My case manager offered to take me to the grocery store. I’m nervous because when I had a peer support specialist she did this too but she wore a badge and made it really obvious she was my aide. It was really embarrassing. I already have to worry about the men, but then humiliation too?! How would you all deal with that?
I’ve gone to the market with my case manager in the past but she doesn’t wear an identifying badge or anything.
I just met my new case manager the other day and she seemed nice.
I would go with your case manager and not worry about the badge so much.
But if it’s bothering you so much you can ask her nicely if she could take it off when you are in the store with you.
She may not mind.
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I would go with her but I would ask her not to wear name tags or a uniform or anything else that would identify her as a social worker. It’s not an unreasonable request.
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To me it would be weird. I would think boundaries should be maintained and you shouldn’t have that much to do with a case manager.
When I was forced to be with mental health services, I had a case manager, but I got away from them as soon as I could. It is a long time since I had anything to do with them.
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Thanks @Wave and @77nick77. I think I’ll explain to her the humiliation and ask her not to make it so obvious.
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She probably has run into this request before. There’s probably some policy in place and it doesn’t hurt to ask.
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can you explain why you cant go by yourself i find this interesting i have trouble going to groceries as well cuz social anxiety and other issues
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My social worker has come to holiday dinners with me and her husband and told everyone there that we were good “friends”. She was more sensitive to my feelings than I was. I told one person that she was my social worker without thinking.
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I don’t want the men to kidnap me when I go there. There’s a lot of distractions which would make it easy for them to do that there
Wow @SkinnyMe. You have a very thoughtful social worker
My case manager has asked me to let her be there for me when I’m having a hard time. She knows I struggle sometimes and I just don’t want to open up to another case manager in case this one has to leave too. She has said she could take me to the store, library or even food banks. When she takes me out to eat she takes off her badge.
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She sounds really thoughtful and sweet. She might have to move on someday but if it were me I’d open up to someone like her. It’s similar (although it’s platonic) to the saying I’d rather have loved and lost, than never have loved at all.
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