"In China, posting a political comment, submitting a complaint about a corrupt official, or shouting slogans in the street, will quickly get you locked up in a detention centre.
Or it might get you committed to a psychiatric hospital." (https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/mental-torture-china-locking-critics-psychiatric-facilities)
Thoughts?
Unfortunately, experiences like this are pretty common. It’s why so many people just try to hide their mental health issues as much as possible instead of getting treatment(if it’s even accessible).
Edit: I feel particularly bad for the people who end up in permanent facilities. They’re even worse, and as much as we Americans like to pretend we’ve moved past the whole “family members can have you locker up for no good reason” stuff, we really haven’t. It just takes more paperwork now than it used to. This is particularly an issue for queer and trans people like you witnessed.