Discussion Do you think that being hospitalized could help with suicidal thougts or make it worse?

[Floria]

I don't know if being hospitalized could help my situation, or if it's better to go on with my first work

 

[Miss_Takes]

I think like most things it is dependent on many factors (intrinsic and extrinsic) and therefore it really is something you wont know the answer to unless you decide to try it.
I do think treatment approaches vary though and therefore research so important in trying to find what feels right for you.
Im not much help but I do wish you all the best figuring it out.

 

[Ghost2211]

It very much depends on the person, and their feelings about the situation. A lot of other factors come in like why they are having suicidal ideation, and what needs to happen in their life for that to change. For me being hospitalized would push me over the edge. I simply could not cope with the concept of being confined and controlled to that degree.

Edited to fix typos in voice texting that made it a different thing, sorry guys.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

It depends entirely on you. I'm afraid only you can answer that.

Some people have benefited from it and say it has saved their lives, that all they needed was the correct medication.

Some view it as a prison where ALL your rights are taken away and you are drugged into submission, only to be kicked to the kerb with more problems.

It also depends on the place you will go to. I've heard horrible stories of abuse and also of places that seemed okay.

I guess really though, it depends on you. Will having your freedom removed be a positive thing or a negative thing for you? Do you want to follow a pharmaceutical route or not?

 

[YukiFox]

Make worse.
I consider myself in a borderline status. Too normal to be considered psychotic, but too disturbed to be normal. I'm in a reality sandwich. I don't trust therapists and I'm 100% sure if I tell to someone my suicide attempts I could be hospitalized, and then really triggers a severe mental illness, after all that meds bullshit and positive therapy, also for the influence of another psychiatric patients.

 

[k75]

Like @RoseyBird said, I think it depends on the person and how they feel about the situation. And also, it heavily depends on which hospital. There are a few good ones mixed in with a lot of terrible.

Personally, I have always done what I could to get help and avoid going inpatient. I've done partial programs several times to stay out of the hospital. I just didn't feel like that environment would help me at all. In general, I don't deal well with unfamiliar situations, roommates, lack of privacy, etc.

But there have been times when I was very tempted to go in, because I honestly felt that was the only way I'd be able to survive my urges, and I was too overwhelmed to function. It was like I needed a vacation from life where I didn't have to worry if I did nothing and needed someone else be in control of me. People talked me out of it when I brought up the possibility, which is almost funny now because that's the opposite of what usually happens.

So anyway, I don't think any hospital stay can get rid of your thoughts or urges to hurt yourself, but I do think it could keep you safe as a last resort if you reached the breaking point but didn't want to actually do it.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Like @RoseyBird said, I think it depends on the person and how they feel about the situation. And also, it heavily depends on which hospital. There are a few good ones mixed in with a lot of terrible.

Personally, I have always done what I could to get help and avoid going inpatient. I've done partial programs several times to stay out of the hospital. I just didn't feel like that environment would help me at all. In general, I don't deal well with unfamiliar situations, roommates, lack of privacy, etc.

But there have been times when I was very tempted to go in, because I honestly felt that was the only way I'd be able to survive my urges, and I was too overwhelmed to function. It was like I needed a vacation from life where I didn't have to worry if I did nothing and needed someone else be in control of me. People talked me out of it when I brought up the possibility, which is almost funny now because that's the opposite of what usually happens.

So anyway, I don't think any hospital stay can get rid of your thoughts or urges to hurt yourself, but I do think it could keep you safe as a last resort if you reached the breaking point but didn't want to actually do it.

I think that was a lot of the stuff I wanted to say and failed. well said.

 

[MrAsclepius]

If you like being watched 24/7 then go for it. The services offered help some but made things worse for me since I already feel like the world is closing in on me without the constant surveillance and control.

 

[Floria]

It depends entirely on you. I'm afraid only you can answer that.

Some people have benefited from it and say it has saved their lives, that all they needed was the correct medication.

Some view it as a prison where ALL your rights are taken away and you are drugged into submission, only to be kicked to the kerb with more problems.

It also depends on the place you will go to. I've heard horrible stories of abuse and also of places that seemed okay.

I guess really though, it depends on you. Will having your freedom removed be a positive thing or a negative thing for you? Do you want to follow a pharmaceutical route or not?

I already have my medication, when I was 15 I was hospitalized, but now that i am 20 i must go in adulti psychiatry and i'm a little scared

 

[Nymph]

Depends on the person and how they adapt to change. I would not be able to stand being in a different environment like that. It would make everything worse for me because I need to be in my comfort and stuff. It's your decision really, you gotta ask yourself

 

[justsad&done]

I think there are many factors at play and depends on the individual, but if there is even a small chance that it may help you, then it is worth trying.

 

[PursuitofWonder]

As everyone else has said, it depends on the person. For me, I recently got out of being inpatient for 4 months. It certainly helped, however for only about 3 weeks after I got out and then I tanked. To me it doesn't seem worth the time for such a short payoff. It's worth trying before you resort to ctb, what have you really got to lose?

 

[JustABunchOfAtoms]

Before I went into hospital I wasn't chronically suicidal, I had some implusive ctb attempts but they were implusive. Now I'm suicidal every day

 

[rabbithole]

Studies show upon discharge there is a much higher rate of suicide. Been my experience as well.

Studies show upon discharge there is a much higher rate of suicide. Been my experience as well.

I mean my experience being more suicidal. Obviously I'm still here lol.

Studies show upon discharge there is a much higher rate of suicide. Been my experience as well.

I mean my experience being more suicidal. Obviously I'm still here lol.

But please try it if you haven't. It's very individual. Intensive outpatient therapy helped me a ton years ago before my health changed.

 

[Moon Flower]

Probably depends on the person. I've heard some people say it changed their life, but I personally don't think I could stand to be alone with my thoughts like that

 

[awfullife]

If I went impatient I would lose my job and be unhirable as a truck driver....I'm already experiencing poverty so the thought of worse poverty makes me think that I would be more suicidal and impulsively CTB when getting out. I think impulsive is the way to go. I can do some weird shit impulsively.

 

[Caspers]

This poll may give you a bit of insight into how many people have benefitted from psych wards.

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/have-psych-hospitals-been-positive-or-negative.51893/

 

[NodusTollens]

I don't know if being hospitalized could help my situation, or if it's better to go on with my first work

I think it's specific to the person, location, & whether or not they are there voluntarily.

I've been held involuntarily in hospital a few times. Each time I felt worse because I didn't want to be there & it never felt like anyone actually cared over & above crossing T's & dotting I's.

 

[Wrennie]

For me it made things a lot worse. The nurses there obviously had no idea how to treat people with depression, and when I had a severe allergic reaction to the drug Haldol (it literally felt like every nerve in my body was on fire) one of them yelled at me because my pain was inconvenient to them.

There were also incredibly loud and disruptive people there, including a man in his sixties who would pace in the hallways at night and screech "OOGA BOOGA" in the most guttural voice imaginable, making it utterly impossible for anyone in the ward to get any sleep whatsoever. It would've been hilarious if it hadn't been so infuriating, lol.

On the bright side I was blessed with an amazing roommate who totally understood where I was coming from, and she was legitimately the only thing that made the time I spent there bearable.

So I'd say hospitalization *might* be worth it, if only because you can meet likeminded people, but I wouldn't expect too much from the "specialists" that work there.

 

[_Kaira_]

It can help some. Varies from person to person, also where you're located and hospital/ward you get sent to.

Personally, I have never had 1 good experience in the wards.
Once I get out, I go back to immediately feeling suicidal, not that I ever stopped to begin with lol.

I want to get out so bad every time I just fake being 'cured' from suicidal ideation cause I hate it so much....

 

[demuic]

I don't see how it could help.

 

[Aap]

It absolutely, positively could help. While absolutely nothing will stop someone who doesn't want help, if you have the desire to have reduced suicidality, hospitalization including medication or therapy can work for some (or many people). There are other treatment modalities, such as ECT or magnetic treatment that can be lifesavers in the right situations.

while many here have had Bad experiences with hospitalization, it would be grossly irresponsible to discourage someone not wanting to ctb not to seek help.

 

[Wrennie]

There are other treatment modalities, such as ECT or magnetic treatment that can be lifesavers in the right situations.

While this definitely can be true, I'd just like to point out that there are understated dangers to ECT. I was forced to undergo ECT treatment against my will by my parents due to a Rodger's Order, and the short-term memory loss was incredibly distressing. It also began to impact my spatial ability to draw, which was absolutely terrifying to me.

I eventually recovered and my sorry excuse for a mother finally relented (only after I called her in tears during the course of multiple phone calls and even tried to enlist the help of my roommate because my sobs weren't enough to faze her), but the prospect of losing such an effective coping mechanism as my artwork was definitely off-putting.

So I'd just say for any artists out there to be wary when approaching ECT. I'm guessing most people here possess the legal rights to decline further ECT treatment if they were to experience any unsavory effects from it, but the idea that it can provoke such reactions in people makes me very wary.