I think the reason I stayed out at first was the support I got from the partner I later married. Then towards the end of the 80s the move to treat people in the community gathered pace. It was not just about doing badly that meant you ended up in hospital, but whether you were deemed to be a danger to self or others.
In essence the hurdle for hospitalisation was raised.
In one way this was a good thing ,but in terms of community care being adequately funded it wasn’t. It meant increasingly over time that the non acute , chronically ill , severely mentally ill were increasingly seen as an also ran in terms of help and support. You could be functioning less than adequately ,but if you weren’t an immediate danger to yourself or others mental health services tended not to care.
When my wife got ill I struggled and when she died I declined further. Having no family support close at hand to press for better care, apart from a mother whose drinking had got the better of her, I could be seen to have self neglected though I didn’t see it at the time .
I wasn’t seen as being a danger to myself or others though so was put in the slow lane for care(apart from a time limited spell under the rehab and recovery team in 2012-2013.
Eventually my stepdaughter persuaded me to move. The fact my block of flats was scheduled to be demolished persuaded me. I was very anxious about moving but my stepdaughter made it as smooth a process as possible.
It took moving here and my stepdaughter advocating for me to get better care . It needing to be emphasised time and time again that good family care and support in getting better treatment can never be overestimated.
Mine was also in 2017,september right before college. I guess it isn’t that bad because it inspire me go into nursing. Without the hospitalization maybe I would never have gotten into it
I was only hospitalized once, in late September/early October 1993. I did two weeks in a crisis center in October 2014 when my paranoia got too bad to function on my own. Both experiences were very helpful.