was so mad that I decided rather not to say anything. I'm afraid that by next week the whole of theatre will know about my diagnosis. People are cruel and don't understand. In the very same breath, now I'm mad that I didn't say anything!

What would you have done?

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