A few days ago marked 6 months in hospital. My section runs out in a couple weeks. NHS delayed discharge badly.
I have 2 weeks left of this section for the calendar month mark of 6 months.
I could have been home in May or June.
Hate my life at the moment.
I miss home badly. I want my routine back. And I’ve gained weight and lost muscle here.
Sorry to hear. I’ve just contacted my care-coordinator myself because I worry the change of seasons is causing me difficulties with mental state too. Hospital visits are terrible, especially on our routine - i hope it recovers quickly for you
Welcome back to the forum. In the US they don’t allow phones in the ward.
sorry you have been on a section. Ive been sectioned before. I felt so cooped up in the hospital.
Hopefully you get home this week
my course opens on the 4th. Though it doesnt officially start until the 27th. I think i will start on the 4th reading etc and doing the things online just to get ahead a little.
Hope you feel better and more optimistic soon @SerpentsTongue775 .
Ad astra….
You know of morgue?
I follow they on facebook.
And watch video every jow n then and own a book by morgue that im yet to read.
They often say Ad astra.
I say thet because he she said the prefers idebtify as they and gets upset if someone says he.
Says identifies as both but more female than male even .
I say Ad Astra because it’s Latin for ‘To the stars’
I don’t want to live a human life on Earth. I want a Spaceship. And freedom.
And to go to another reality/dimension.
No phones? That’s insane. What is one meant to do all day. That happened to me for two months on a ward in 2018.
We played cards, I did puzzles, read books, watched tv, and had all different types of therapy every weekday. The only phones in any hospital I’ve ever been allowed in is a community phone in the break room that you take turns using to call family or friends. No computers, tablets, kindles etc.
Reminds me of my 1 month stint in the hospital.
The food was the highlight of the day and the best thing about the place.
Groups were fun and the best way to show the drs u are improving.
Also the drs and nurses were really nice.
Goodluck 
I miss being there sometimes.
@SerpentsTongue775, I’m not completely sure about your situation… Does sectioned means you are obligated to stay?
What happened?
No phones, no internet, no TV, no coffee, no music. Honestly, it was as close to prison as I’d like to be
I’m currently in the hospital for ECT treatments and they allow us to have our phones in our rooms. We just can’t use them during groups or, obviously, to take pictures of other patients. This is the only time I’ve ever had my phone on a psych unit. I’ve been locked up going on 8 weeks, I’m gonna get discharged to outpatient ECT in 4 days.
well sorry bud…it’s an interrruption in life but hopefully you are stable now.
The longest I was in the hospital was 6 weeks. I can’t imagine 6 months. Sounds awful.
Section in the UK is a 5150.
The Section 3 is up to 6 months and can be renewed. Mine expires on 13th Sept and won’t be renewed. The private hospital I’m at and the NHS are lazy, inefficient, ineffective and incompetent.
They’ve severely delayed my discharge. I should have been home in May or June.
Got sectioned in March this year and I didn’t have a full blown psychotic episode. So they could have called the home treatment team and saved me the trouble of hospital.
I deteriorated in the hospital setting because hospital is a negative environment.
I got threatened, assaulted attacked on this PICU and it was very noisy.
My routine has been taken away from me and I have minimal freedom.
I’m filing a lawsuit against the hospital and the NHS when I get home for the psychological harm they have caused. Plus I was sexually harassed by staff and patients over the years at other NHS hospitals.
So I expect a large out of court settlement.
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