Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

DMV learned about my depression, now I'm not allowed to drive anymore

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Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Went to renew my driver’s license today only to learn that I had a mental health hold put on me

Now I have to jump through a bunch of hoops to maybe be able to drive again in several weeks

So much for de-stigmatization, that’ll teach me not to tell people about my problems

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  This is what i thing hit OP. cant say about the guy you are responding to though.
  
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