I am not in a good state of mind so I can’t explain how I feel, but am going to list a few symptoms, and hopefully you can get an idea from that.
-Racing thoughts
-Depressed mood
-Auditory stuff
-Very much visuals, small ones, and ones that take up your whole field vision, lasting only several seconds.
-Mild panic attacks, sometimes severe ones
-Two delusions that alternate, can’t get them out of my mind.
-Somewhat reckless behaviour
-Self-harming.
-Some disorganized speech?
-Irritability
-And lots of anxiety and paranoia
It all sounds like a lot but only some of them are serious. So, should I see someone, I’m not feeling so hot,
The only way they can hospitalize you is if you are a danger yourself or others. I wouldn’t bring up the self harm stuff if it not really that extreme. I have a friend who pulls her hair out. What are you going to do, ya know? I mean what are tattoo’s and piercings? They could be construed as self harm, right? They put me in there permanently without my permission (even though I tried to escape several times, demonstrating I didn’t want to be there) for banging my head against a wall. I didn’t even draw blood. But certainly if you are suicidal I would bring it up. That does not always guarantee hospitalization.
Do you think you need to be hospitalized? I don’t know if they will unless you ask persistently. I don’t know how that works these days. I imagine it depends substantially on how you come across to them.
Hope I didn’t scare you. You have to understand. I refused care from that moment on I signed my own fate and was sent to the “bad” hospital. Just the fact you are reaching out is going to look very good to them. And even by the slim chance they put you in the hospital most likely it will be nice and relaxing. Most of them are.
Thank you for the replies, I’m going to talk to someone there at the building and feel better. Thank you. I will talk to someone who doesn’t freak out when you say self-harm. Thank you. I just got out of the hospital a few days ago.