Occupational Therapist Reflection

Reflection

Before starting the documentary, I read the paragraph about what it was going to be about to prepare myself for what was to come. The beginning started and it had a very sad tone, which instantly made me upset. Individuals were talking about how they were doing and what life was like. I knew this wasn’t going to be an upbeat documentary, but it really does make you think when your watching and genuinely upsets me. It instantly reminded me of when I observed an Occupational Therapist in the school setting. She worked with some children who had autism, and listening to these individuals in the video and thinking about my personal experience it helped me to really empathize and understand more what they are going through. My heart ached more as the video went on. A lady was talking in the video and said “don’t say they can’t do something.” This line stuck out to me. Just
We hear about it in different classes, online and other times. However, as many times as you hear it it never gets better or easier to listen to. It makes you imagine if you were in that situation or a loved one and it makes me literally sick to my stomach. As they walked and showed the number markers on the ground, with no name. It represented where those who were instutinalized were buried. This was not in just one place, it was all over the state. I was talking to my mom about the documentary, because I was watching it when she was in the room. She really wanted me to understand that although I didn’t personally experience these situations, my family did. She told me that my grandpa was instutinalized when he was an adult for depression and anxiety. He received electro shock therapy. She told me that he came out a completely changed person, not better. He came out blank, more depressed and like he was empty all the time. It made me not want to watch the rest of the documentary, because it seemed even more