Some food for thought…

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I just got an automated call this morning for my upcoming Wellness Exam; a free service the government does for older people.  You get those Wellness exams once a year.  

I got blasted with all kinds of questions about my physical and mental health.  They give you four choices to reply with, in their automated questions.  I wrote them down so I could answer as they expected:

  • Not at all

  • Several days

  • More than half the days

  • Nearly everyday

I think I’ve started some kind of (unwanted) ball rolling with my “nearly everyday” honest answer.  For example:

Do you feel depressed?

My answer: Nearly everyday.  

Sub question: What do you feel depressed about?

My answer: World affairs.

Anybody who isn’t depressed about the status quo of the world isn’t all there, if you ask me, but... .

That must have been the magic trigger because I got transferred to three different groups after that: a suicide prevention hotline, then psychiatric counseling, then someone calling herself a “patient coordinator.”  At the end of those conversations, I was told to hold the line as I got transferred to an automated menu asking me to choose an option of where I’d like to go to get counseling. 😮 After that menu repeated itself like 10 times, I just hung up.  Don't ya love incompetence.

Anyway, I think I’ve opened up myself to all kinds of misunderstood attention. I’m not crazy.  I’m not suicidal (yet).  I’m very lucid (still).  With all their attention, I practically expected an ambulance to show up at my door any minute.  Damn.

I should have just said “Not at all” to their like 100 questions and be done with it. (Note to self: Do that next year.) 

Moral of the Story: Honesty can really get one in unwanted trouble, it seems.

More circumstantial evidence that it must be me, not them (see above image).

(by PrimalSoup) 🤷‍♀️

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