Mine was good first time round.
I felt like I had friends of some sort
Which was veery refreshing feeling
Then I left the hospital n they were all gone lol
My last 2 involuntary lock ups in 2016 were a nightmare.
But the food was good.
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I had 4 5150’s in 2013. All were bad, as I’m not good around people, especially strangers. Also, the doctors didnt seem very good.
are u boy or girl.???
Yea food was good for me too. I would eat 2-3 plates because some didn’t eat theirs.
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Me? A man. Aziz is an arabic man name but its not my real name, I am arab.
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I avoided social contact but it was good for calm down a bit
Horrible.
When my mum was in a normal hospital i realised how incredibly backwards mental health care is when compared to all the other health care facilities.
In every single aspect. From cleanliness and equipment, to medical knowledge of nurses and doctors, to being treated kindly and with respect, to informed consent (or lack thereof), to medical and social safety, etcetera.
Even when a patiënt was literally nearly beaten to death staff would do nothing, not even call police, just stay in their computer room. Showers were not really cleaned, not a single time, in a 3 month stay (we tested by putting something on the ground…it stayed there). There was no psychological care at all, they didnt even have a psychologist. They failed to interfere with even the most serious side effects (nms). Doctors didnt know about withdrawal, said there wasnt any. Nurses would ridicule psychotic patients. They wanted to turn me on the streets when severely and suicidally psychotic. Just some examples.
I have volunteered in a prison and would prefer to stay there over a ward in my country.
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How come there was no psychiatrist? In which country?
Netherlands.
There was a psychiatrist, but not a psychologist, someone to talk to, no therapy, while people stayed there for months, years.
My experience for normal hospital care (for my mum) was suberb…very respectful and friendly treatment by all staff, great and clean private room with private bathroom, good material, good medical information, lots of respect for my mums wishes, fast action when needed, immediate access to a psychologist, etc. Even as guest we had a nice table seat in my mums private room and were served drinks by staff.
So they definitely know how to do it…just not for psychiatric patients.
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For me it took me out of the normal routine, it is like a holiday and the people I met were all nice
Its mostly like that around the world. I was put with prisoners, drug addicts and mentally disabled patients.
It is strange i think…i was quited messed up (frightened) at the time…but this didnt help me become less afraid. I fled multiple times out of fear.
Not in the slightest, I’ve always been a little anxious in social situations unless I click with people. But now I’m just awful and avoid it at all costs
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The first time was tough. Manic patients slamming doors. Mentally disabled throwing fits. A racist pig who kept picking fights with a Native American patient. Me talking to myself and scaring the ■■■■ out of my roommate.
But the second, third, and fourth were pretty good. Still annoying people but I am sure they had their own opinions about me.
I was in a county hospital with gang members. The seculusion room smelled like piss. And I was let out 5 mins a day.
8 months of torture with alien unpleasant feelings, that no treatment could control. In addition to the torture, a constant feeling of preferring not to exist made the suffering even worse. Probably never going back into a psychiatric hospital.
Ive been hospitalized about 9 times since 2014? One of those was out of state residential facility for a month.
I had mostly good experiences tbh. Of course there was a lot of ■■■■■■■■ but it helped me to feel stable and i made a lot of good friends. About 3 of my stays were notably worse than the others…
Same with me…
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My recollection of my hospitalizations is kind of spotty. I remember some of the staff telling me that my delusions were a sign of spiritual unrest. I remember people whispering about me and avoiding me, I assume because I was psychotic. I remember asking a member of the staff to lay down in my bed so they could see the lights dancing (I was hallucinating). The last hospitalization stabilized me though, and I haven’t been hospitalized in over a year now, so ultimately I think they did me well.