Mental Hospitals - Page 4

AimeeSP · 02-08-2010, 01:44 AM

I was in the roehampton priory last year for a month. I went voluntary after having abit of a breakdown and after the first week couldn't stand it anymore so started saying i wanted to go home. 3 weeks later they couldn't keep me as i wasn't trying to harm myself in anyway and i wasn't sectioned, so home sweet home it was, yay.

Krankhaus · 02-08-2010, 01:55 AM

I was admitted three times, one for a nervous breakdown preceding two suicide attempts. Now I've just kind of given up on trying and try not to draw attention to myself when I'm feeling low so my family doesn't worry.
Edit; involuntarily

illumination86 · 02-08-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Krankhaus

I was admitted three times, one for a nervous breakdown preceding two suicide attempts. Now I've just kind of given up on trying and try not to draw attention to myself when I'm feeling low so my family doesn't worry.
Edit; involuntarily

I can relate to that. I've learned to disguise my ways in fear of being sent back, or "evaluated".

Krankhaus · 02-08-2010, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by illumination86

I can relate to that. I've learned to disguise my ways in fear of being sent back, or "evaluated".

Yeah, funny how whatever they think will help me seems to make me feel isolated and even worse. Most people I know who get admitted due to suicide attempts, eating disorders, self-harm or anything like that just learn to cover their tracks.

DebbieDowner · 02-08-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Krankhaus

Yeah, funny how whatever they think will help me seems to make me feel isolated and even worse. Most people I know who get admitted due to suicide attempts, eating disorders, self-harm or anything like that just learn to cover their tracks.

So true.

I felt like in many ways the whole experience did more harm than good, I mean, in my case, why put a girl who tried to kill herself in with kids who have attempted/committed murder? Doesn't make much sense. But at the same time, I am sort of glad I went through it all because I was willing to do whatever it took to never have to go back. And in time I got past a lot of the issues, thought patterns and self destructive behavior that put me in there. But in the beginning it was definitely just learning to cover my tracks.

SilentType · 02-08-2010, 03:35 AM

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Depression psych wards are usually much nicer, with couches, tv's, living rooms, showers, chapels, courtyards(fenced in mind you). In a depression psych ward you get to get treated like a human being and not an animal like at regular hospital psych wards. They have a doctor meet with you everyday and there is workshops you can attend and support groups as well as leisure activities. The overall atmosphere is directed at getting one better, not locking them up like a criminal.

Yeah Canada must be a bit different than the U.S. as far as mental health facilities go. The place I went to was at the hospital in my town and we had couches, tvs, telephones in our rooms, and we were never treated like prisoners at all. All the workers were extremely nice and all the people deemed to be a danger to others were kept in "solitary." The only thing bad about it was we couldn't go outside, although they used to let people outside for smoke breaks before they banned smoking on the hospital grounds altogether. For a couple weeks after I got out of the place, I actually considered going back because my parents were never leaving me alone thinking I was going to try to kill myself again, lol. The place was kind of nice, honestly. The group of people I was in there with was like a family though, even some of the workers commented on how close we were compared to a lot of other groups of people that go through there. I feel pretty lucky that way, bcuz I don't think I could have opened up to a bunch of real wackos ya know? lol. Anyways, yeah my 4 days in the hospital psych ward weren't bad and the funniest part was I got stoned with one of the people who work there the very night I was released haha. Apparently doctors don't mind pot smoking as much as I thought they do...

Peace

SilentType · 02-08-2010, 03:36 AM

oops! my bad....

FOR REAL · 02-08-2010, 04:54 AM

i often wonder how far you have to go in the uk before being admitted to the phsyc ward. my friend has been admitted a few times but he kept trying to escape and so he was heavily sedated and cant remember much about it. (he was on suicide watch aswell)
ive had countless suicide attempts but they never lock me away. i must be the first person in history to be banned from a mental hospital!!
what is the next stage? sticking my head through a chemist shop window??

@silent type, im so glad your doing better, cause when i first joined spw i remember you were at the lowest of low
@everyone else, sorry you all have to go through all that

Luke1993 · 02-08-2010, 05:43 PM

I think if I went to one it would help me, but I never have gone so I can't comment.

mrb · 02-08-2010, 08:43 PM

my fathers brother was , he spent years in a mental hospital