Discussion Psych ward

[Sasha]

Have any of you been to a psych ward? What's it like there? I am going to ctb soon & I really don't wanna end up in a psych ward if I fail.

 

[lemmeeleev]

I'd like to know too

 

[therhydler]

You lie around all day and get your medication if you have any. Pretty much like being locked up at home in my experience, except you know someone is watching you 24/7. Oh and psychologists try to talk to you. Nothing scary, just a bit pointless...

 

[Fucking loving it]

It's not bad. You go to a few groups . Do some craft shit. Eat your meals watch tv. See a psychiatrist.

 

[lemmeeleev]

How long do you usually stay there for a failed attempt? Or does it depend on too many things?

 

[Fucking loving it]

I've been there anywhere from 3 days to 90 days.

 

[Pegasus]

I wonder if that's where I'll end up.

 

[Anyara]

Im there right now..
I watch tv for most of the day.. have about 3 hours of therapy in total a dat..
Do some arts and crafts to " make me feel better" and go back to my room..
I get my phone for about 1 hour a day..

 

[Fucking loving it]

In the USA no phones are allowed

 

[wxtyubidi7y]

Been twice, it was fine, the other patients you meet are a bit like the users on this forum.

 

[wxtyubidi7y]

In my country you get your phone as much as you want but not your charger/cable (staff charge it for you).

 

[John Smith]

Have any of you been to a psych ward? What's it like there? I am going to ctb soon & I really don't wanna end up in a psych ward if I fail.

I've been many times. I've never had a really bad experience with the staff though I have had bad experiences being there just because I was in negative mental states in the first place. If you are depressed then the psych ward isn't going to necessarily help all that much unless maybe you make some meaningful connections to other patients and/or they give you medication that actually helps you out.

 

[Help_Me]

I was there once. No phones, no proper treatment, no meaning.

 

[Lra888]

When you were in how was the experience with food, brushing teeth, showering, etc?

 

[John Smith]

When you were in how was the experience with food, brushing teeth, showering, etc?

The food was always good and they give you snacks at certain times. They give you a toothbrush and tooth paste. The shower had buttons instead of knobs/levers. For the smokers they often had ward cigarettes and allowed smoke breaks outside in a courtyard.

 

[Skathon]

Any psychiatric facilities are usually a combination of a prison and a laboratory.

 

[couldntthinkofaname]

its useless, boring and potential traumatising since you are surrounded by persons who are "crazy", psychotic and have episodes

its laughable that depressive people are put together with really crazy people who - eg - think that they communicate with the devil on the regular and ask you weird shit like you cant understand.

arrogant, not very intelligent staff who are under the misconception that they are smart because they are mostly surrounded by indeed genuinely retarded people who cant even brush their teeth or bind their shoes which makes the staff look way more intelligent than they actually are

doctors who pretend to care but you know its bullshit. they have also a lot of power there which is a very uncomfortable feeling. you are forced to obey, to be nice and play along when all you want to do is take a chainsaw and massacre the staff and half of the other patients while wearing a raincoat and listening to true faith by new order.


poor food

and of course its expensive as fuck

not to mention that once you been there and you somehow get your life under controll you can forget about becoming a public person or whatever in your later life.

if you been there once you will be marked as crazy for the rest of your life and this shit wont stay a secret

 

[oggie the weirdo]

its useless, boring and potential traumatising since you are surrounded by persons who are "crazy", psychotic and have episodes

its laughable that depressive people are put together with really crazy people who - eg - think that they communicate with the devil on the regular and ask you weird shit like you cant understand.

arrogant, not very intelligent staff who are under the misconception that they are smart because they are mostly surrounded by indeed genuinely retarded people who cant even brush their teeth or bind their shoes which makes the staff look way more intelligent than they actually are

doctors who pretend to care but you know its bullshit. they have also a lot of power there which is a very uncomfortable feeling. you are forced to obey, to be nice and play along when all you want to do is take a chainsaw and massacre the staff and half of the other patients while wearing a raincoat and listening to true faith by new order.


poor food

and of course its expensive as fuck

not to mention that once you been there and you somehow get your life under controll you can forget about becoming a public person or whatever in your later life.

if you been there once you will be marked as crazy for the rest of your life and this shit wont stay a secret

but do they have snacks?

 

[couldntthinkofaname]

but do they have snacks?

not really

but there will always be this one anorexic/bulemic girl who - for whatever reason - has a lot of sweets that she will gladly share with you

also unbelievable how many people smoke there - combined with the lack of dental hygiene...

literally the worst teeth ive ever seen outside of detroit


by the way if you are suicidal you wont even be allowed to go outside (in opposite to some of the crazy people funny right)...after 24h inside you really feel your aggressions level going up - like a tiger in a too small cage who gets mocked by fat children all day and has to listen to a mentally challenged animal tamer..

 

[oggie the weirdo]

not really

but there will always be this one anorexic/bulemic girl who - for whatever reason - has a lot of sweets that she will gladly share with you

also unbelievable how many people smoke there - combined with the lack of dental hygiene...

literally the worst teeth ive ever seen outside of detroit


by the way if you are suicidal you wont even be allowed to go outside (in opposite to some of the crazy people funny right)...after 24h inside you really feel your aggressions level going up - like a tiger in a too small cage who gets mocked by fat children all day and has to listen to a mentally challenged animal tamer..

doesn't sound too fun. I always thought it'd be fun to be in a psych ward for some reason.

 

[couldntthinkofaname]

doesn't sound too fun. I always thought it'd be fun to be in a psych ward for some reason.

the moment you realise how much power the doctors have over your life now and that you either need to convince them (aka taking a lot of pills) or a good laywer to get out the fun stops

and everyday there costs money..a lot of money

 

[wxtyubidi7y]

and everyday there costs money..a lot of money

I assume you mean in the USA... do you get charged for your stay even if you've been sectioned?

 

[Dead_Inside]

I have some PTSD issues... specifically around being restrained/trapped ... is there any chance they are going to be kind regarding that?
I can't have people just yanking me around or holding me down and such- I can't. I have to be able to get out. I'll have a complete break- I will hurt myself in my attempts to make myself "safe". Am I just fucked?

 

[Made4TV]

In the US it really depends on the hospital. I go to one now when I need to where they don't separate the depressed/anxious folks from the psychotic ones and that means the "therapy" groups can be hit or miss (as well as the roommate situation). They kind of have to cater to the lowest common denominator. While it's annoying at times and disturbing at others (having psychotic roommates who try to rearrange your pillow as you sleep, or touch your feet, etc are a real nightmare when you have PTSD) I find that expectations are lower. In another hospital I was in that did separate out the patients, they expected us depressed/anxious ones to be in therapy groups all the damn day long, locked us out of our rooms so we couldn't sleep during the day, and stuff like that. It sucked. Guess I'd rather be eating a meal sitting across from someone who just looks right through me and then suddenly starts maniacally laughing in exchange for being able to retreat to my bed when it suits me. If you get put in a hospital, just play by the rules and you should get out eventually.

 

[Lunaemoth]

Honestly, even just reading the title of your thread made me shudder. I just wanted to see what other peoples experience has been. I literally have nightmares about my time in the psych ward. It's the worst possible outcome for me.

I've been a couple of times for shorter stays, but the absolute worst was when I was 19. I took a shit ton of ibuprofen, and kept taking them even as I threw them up. I was found too early, and woke up in the hospital three days later. I had respiration pneumonia and still have crap lung capacity, but luckily, no major lasting liver damage. I spent a week in ICU then was sent to psych for three weeks.

My roommate was a girl who believed she could talk to God, and she would be screaming and yelling prayers and nonsense all hours. We weren't allowed phones, computers, or anything like that. We had to earn the privilege to do crafts and to go outside on a fenced in balcony for short periods of time. The food was absolutely disgusting. The doctors were condescending and dismissive, and were rarely around, which is part of why I was there for three weeks. The nurses would come in and shine flashlights in your face every 30 minutes at night.

Some of the other patients were nice, but many were loud, cruel, filthy, and even borderline dangerous. The staff would only step in if someone was getting violent. One older woman there kept trying to convince me to have sex with her. Another man constantly yelled at me that my suicide attempt was a bid for attention. I was either surrounded by the scent of patients who didn't care about personal hygiene, or that sanitation cleaner they used, the scent of which literally haunts me (I get panic attacks and anxiety having to go to any doctors office or clinic now,so I just don't go).

Therapy was a joke, and was very religious. It wasn't even a Catholic hospital or anything, but the other patients did NOT like that I am not religious, and the staff made no attempt to take that into consideration. T I had no privacy... there are no locks and other patients can easily barge in while you're in the shower or bathroom. I was warned of male patients wandering into my room, but luckily that never happened to me. The worst part was feeling so very, very trapped. I felt like I was suffocating every second of every day. I'm actually hyperventilating a little just writing about it, so I'm going to stop, but I will say that Psych is a NIGHTMARE. The only way you can get out is by playing their games and lying to the doctors, and frankly, if I survive again, I just won't bother.

 

[Sasha]

Honestly, even just reading the title of your thread made me shudder. I just wanted to see what other peoples experience has been. I literally have nightmares about my time in the psych ward. It's the worst possible outcome for me.

I've been a couple of times for shorter stays, but the absolute worst was when I was 19. I took a shit ton of ibuprofen, and kept taking them even as I threw them up. I was found too early, and woke up in the hospital three days later. I had respiration pneumonia and still have crap lung capacity, but luckily, no major lasting liver damage. I spent a week in ICU then was sent to psych for three weeks.

My roommate was a girl who believed she could talk to God, and she would be screaming and yelling prayers and nonsense all hours. We weren't allowed phones, computers, or anything like that. We had to earn the privilege to do crafts and to go outside on a fenced in balcony for short periods of time. The food was absolutely disgusting. The doctors were condescending and dismissive, and were rarely around, which is part of why I was there for three weeks. The nurses would come in and shine flashlights in your face every 30 minutes at night.

Some of the other patients were nice, but many were loud, cruel, filthy, and even borderline dangerous. The staff would only step in if someone was getting violent. One older woman there kept trying to convince me to have sex with her. Another man constantly yelled at me that my suicide attempt was a bid for attention. I was either surrounded by the scent of patients who didn't care about personal hygiene, or that sanitation cleaner they used, the scent of which literally haunts me (I get panic attacks and anxiety having to go to any doctors office or clinic now,so I just don't go).

Therapy was a joke, and was very religious. It wasn't even a Catholic hospital or anything, but the other patients did NOT like that I am not religious, and the staff made no attempt to take that into consideration. T I had no privacy... there are no locks and other patients can easily barge in while you're in the shower or bathroom. I was warned of male patients wandering into my room, but luckily that never happened to me. The worst part was feeling so very, very trapped. I felt like I was suffocating every second of every day. I'm actually hyperventilating a little just writing about it, so I'm going to stop, but I will say that Psych is a NIGHTMARE. The only way you can get out is by playing their games and lying to the doctors, and frankly, if I survive again, I just won't bother.

That's really horrible, I could never survive there.Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you never have to go to that disgusting place.

 

[Jodes]

Have any of you been to a psych ward? What's it like there? I am going to ctb soon & I really don't wanna end up in a psych ward if I fail.

Depends on the hospital, ward, patients, staff, and length of stay. I've had bad and ok stays but it's not fun

 

[TheCrow]

I've been there anywhere from 3 days to 90 days.

Holy shit, 90 days? Even when I've had the best insurance and it started with a 51/50, they still only kept me 2 weeks at the longest!

 

[TheCrow]

I've been to all different ones in 3 different states in the US, and the staff varied in how much they cared, but overall, it's kind of comforting. I guess it depends on your comfort level, though. You do need to be prepared to be around all potential types of mental illness. I was at one hospital where a schizophrenic woman kept taking all her clothes off and refusing to take her meds and was calling all the other female patients prostitutes. I was in another hospital where a man addicted to pain killers wanted more meds, so he kept screaming and punching walls. This hospital didn't administer haldol, which normally wouldn't taken a patient like this out right away, and instead they had to keep locking parts of the hallway so that he couldn't get to the rest of us. It was kind of scary. One hospital didn't give me my meds and I actually had a seizure. I mean, some psych wards can be scary to those new to them perhaps, or to those faint of heart. But they are populated by people with a lot of similar issues that you are going through. I've found that every time I've gone, I'm comforted by having people around me all day to talk to. You eat 3x a day on a schedule, and have a few things planned, mostly like art therapy and group therapy. Sometimes you'll watch movies as a group with snacks or something. Honestly, my life is so lonely and pathetic the last few years, I look back at my hospitalizations and the people I've met there as being some of my more interesting experiences. Some of the people you sit and talk with/hang around with/eat with become your friends for the time that you're there. It's kind of like a strange summer camp.

 

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