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I_UndergroundPanther

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4. When I was in a psych unit

Sat Jul 3, 2021, 09:58 PM

Jul 2021

Back than there was a person on our unit that had aids.

Everyone treated him like shit. I was so pissed off.

During group I tore into the group for scapegoating and treating the guy with aids as a pariah. It broke my heart.

People said all sorts of bullshit they were told or believed about aids.

I told them it's only transmitted by sharing bodily fluids. Staff backed me up too saying the same thing.

Than I walked over to him and hugged him for a long time.

After that they treated him much better.

It took the fear level down.

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40 years ago today . . . [View all] FelineOverlord Jul 2021 OP

I was a nurse at that time and lost many good friends to this. Murphyb849 Jul 2021 #1

I was a nurse at that time and lost many good friends to this. FelineOverlord Jul 2021 #3

I still have that book and have re-read it a few times. riversedge Jul 2021 #5

I hit the nursing profession about the time AIDS hit the hospitals Warpy Jul 2021 #8

I read that book. murielm99 Jul 2021 #12

When I was in a psych unit I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #4

my gay co-workers died of it. it was like a 100% death sentence. so much has changed Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #7

I remember reading a small blurb about it Skittles Jul 2021 #2

was living up in northern California, not far from SF. articles started to appear about this Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #6

.. Shellback Squid Jul 2021 #9

... littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #10

I do remember. One of my then-favorite columnists at the LA Times, Al Martinez, wrote a column... Hekate Jul 2021 #11

but what was the 'rare cancer' ? DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #13