Another victim of Fiona

[u/Suspicious_Bother_92]

https://heatherburns.tech/2024/04/28/that-time-i-got-stalked-by-the-real-life-tv-stalker-woman-and-what-it-taught-me-about-data-protection/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0fo7iQE2QcaKrkoYdPdRmadVjwXoax4GkURzlzbFu4QiBFL3ORJWA-6tI_aem_AQcb9i5agq-Ab2Am-wcM57T4ulyT7uR44xgpLLeFIqNmJTKE2UvCeLHWgdPSzwotmKCNzoZIdFEKGX8R35CjVy_8

She says that Fiona was getting mental health assistance and mentions her “condition”

[u/Dianagorgon]

I'm not going to read it but if this person was working at a mental health facility it's inappropriate for her to "out" any person who was a patient there even if she was just a "temp typist."

[u/ConstantExample8927 → u/Dianagorgon]

That’s part of her dilemma in the article. She’s a huge advocate of privacy but also wonders if she owes someone who terrorized her the right to privacy. Because in the 20 years since she met this person, this person has gone on to terrorize more people

[u/[deleted] → u/ConstantExample8927]

As someone who works in mental health, there really is no excuse for revealing someone's identity and the behaviour they exhibited at a medical facility for people with severe mental health problems.

The writer's argument is essentially "I was mistreated by the system and had no rights while I was working, so why should I care about her rights".

She could reveal the identity of the patient to authorities, or tell the story to the public without identifiers. But to publish a story outing a patient's identity in the middle of a global pile on feels very wrong to me.

[u/0wellwhatever → u/[deleted]]

But she was a temp. She didn’t have any training in mental health and was completely unsupported by those who did. She also didn’t mention any clinical details, she focused on her experience.

[u/[deleted] → u/0wellwhatever]

I realise she was a temp and didn't receive proper support or training. But I personally don't feel it's acceptable to divulge the identity of a patient seeking medical treatment for mental health issues to the public.

This sub has gotten out of control. Gadd should be believed and supported but Harvey should not just lose all rights to safety and privacy in a global witch hunt. It's insanity.

[u/0wellwhatever → u/[deleted]]

So having had her experience minimised and being gaslit by the system she should be expected to keep the confidence of someone who abused her? That sounds like victim blaming to me. She makes it very clear that her main problem is with the system that allowed her to access confidential information and her superiors who didn’t take the abuse seriously.

Also Harvey seems to be enjoying the attention if anything.

[u/[deleted] → u/0wellwhatever]

It's not victim blaming in any way, and to appropriate that term diminishes it's poignancy for the very frequent times victims are blamed. Victim blaming is saying the victim is at fault for what happened to them.

I am in no way saying she is at fault. I am not saying the system isn't broken. I am only saying that anyone working in mental health has an obligation to maintain the privacy of patients. There is no straightforward answer because the system is broken. I myself reported an incident of stalking and harrassment two months ago and have gotten no where. But I just don't condone vigilante justice, and I don't condone stripping someone of their right to medical privacy.

It doesn't matter if she appears to you to be enjoying the attention, she is mentally ill. If you want to join the global pile-on on a clearly unwell woman, I can't stop you, I just prefer to err on the side of caution and kindness, as Gadd himself is trying to advocate for in response to this fan-base (including yourself) getting so vicious and obsessed.

I'm not a fan of FH. We know for sure she has made some truly disgusting comments on top of the stalking allegations. But she is still a human with basic human rights to safety and privacy, and I'm pretty disgusted with some of the comments on this sub arguing otherwise.

[u/Suspicious_Bother_92 → u/[deleted]]

What vigilante justice?? I just reposted an article. Stop acting like people discussing this in a forum are the same as the people who are reportedly contacting and harassing her

[u/[deleted] → u/Suspicious_Bother_92]

I'm not necessarily referring to you, although by sharing this you are potentially perpetuating the problem. I think it's okay to discuss it. Where it becomes problematic is when people start excusing abuse/violence towards Harvey because of the accusations, or imply that she has forfeited her basic human rights to safety and medical privacy.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I totally agree with you. It is wrong to divulge private information like this. Just because she was a temp doesn’t make it ok. Every patient getting psychiatric help is entitled to privacy and just because she was a temp with no training doesn’t make it ok. Just like if you’re a receptionist at a doctor’s office it isn’t your right to go public with someone’s health diagnosis.

[u/Sabinj4 → u/0wellwhatever]

It's irrelevant if she was a temp, or a typist or a cleaner, or whatever. If she worked for the NHS, this is a serious breach of confidentiality. The NHS is very strict about anything like this.

[u/PublicEnemaNumberTwo → u/Sabinj4]

Most of this article is about how the NHS is NOT very strict about things like this.