Can you medically be 'disturbed'

Ok, I've heard other people when I was in hospital be called 'disturbed'. "Such and such is very disturbed at the moment, please stay away from the low stimulus area/dorms/whatever".

But yesterday I received a letter saying I was being discharged from the eating disorders team because I was too disturbed for treatment. That therapy would not be appropiate whilst I am so 'disturbed.'

I do sort of see their point, that I had a break down a few weeks ago and was 'psychotic' but it just makes me feel a bit... meughy to be told that I'm disturbed, and also to be told that I can't have treatment. I was in that episode for about a month, but I'm coming out quite quickly now, I'm much better, I'm most likely going to be discharged from the HTT this week.

So can you be medically disturbed? What classifies you as disturbed? Have you ever been called disturbed? Did you feel a bit meughed about it?

Thanks, sorry for the long post,

Abigail x

[raistlin]

I don't really know. :| I was also told I was disturbed for the reason I couldn't join a particular therapy group. They told me to continue seeing an individual therapist and see if I am stable enough to participate in the group.
Yeah, so I don't like to be referred to as being disturbed. It is definitely not helpful one bit.
But I am sorry to hear that they are discharging you.

[whirlpools]

i don't think it's a diagnosis, more of a medical "colloquial term" if there's any such thing. i have been described as disturbed a number of times and to be fair i guess it's true. i am disturbed by what i experience.

*hugs* it feels very scary and i empathise a lot. xxx

[craola]

Yeah I think that was the word used for me not being accepted to psychotherapy or something equally unflattering, I don't know if its technical or if its just a word that's used but I don't like it. I was seeing my GP this morning and was looking at the computer and reading things on there and some of the words used were not particularly...great either self harm was

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which to me is horrific.
I think they have there words all wrong, people who wear crocs...they are disturbed we are mearly...distracted or maybe not quite with the world.
I think people can be disturbed, don't get me wrong, but I think its a rare thing and I definitely don't think psychosis = disturbed.
I think the words psychosis and psychotic scare people and they think its worse than it is, its not been that long since people have been starting to understand that schizophrenia is does not mean multiple personalities and that manic depression is bipolar disorder, that mental health is a real problem.
Bipolar, Schizophrenia, psychosis, dementia, hearing voices all these words and things and others used to have this huge stigma behind them and I think some of that has still remained to this day which is why words like disturbed are still used. That's what I personally think anyway.
I'm babbling.

[Lonely In The Crowd]

I agree with the others that they probably meant u wernt in the right frame off mind to deal with ur eating disorder but i think the hosp people using the word distubed is wrong and discharging you when ur not ready i also don't agree with. did they line u up wth other help? hope this post finds u in a betr head space. thinkin of u xo